Paul McMullan (footballer, born 1984)

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Paul McMullan
Personal information
Full name Paul Alexander McMullan
Date of birth (1984-03-13) 13 March 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2004 Heart of Midlothian 19 (1)
2003–2004Queen of the South (loan) 11 (0)
2004–2005 Inverness CT 0 (0)
2005 Raith Rovers 10 (1)
2005–2006 Sorrento
2006 Hamilton Academical 14 (1)
2006–2007 Stranraer 23 (2)
2007–2008 Berwick Rangers 23 (0)
2008–2009 Glenafton Athletic
2009–2011 Berwick Rangers 35 (1)
2011 Clyde 5 (0)
2012–2014 Elgin City 69 (1)
2014–2015 East Stirlingshire 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:07, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Paul Alexander McMullan (born 13 March 1984) is a Scottish professional football midfielder currently without a club having last played for East Stirlingshire. He has previously played in the Scottish Premier League for Heart of Midlothian.

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Career

McMullan started his career at Heart of Midlothian, making his senior début on 16 February 2002, in a match away to Kilmarnock. [1] During his four-year spell at Hearts, he went on to play a role in the club's 2002–03 season, when the club finished third in the Scottish Premier League. McMullan played in two Edinburgh derby matches that season, including a game that Hearts won 5–1 at Tynecastle in August 2002. [2] McMullan left on a loan period to Queen of the South in December 2003, before leaving Hearts in the summer of 2004. [3]

After joining Inverness Caledonian Thistle, McMullan moved to Raith Rovers in January 2005, without making a league appearance for the Highland club. [4] McMullan then had an eight-month spell in Australia with Sorrento FC in the Western Australia State League, before returning to Scotland in January 2006, to play for Hamilton Academical. [5] [6] [7] The player later moved on to Stranraer and Berwick Rangers and had a season at junior level with Glenafton Athletic where he reunited with his former manager at Raith, Gordon Dalziel. [8]

McMullan signed for Clyde in January 2011, before moving to Elgin City in January 2012. [9] [10]

On 21 May 2014, McMullan signed for East Stirlingshire, [11] but having only made three appearances for the club due to injury, his contract was cancelled by mutual consent in January 2015. [12]

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