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Allan McGregor
Personal information
Full name	Allan McGregor
Date of birth	January 31, 1982 (age 25)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	183cm
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Rangers
Number	22
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-Present 2004-2005 2005-2006	Rangers → St Johnstone (loan) → Dunfermline (loan)	32 (0) 20 (0) 26 (0)
National team2
2007-Present	Scotland	0 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 March 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 30 January 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Allan McGregor (born January 31, 1982, in Edinburgh) is a professional football goalkeeper currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Rangers. McGregor signed for Rangers in 1998 and was touted as an excellent goalkeeping prospect. His high hopes were put on hold when he injured his wrist during a youth match, somewhat stunting his development.

On 8 August 2006, it was announced McGregor was free to find a new club.^[1] Despite having limited first-team opportunities, and reported interest from Premiership club Sheffield United, McGregor signed a new contract on 27 October 2006, keeping him with the club until 2009.^[2]

He is currently the regular first-choice goalkeeper at Rangers, with Stefan Klos as back-up. Letizi was signed in the 2006 summer transfer window, and expected to be first choice goalkeeper, but due to injuries to Letizi and Klos, McGregor played in a series of first team games; subsequently keeping his place. During this run he played his first ever European game, keeping a clean sheet in a 0-0 draw against Molde F.K. in the UEFA Cup.^[3] During the second leg game against Molde FK, at Ibrox, McGregor pulled off a number of fine saves and the home fans chanted his name. He was awarded Man of the Match.^[4] After McGregor's string of impressive performances, he was named SPL Player of the Month for September 2006.^[5] Despite impressing in the absence of Letizi, McGregor was dropped after the former Paris St Germain player returned from injury. An goal conceded by Letizi in a 1-0 home defeat to Inverness Caledonian Thistle led to many fans calling for McGregor to be reinstated in goal. However manager Paul Le Guen remained faithful to the French goalkeeper and Letizi continued to play in the subsequent matches, until suffering another injury during the warm-up of Rangers' UEFA Cup match against Maccabi Haifa.

McGregor has spent time at two clubs on loan; St Johnstone, for whom he kept six consecutive clean sheets, being the first. He spent the 2005/06 campaign on loan at Dunfermline Athletic.

On January 30, 2007, ex-Rangers manager Alex McLeish named McGregor in his first squad as Scotland manager.^[6]

On February 22 2007, McGregor was sent off during Rangers' UEFA Cup match at Ibrox against Israeli side Hapoel Tel-Aviv, which they won 4-0. After Ferguson's second goal, Italian referee Matteo Trefoloni gave a straight red card to the goalkeeper, for apparently headbutting Hapoel substitute Luciano de Bruno. Despite the incident not being caught on television cameras, and McGregor's denying headbutting de Bruno, he was given a two-match ban,^[7] although this has since been reduced to one-game ban on appeal.

• Allan McGregor career stats at Soccerbase