United during his career. The McGlinchey family returned to Scotland when Michael was one year old. McGlinchey played two games for Scotland at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup against Costa Rica and Nigeria. In 2009, he took advantage of a FIFA Congress resolution which removed the age limit for changing associations for players who had already played for a country's national team at age group level and declared himself available for selection for the New Zealand All Whites. He was then included by New Zealand manager Ricki Herbert in the squad to face Jordan, before the 2010 World Cup play-off matches against Bahrain. McGlinchey made his New Zealand debut on 9 September 2009, in the match against Jordan. McGlinchey played a pivotal role in the Inter-confederation play-off match against Bahrain in both the away leg in Ar Rifa' off the bench as a second-half substitute and made the starting XI in the home fixture in Wellington which New Zealand went on to win 1–0 thanks to a first half goal from striker Rory Fallon. On 10 May 2010, McGlinchey was named in New Zealand's final 23-man squad to compete at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was one of New Zealand's three over-age players at the 2012 Summer Olympics, playing in all three of their matches in group C. Career statistics Club International International goals As of match played 15 November 2017. New Zealand score listed first, score column indicates score after each McGlinchey goal. Honours Club Central Coast Mariners: A-League Premiership: 2011–12 A-League Championship: 2012–13 International New Zealand OFC Nations Cup: 2016 Individual PFA A-League Team of the Season: 2012–13 A-League All Star: 2013 See also List of Central Coast Mariners FC players List of sportspeople who competed for more than one nation References External links 1987 births Living people Scottish footballers New Zealand association footballers New Zealand international footballers New Zealand people of Irish descent New Zealand youth international footballers Celtic F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players J1 League players Vegalta Sendai players Central Coast Mariners FC players Wellington Phoenix FC players Queen's Park F.C. players Clyde F.C. players A-League Men players 2010 FIFA World Cup players Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2012 OFC Nations Cup players 2016 OFC Nations Cup players 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players Association footballers from Wellington City New Zealand people of Scottish descent Scotland youth international footballers Scotland