to qualify for the Championship play-offs, although they did reach Europa League play-offs. Zamalek McLeish was appointed manager of Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek on 28 February 2016. After a series of poor performances from the team, he was sacked on 2 May with ten matches of the season remaining. Scotland national team (second spell) McLeish was reappointed Scotland manager on 16 February 2018, on a two-year contract. Scotland won their 2018–19 UEFA Nations League group under McLeish, but he was sacked on 18 April 2019 following a 3–0 defeat by Kazakhstan. Outside of football McLeish had a cameo appearance in the Laurel and Hardy biopic Stan & Ollie, after a chance meeting with director and Aberdeen FC fan Jon S. Baird on a flight. In the film, McLeish can be briefly seen reading a newspaper in the lobby of the Savoy Hotel behind Steve Coogan. During the 2014 Scottish independence referendum McLeish was a supporter of the Better Together campaign against Scottish independence. Career statistics Club International Managerial record Honours Player Aberdeen Scottish Premier Division: 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85 Scottish Cup: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–90 Scottish League Cup: 1985–86, 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup: 1982–83 European Super Cup: 1983 Individual Scotland national football team roll of honour: 1987 SFWA Footballer of the Year: 1990 Manager Hibernian Scottish First Division: 1998–99 Rangers Scottish Premier League: 2002–03, 2004–05 Scottish Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03 Scottish League Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05 Birmingham City Football League Championship runner-up (promotion): 2008–09 Football League Cup: 2010–11 Individual Scottish Football Hall of Fame: inducted 2005 Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: October 2000, February 2002, September 2002, February 2003, August 2003, September 2003, November 2004, February 2005, January 2006 Premier League Manager of the Month: December 2009 See also List of Scotland national football team captains References External links Profile and stats at AFC Heritage Trust International profile at Sporting-Heroes.net SFA manager profile Motherwell manager profile Rangers manager profile Scottish Football Hall of Fame profile 1959 births 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1986 FIFA World Cup players 1990 FIFA World Cup players Aberdeen F.C. players Association football central defenders Aston Villa F.C. managers Belgian Pro League managers Birmingham City F.C. managers Egyptian Premier League managers English Football League managers Expatriate football managers in Belgium Expatriate football managers in Egypt Hibernian F.C. managers K.R.C. Genk managers Lewis United F.C. players Living people Motherwell F.C. managers Motherwell F.C. players