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Luigi "Lou" Macari (born 7 June 1949) is a Scottish former footballer and football manager. He began his playing career at Celtic where he was one of the 'Quality Street Gang', the outstanding reserve team that emerged in the late 1960s that also comprised Kenny Dalglish and Danny McGrain. He is best known for his time at Manchester United, where he played over 400 games. He helped them win promotion back to the First Division and then played in their FA Cup win of 1977. He then finished his playing career at lower league Swindon Town. He was the manager of Swindon, West Ham United, Birmingham City, Stoke City (two spells), Celtic and Huddersfield Town. ==Playing career== Macari signed for Celtic at the age of 16.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stretford-end.com/legends/lou-macari/ )〕 He quickly became part of the renowned reserve side known as the Quality Street Gang that also comprised the likes of Kenny Dalglish, Danny McGrain and Davie Hay. In August 1968, Celtic Reserves needed to defeat Partick Thistle Reserves by at least seven goals to win their Reserve League Cup section over Rangers Reserves. Celtic won 12-0, with Macari scoring four goals.〔 Macari scored 91 goals in two seasons for the reserves and in occasional first team games,〔 having broken through into the Celtic first team in 1970.〔 In 1971 he replaced Willie Wallace in the starting line up for the replay of the 1971 Scottish Cup Final, and scored for Celtic in a 2–1 win over Rangers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://celticunderground.net/the-bhoy-in-the-picture-lou-macari/ )〕 After a promising start to his playing career with Celtic, he moved south of the border in 1973 for £200,000 to sign for Manchester United, where he spent the bulk of his playing career. During his time with Celtic he had scored 57 goals in 100 appearances since making his first team debut in 1970. He won three League titles and two Scottish Cups in his time at Celtic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.leaguemanagers.com/managers/lou-macari/ )〕 His first game for Manchester United came in January 1973 against West Ham United in which he scored a point-saving goal in a 2–2 draw. In 1977, his deflected shot off team mate Jimmy Greenhoff won Manchester United the FA Cup final against Liverpool (and ultimately denied Liverpool the European treble). He made 400 appearances for the club, scoring 98 goals. Macari's early career at Old Trafford was spent trying to lead an attack that struggled to achieve anything. Relegation to the Second division in 1974 was the low point but Macari blossomed as a midfielder in the following seasons under Tommy Docherty, as United began to win back a large following with attacking football in which Macari enjoyed popularity alongside players such as Gordon Hill, Steve Coppell and the Greenhoff brothers. He helped United win the Second Division title in 1975. They finished third on their return to the top flight and were runners-up in the FA Cup before going one better and lifting the trophy a year later.〔 He was on the losing side in the 1979 final,〔 and also played in a string of European campaigns during the late 1970s and early 1980s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lou Macari」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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