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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Paul Sturrock
| image          = 
| fullname       = Paul Whitehead Sturrock<ref name = "RSSSF 1981">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot-intres1985.html |title=Scotland - International Matches 1981-1985 |date=17 October 2019 |access-date=6 November 2019 |first1=Alan |last1=Brown |first2=Gabriele |website=[[RSSSF]] |last2=Tossani}}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|10|10}}
| birth_place    = [[Ellon, Aberdeenshire|Ellon]], Scotland
| height         = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}
| position       = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub    =
| youthyears1    = 
| youthclubs1    = Grandtully Vale
| youthyears2    = 1972–1973
| youthclubs2    = [[Vale of Atholl F.C.|Vale of Atholl]]
| youthyears3    = 1973–1974
| youthclubs3    = [[Bankfoot Athletic F.C.|Bankfoot Athletic]]
| years1         = 1974–1989
| clubs1         = [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]
| caps1          = 385
| goals1         = 109
| nationalyears1 = 1977–1982
| nationalteam1  = [[Scotland national under-21 football team|Scotland under-21]]
| nationalcaps1  = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1981–1987
| nationalteam2  = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| nationalcaps2  = 20
| nationalgoals2 = 3
| manageryears1  = 1993–1998
| managerclubs1  = [[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]]
| manageryears2  = 1998–2000
| managerclubs2  = [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]
| manageryears3  = 2000–2004
| managerclubs3  = [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]]
| manageryears4  = 2004
| managerclubs4  = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
| manageryears5  = 2004–2006
| managerclubs5  = [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]
| manageryears6  = 2006–2007
| managerclubs6  = [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]
| manageryears7  = 2007–2009
| managerclubs7  = [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]]
| manageryears8  = 2010–2013
| managerclubs8  = [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]]
| manageryears9  = 2015
| managerclubs9  = [[Yeovil Town F.C.|Yeovil Town]]
}}

'''Paul Whitehead Sturrock''' (born 10 October 1956) is a Scottish former [[association football|football]] coach and former player. He has played for [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] and [[Scotland national football team|Scotland national team]].

== Career statistics ==

=== Club ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Scottish Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[Scottish League Cup|League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[UEFA|Europe]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="15"|[[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]
|[[1974–75 in Scottish football|1974–75]]
|[[Scottish Football League|Division One]]
|12||6||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||1||0||13||6
|-
|[[1975–76 in Scottish football|1975–76]]
|rowspan=14|[[Scottish Football League Premier Division|Premier Division]]
|17||3||2||0||colspan="2"|–||5||1||27||5
|-
|[[1976–77 in Scottish football|1976–77]]
|36||15||1||1||5||1||colspan="2"|–||42||17
|-
|[[1977–78 in Scottish football|1977–78]]
|33||3||4||1||8||3||2||1||47||8
|-
|[[1978–79 in Scottish football|1978–79]]
|33||6||1||0||2||1||2||0||38||7
|-
|[[1979–80 in Scottish football|1979–80]]
|33||4||2||1||9||6||4||0||48||11
|-
|[[1980–81 in Scottish football|1980–81]]
|35||13||7||1||11||9||4||0||57||23
|-
|[[1981–82 in Scottish football|1981–82]]
|31||15||5||2||11||6||7||1||54||24
|-
|[[1982–83 in Scottish football|1982–83]]
|28||8||1||0||9||7||7||1||45||16
|-
|[[1983–84 in Scottish football|1983–84]]
|17||4||3||2||2||0||5||0||27||6
|-
|[[1984–85 in Scottish football|1984–85]]
|30||14||6||2||6||2||6||2||48||20
|-
|[[1985–86 in Scottish football|1985–86]]
|31||8||5||2||5||0||5||3||46||13
|-
|[[1986–87 in Scottish football|1986–87]]
|30||6||6||0||3||0||11||0||50||6
|-
|[[1987–88 in Scottish football|1987–88]]
|9||3||colspan="2"|–||3||2||3||2||15||7
|-
|[[1988–89 in Scottish football|1988–89]]
|9||1||5||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||14||1
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!384!!109!!48!!12!!79!!38!!60!!11!!571!!170
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
|1981||4||1
|-
|1982||6||1
|-
|1983||3||0
|-
|1984||2||1
|-
|1986||4||0
|-
|1987||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!20!!3
|}

:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sturrock goal''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Paul Sturrock
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| align="center"|1 || 18 November 1981 || [[Estádio da Luz (1954)|Estadio da Luz]], [[Lisbon]] || {{fb|POR}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–2 || [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification]] || <ref name = "RSSSF 1981"/>
|-
| align="center"|2 || 13 October 1982 || [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]] || {{fb|GDR}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying]] || <ref name = "RSSSF 1981"/>
|-
| align="center"|3 || 12 September 1984 || Hampden Park, Glasgow || {{fb|YUG}} || align="center"|4–1 || align="center"|6–1 || [[Friendly match]] || <ref name = "RSSSF 1981"/>
|}

