Ian Mackay
Mackay in action for Ponferradina in 2011
Personal information
Full name Ian Mackay Abad
Date of birth (1986-07-14) 14 July 1986
Place of birth A Coruña, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Deportivo La Coruña
Number 1
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 50 (0)
2011–2012 Sabadell 4 (0)
2012–2013 Atlético Baleares 20 (0)
2013–2014 Boiro 24 (0)
2014–2018 Racing Ferrol 138 (0)
2018–2019 Murcia 36 (0)
2019–2021 Sabadell 72 (0)
2021– Deportivo La Coruña 78 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:30, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Ian Mackay Abad (born 14 July 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for and captains Deportivo La Coruña.

Career

Born in A Coruña, Mackay emerged through local Deportivo youth ranks, but never managed any first-team appearances, only occasionally being involved in training. In his first year as a professional he was loaned to Segunda División B clubs, Ceuta and Universidad Oviedo, before being released in 2007 and joining another side in that tier, Vecindario.[1][2]

In January 2008, Mackay returned to Galicia, joining lowly Ciudad Santiago and helping to win promotion to the third division,[3] with the club in a severe financial crisis. In the following summer he moved to Ponferradina, still in division three. He achieved promotion to Segunda División in his first season,[1] and played his first match in the competition on 28 August 2010 by starting in a 0–0 home draw against Huesca.[4]

Mackay made 23 appearances in his first season, but Ponfe were immediately relegated. On 18 July 2011, he joined Sabadell also of the second tier,[5] serving mostly as a backup to David de Navas during his only season.[6]

In August 2012, Mackay moved to Atlético Baleares in the third division.[7] In October 2013, he joined Tercera División's Boiro,[8] but signed for Racing Ferrol in April of the following year when their three goalkeepers were injured.[9]

Mackay made 140 total appearances for Ferrol, and after their relegation in 2017–18 he stayed in the third tier, joining Murcia.[10] He returned to Sabadell in July 2019,[11] and was a starter in the club's promotion to the second division.[12]

On 11 June 2021, Mackay returned to Deportivo, now as a first-team player.[13]

Personal life

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.[14]

In February 2007, it was reported that Mackay was being tracked for the Scotland national team by manager Alex McLeish. He was a fan of Celtic, and idolised Henrik Larsson.[15][14]

References

  1. 1 2 Carretero, Rodrigo (10 May 2011). "Mackay pierde su sitio" [No room for Mackay] (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Balado, Lois (3 June 2019). "Ian Mackay: «Dijeron que era hijo de Makaay»" [Ian Mackay: "They said I was Makaay's son"] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Tercera División: Mañana se incorpora Ian Mackay (Tercera División: Ian Mackay joins tomorrow); Ciudad de Santiago, 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ La Ponferradina falla en ataque y vuelve a Segunda con un empate ante el Huesca (Ponferradina fail in attack and return to Segunda with a draw against Huesca); Marca, 28 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ El gallego Ian Mackay, nuevo portero del Sabadell (Galician Ian Mackay, new goalkeeper of Sabadell); Diario AS, 18 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ El 1 por 1 del Centre d’Esports Sabadell (Centre d’Esports Sabadell 1 by 1); iSabadell, 10 June 2012 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ El Baleares ficha al portero Ian Mackay (Baleares sign goalkeeper Ian Mackay); Diario de Mallorca, 28 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ El Boiro refuerza su portería con el fichaje de Ian Mackay (Boiro bolster goalkeeping lines with the signing of Ian Mackay); La Voz de Galicia, 19 October 2013 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ Ian Mackay ya es jugador del Racing de Ferrol (Ian Mackay is already a Racing de Ferrol player) Archived 19 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine; GaliFutbol, 3 April 2014 (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ "El Real Murcia confirma nueve fichajes en apenas 48 horas" [Murcia confirm nine signings in barely 48 hours] (in Spanish). La Opinión de Murcia. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  11. ↑ Vituri, Pau (5 July 2019). "El mercat de Segona B comença a agafar ritme a 10 dies de l'inici de la pretemporada" [Segunda B market starts to accelerate 10 days before start of the season] (in Catalan). Ràdio Sabadell. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "El Sabadell vuelve a Segunda con el sello de Antonio Hidalgo" [Sabadell return to Segunda courtesy of Antonio Hidalgo] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Ian Mackay, NEW Dépor 21–22 player!". Deportivo La Coruña. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  14. 1 2 Porteous, James (8 February 2007). "The Scottish goalkeeper who doesn't speak English . . ". The Herald. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "Mackay dreams of Scotland call-up". BBC Sport. 8 February 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
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