![]() Mackay in action for Ponferradina in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ian Mackay Abad [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 14 July 1986||
Place of birth | A Coruña, Spain | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Eldense | ||
Number | 13 | ||
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 | 49 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Ponferradina | 48 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Sabadell | 4 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Atlético Baleares | 20 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Boiro | 24 | (0) |
2014–2018 | Racing Ferrol | 130 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Murcia | 36 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Sabadell | 69 | (0) |
2021–2024 | Deportivo La Coruña | 74 | (0) |
2024– | Eldense | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:10, 4 June 2024 (UTC) |
Ian Mackay Abad (born 14 July 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for CD Eldense.
Born in A Coruña, Mackay emerged through local Deportivo de La Coruña youth ranks, but never managed any competitive appearances, only occasionally being involved in training. In his first year as a professional he was loaned to Segunda División B sides, AD Ceuta and AD Universidad de Oviedo, before being released in 2007 and joining another team in that tier, UD Vecindario. [2] [3]
In January 2008, Mackay returned to Galicia, joining lowly SD Ciudad de Santiago [4] and helping to win promotion to the third division, with the club in a severe financial crisis. [5] [6] In the following summer he moved to SD Ponferradina, still in division three. He achieved promotion to Segunda División in his first season, [2] and played his first match in the competition on 28 August 2010 by starting in a 0–0 home draw against SD Huesca. [7]
Mackay made 23 appearances in his debut campaign, but Ponfe were immediately relegated. On 18 July 2011, he joined CE Sabadell FC also of the second tier, [8] serving as a backup to David de Navas during his only season. [9]
In August 2012, Mackay moved to CD Atlético Baleares in the third division. [10] In October 2013, he joined Tercera División's CD Boiro, [11] but signed for Racing de Ferrol in April of the following year when their three goalkeepers were injured. [12]
Mackay totalled 140 games for Ferrol, and after their relegation in 2017–18 he stayed in the third tier, joining Real Murcia CF. [13] He returned to Sabadell in July 2019, [14] and was a starter in the club's promotion to the second division. [15]
On 11 June 2021, Mackay returned to Deportivo, now as a first-team player. [16] On 23 January 2024, he signed for second-tier newcomers CD Eldense. [17] He started in seven of the last eight fixtures while conceding six goals, and the latter side managed to retain their status. [18]
In February 2007, it was reported that Mackay was being tracked for the Scotland national team by manager Alex McLeish. [19]
Mackay was born to a Spanish mother and a Scottish father, oil worker John Cameron Mackay from Inverness, and had four older half-sisters in Aberdeen; due to living his whole life in Spain, he did not speak English. He was a fan of Celtic, and idolised Henrik Larsson. [20]
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