=== Managerial record ===
Research by football economists [[Simon Kuper]] and Stefan Szymanski found Sturrock to be among the highest performing managers in English football. The measure was based on game success after allowing for the clubs’ wage bills.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/f340caae-47cd-11e1-b646-00144feabdc0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/f340caae-47cd-11e1-b646-00144feabdc0 |archive-date=10 December 2022|title=Football's best managers|last=Kuper|first=Simon|date=27 January 2012|work=Financial Times|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
{{updated|1 December 2015}}<ref>[https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1545 "Paul Sturrock's managerial career"]. Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 April 2011.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|Nat
!rowspan=2|From
!rowspan=2|To
!colspan=5|Record
|-
!width=25|G!!width=25|W!!width=25|D!!width=25|L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]]
|{{flagicon|Scotland}}
|align=left|1 August 1993
|align=left|5 September 1998
{{WDL|197|90|56|51}}
|-
|align=left|[[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]
|{{flagicon|Scotland}}
|align=left|5 September 1998
|align=left|7 August 2000
{{WDL|85|27|19|39}}
|-
|align=left|[[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|31 October 2000
|align=left|4 March 2004
{{WDL|178|85|47|46}}
|-
|align=left|[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|4 March 2004
|align=left|23 August 2004
{{WDL|13|5|2|6}}
|-
|align=left|[[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|23 September 2004
|align=left|19 October 2006
{{WDL|104|35|29|40}}
|-
|align=left|[[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|7 November 2006
|align=left|27 November 2007
{{WDL|52|26|11|15}}
|-
|align=left|[[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|27 November 2007
|align=left|10 December 2009
{{WDL|99|28|22|49}}
|-
|align=left|[[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|5 July 2010
|align=left|24 March 2013
{{WDL|161|67|43|51}}
|-
|align=left|[[Yeovil Town F.C.|Yeovil Town]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|9 April 2015
|align=left|1 December 2015
{{WDL|30|6|8|16}}
|-
!colspan=4|Total
{{WDLtot|919|369|237|313}}
|}

== Honours ==

=== As a player ===
'''Dundee United'''
*[[Scottish Football League Premier Division]]: [[1982–83 Scottish Premier Division|1982–83]]
*[[Scottish League Cup]]: [[1979–80 Scottish League Cup|1979–80]], [[1980–81 Scottish League Cup|1980–81]]; runner-up: [[1981–82 Scottish League Cup|1981–82]], [[1984–85 Scottish League Cup|1984–85]]
*[[UEFA Cup]] runner-up: [[1986–87 UEFA Cup|1986–87]]
*[[Scottish Cup]] runner-up: [[1980–81 Scottish Cup|1980–81]], [[1984–85 Scottish Cup|1984–85]], [[1986–87 Scottish Cup|1986–87]], [[1987–88 Scottish Cup|1987–88]]

'''Scotland'''
* The [[Rous Cup]]: [[1985 Rous Cup|1985]]<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19850527&printsec=frontpage&hl=en | page = 15 | newspaper = [[Glasgow Herald]] | title = Rous-ing win for makeshift Scots | date = 27 May 1985 | via = Google News Archive }}</ref>

=== As a manager ===
'''St Johnstone'''
*[[Scottish Football League First Division|Scottish League First Division]] (second tier): [[1996–97 in Scottish football|1996–97]]

'''Plymouth Argyle'''
*[[Football League Third Division]]: [[2001–02 Football League|2001–02]]
*[[Football League Second Division]]: [[2003–04 Football League|2003–04]]

'''Sheffield Wednesday'''
*[[Football League One play-offs]]: [[2004–05 Football League|2004–05]]

'''Swindon Town'''
*[[Football League Two|Football League Two promotion]]: [[2006–07 Football League|2006–07]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Football League Third Division|Football League Third Division Manager of the Year]]: [[2001–02 Football League|2001–02]]<ref>[http://www.leaguemanagers.com/lmatv/interview-2289.html "The tenth annual LMA Awards dinner winners"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325065830/http://www.leaguemanagers.com/lmatv/interview-2289.html |date=25 March 2012 }}. League Managers Association. Retrieved 25 August 2010.</ref>
*[[Football League Second Division|Football League Second Division Manager of the Year]]: [[2003–04 Football League|2003–04]]<ref>[http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-4618.html "LMA honour for Wenger"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325065843/http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-4618.html |date=25 March 2012 }}. League Managers Association. Retrieved 25 August 2010.</ref>
*[[League Managers Association|LMA Managers Performance League]]: January 2004<ref>[http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-4231.html "Sturrock receives prize from Ranieri"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325065852/http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-4231.html |date=25 March 2012 }}. League Managers Association. Retrieved 25 August 2010.</ref>

'''Awards'''
*[[Scottish Football Hall of Fame]] inductee: 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50203529 |title=Six former players added to Scotltish football's hall of fame |website=BBC Sport |date=27 October 2019 |access-date=28 October 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Scotland Squad 1982 World Cup}}
{{Scotland Squad 1986 World Cup}}


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