Ian Wallace
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Career & Clubs
Career in Scotland
Born in Glasgow, Wallace started at Scottish Junior club Yoker Athletic. He then joined the senior ranks with Scottish Football League club Dumbarton.
Coventry City
Wallace was purchased for £70,000 by the then Coventry manager Gordon Milne in 1976. Milne paired his small frame with his larger strike partner Mick Ferguson. He emerged from a car accident whilst at the club sporting a deep scar on the forehead. He also suffered a detached retina whilst playing for Coventry at Norwich. Coventry finished 7th in the 1977-78 Football League, their second best ever placing after the team of 1969–70. Unlike in 1969-70 they missed out on a UEFA competition place. Wallace played that season alongside Ferguson, Tommy Hutchison, Terry Yorath, Graham Oakey, Bobby MacDonald and Jim Blyth. Wallace scored 23 goals that season, his first of three in a row as Coventry's top scorer. He was later inducted in to the Coventry City Hall of Fame.
Nottingham Forest
Wallace moved to then-reigning European champions Nottingham Forest in July 1980 for £1.25 million, making him one of the world's most expensive players. Wallace went on to be Forest's top scorer for the first three of the four seasons he played there, scoring 13 goals in each season he top scored.
Later career
Wallace moved to French club Brest for a short spell in 1984. He returned to English football with Sunderland around New Year in season 1984–85. In 1986 he joined Portuguese…
Wallace returned to Dumbarton as manager in November 1996 replacing Jim Fallon. He was dismissed from this job in October 1999 and was replaced by Jimmy Brown.
Statistics
As of March 1999
- Club
- Sunderland A.F.C. (1984–1986)
- Club
- Melbourne Knights Football Club (1987–1987)
- Club
- Nottingham Forest F.C. (1980–1984)
- Club
- Yoker Athletic F.C. (1973–1974)
- Club
- Dumbarton F.C. (1974–1976)
- Club
- Coventry City F.C. (1976–1980)
- Club
- C.S. Marítimo (1986–1987)
- Club
- Stade Brestois 29 (1984–1984)
- Club
- Scotland national under-21 football team (1977–1977)
- Club
- Scotland men's national football team (1978–1979)
- National team
- Scotland
Legacy
Sunderland
Football League Cup runner-up: 1984–85 Individual
Coventry City Hall of Fame
Clubs
- Yoker Athletic F.C.1973–1974
- Dumbarton F.C.1974–1976
- Coventry City F.C.1976–1980
- Scotland national under-21 football team1977–1977
- Scotland men's national football team1978–1979
- Nottingham Forest F.C.1980–1984
- Stade Brestois 291984–1984
- Sunderland A.F.C.1984–1986
- C.S. Marítimo1986–1987
- Melbourne Knights Football Club1987–1987
Played together with
Aaron RamseyNottingham Forest F.C. · 2010–2011- Abdel Sattar SabryC.S. Marítimo · 2002–2003
- Abdelmalek CherradC.S. Marítimo · 2010–2011
Abdou Kader ManganeSunderland A.F.C. · 2013–2013
Abdoulwhaid SissokoStade Brestois 29 · 2012–2013- Abdullah Al-JoueiC.S. Marítimo
Abdullahi Ibrahim AlhassanC.S. Marítimo- Abe HartleyDumbarton F.C. · 1892–1893
Abel KhaledStade Brestois 29 · 2012–2015- Abel LobatónC.S. Marítimo · 2004–2005
- Abel SilvaC.S. Marítimo · 1991–1992
- Achraf DariStade Brestois 29 · 2022
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Identifiers & aliases
Ian Andrew Wallace is a Scottish former football player and manager. He played as a striker in the 1970s and 1980s for Dumbarton, Coventry City, Nottingham Forest, Brest, Sunderland, Marítimo and Melbourne Croatia. Wallace played in three international matches for Scotland in the late 1970s.
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