Stuart Munro

Stuart Munro

Personal information
Full name	Stuart David Munro[1]
Date of birth	(1962-09-15) 15 September 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Falkirk, Scotland
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1980	Bo'ness United	?	(?)
1980–1981	St Mirren	1	(0)
1982–1984	Alloa Athletic	60	(5)
1984–1991	Rangers	179	(3)
1991–1992	Blackburn Rovers	1	(0)
1992–1996	Bristol City	94	(0)
1995–1996	Falkirk	13	(0)
1996–1997	St Mirren	26	(1)
1997	Blacktown City	3	(0)
1997–1998	Sydney United	21	(0)
International career
1990[2]	Scotland B	2	(0)
1990[3]	SFA (SFL centenary)	1	(0)
Managerial career
1998–1999	Gippsland Falcons
1999–2001	Carlton S.C.
2001–2002	Parramatta Power
2003–2004	South Melbourne FC
2005–2008	Oakleigh Cannons
2009–2011	Dandenong Thunder
2011–2013	Perth Glory assistant
2013	Dandenong Thunder
2015	Dandenong Thunder
2016	Southern United
2017	Dandenong City
2019	Melbourne Knights
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stuart David Munro (born 15 September 1962 in Falkirk) is a Scottish former professional football player, who is best known for his time with Rangers.

Munro was signed from Alloa Athletic and made his top team debut for the Rangers against Dundee on 25 February 1984, aged 21. The game ended in a 3–1 win. He played a further six seasons before with Rangers before being sold to Blackburn Rovers for £350,000.

He emigrated to Australia at the end of his career, appearing for Sydney United in the National Soccer League in what would be his final season of professional football.

Upon retirement, he followed a coaching path, taking the reins at NSL clubs Gippsland Falcons, Carlton, Parramatta Power and South Melbourne.

With the end of that competition, Munro remained in Melbourne and was manager at Oakleigh Cannons from 2005 to 2008. Following the 2008 season he was appointed manager at Dandenong Thunder where he remained until 2011 when he was appointed assistant manager to his former Rangers teammate Ian Ferguson at Perth Glory. Munro spent 3 season as assistant at Perth Glory.^[4] He returned to the Thunder as manager in 2013^[5] before taking on the role of technical director for the 2014 season.^[6] Munro once again took on the role as manager in 2015^[7] but that season saw the club relegated from the Victorian top-flight.^[8] After leaving his role at Dandenong, Munro was appointed as the inaugural manager for newly founded Women's NPL Victoria club Southern United.^[9] At the end of the 2016 season Stuart was poached by Dandenong City for the 2017 NPL2 season.^[10] In 2019 he was appointed as head coach of Melbourne Knights ahead of the 2020 season.^[11]

Honours

Player

Rangers

• Scottish Premier Division: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91
• Scottish Cup: Runners-up 1988–89
• Scottish League Cup: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91
  • Runners-up 1989–90

Manager

Oakleigh Cannons

• VPL Minor Premiership: 2006^[11]

Dandenong Thunder

• VPL Minor Premiership: 2009^[11]

Individual

• Victorian Coach of the Year: 2006, 2009^[11]

References

1. "Stuart Munro". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
2. Scotland B player Stuart Munro, FitbaStats
3. On this day, back in 1990, a Scottish League XI beat Scotland 1-0 at Hampden Park in the SFL Centenary match with the goal coming from then Aberdeen Football Club star Hans Gillhaus, Scottish Professional Football League via Facebook, 18 August 2016
4. "News". 19 September 2017.
5. "Dandenong Thunder Coach Departs To Take Rival South Melbourne Job". Herald Sun. ^{[dead link‍]}
6. "Dandenong Thunder | Football Federation Victoria". www.footballfedvic.com.au. Archived from the original on 24 March 2015.
7. "Season Preview: Dandenong Thunder – Corner Flag".
8. "Promotion the aim for Thunder's new coach – Corner Flag".
9. "Southern United appoint Munro as inaugural coach". Corner Flag. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
10. "Dandenong City capture experienced Munro – Corner Flag".
11. "Munro to lead the Knights in 2020 and beyond". Melbourne Knights. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

External links

• Stuart Munro at Soccerbase