Ian Mackay (footballer)

Ian Mackay

Ian Mackay Abad

Mackay in action for Ponferradina in 2011
Personal information
Full name Ian Mackay Abad
Date of birth (1986-07-14) 14 July 1986
Place of birth A Coruña, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Racing Ferrol
Youth career
Ural CF
2003–2005 Deportivo La Coruña
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Deportivo B 32 (0)
2006 → Ceuta (loan) 3 (0)
2007 → Universidad Oviedo (loan) 8 (0)
2007–2008 Vecindario 5 (0)
2008–2009 Ciudad Santiago 35 (0)
2009–2011 Ponferradina 50 (0)
2011–2012 Sabadell 4 (0)
2012–2013 Atlético Baleares 20 (0)
2013–2014 Boiro 24 (0)
2014– Racing Ferrol 86 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2016.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mackay and the second or maternal family name is Abad.

Ian Mackay Abad (born 14 July 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Racing de Ferrol as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Born in A Coruña, Mackay emerged through local Deportivo de La Coruña's youth ranks, but never managed any first-team appearances, only now and then being summoned for trainings. In his first year as a professional he was loaned to Segunda División B clubs, AD Ceuta and AD Universidad de Oviedo, being released in 2007 and joining another side in that category, UD Vecindario.

In 2008, Mackay returned to Galicia, joining lowly SD Ciudad de Santiago also in the third level,[1] with the club immerse in a severe financial crisis. In the following summer he moved to SD Ponferradina, yet in division three; he achieved promotion to Segunda División at the first attempt, and played his first match as a professional on 28 August 2010 by starting in a 0–0 home draw against SD Huesca.[2]

Mackay contributed with 23 appearances in his first season as a professional, but Ponfe was immediately relegated back. On 18 July 2011 he joined CE Sabadell FC, also in the second tier;[3] however, he served mostly as a backup to David de Navas during his first and only campaign.

In August 2012, Mackay moved to CD Atlético Baleares in the third division.[4] In October 2013 he joined Tercera División's CD Boiro,[5] but signed for Racing de Ferrol in April of the following year after the latter's three goalkeepers were injured.[6]

Personal life

Mackay was born to a Spanish mother and a Scottish father, oil worker John Cameron Mackay from Inverness, and has four older half-sisters in Aberdeen. Due to living his whole life in Spain, he does not speak English.

In February 2007, it was reported that Mackay was being tracked for the Scotland national team by manager Alex McLeish. He is a fan of Celtic, and idolised Henrik Larsson.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Tercera División: Mañana se incorpora Ian Mackay (Tercera División: Ian Mackay joins tomorrow) (Spanish)
  2. ↑ La Ponferradina falla en ataque y vuelve a Segunda con un empate ante el Huesca (Ponferradina fails in attack and returns to Segunda with a draw against Huesca); Marca, 28 August 2010 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ El gallego Ian Mackay, nuevo portero del Sabadell (Galician Ian Mackay, new goalkeeper of Sabadell); Diario AS, 18 July 2011 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Baleares ficha al portero Ian Mackay (Baleares signs goalkeeper Ian Mackay); Diario de Mallorca, 28 August 2012 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ El Boiro refuerza su portería con el fichaje de Ian Mackay (Boiro bolsters goalkeeping lines with the signing of Ian Mackay); La Voz de Galicia, 19 October 2013 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Ian Mackay ya es jugador del Racing de Ferrol (Ian Mackay is already a Racing de Ferrol player); GaliFutbol, 3 April 2014 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ "Mackay dreams of Scotland call-up". BBC Sport. 8 February 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  8. ↑ "The Scottish goalkeeper who doesn't speak English . . .". Herald Scotland. 8 February 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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