Paul Macari is a Scottish

Scotland

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 former professional

Professional

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 footballer. The son of former Scotland

Scotland national football team

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 international Lou Macari

Lou Macari

Luigi "Lou" Macari is a Scottish former footballer and football manager of Italian descent.-Playing career:...

, he played professionally for Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

 and Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield Town F.C.

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. His brother Mike Macari

Mike Macari

Michael "Mike" Macari is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a striker.-Career:Macari began his career with the West Ham United youth team, before turning professional with Stoke City, making 30 appearances in the Football League between 1996 and 1997.-Family:Macari's father Lou...

 was also a professional footballer.

Club career

Macari joined Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

 as a trainee in August 1993 and made his debut as a substitute in a 1-1 away draw against Charlton

Charlton Athletic F.C.

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 in a Division 1 match in October 1997. He made two further substitute appearances for Stoke in the 1997-98 season before joining Sheffield United on a free transfer in 1999. He was released by Sheffield United in August 2001, having made no appearances for the first-team, and joined Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield Town F.C.

Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...

, where he went on to make 14 league and cup appearances, all as substitute, in the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons.

Macari left Huddersfield Town on a free transfer in December 2003 and joined Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League

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 First Division club, Leek Town

Leek Town F.C.

Leek Town Football Club is an English football club based in Leek, Staffordshire, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One South...

, where he was appointed player-coach in March 2004. Finding his playing opportunities limited, he relinguished his position as coach in August 2004 to concentrate on the playing side and joined North West Counties League club Alsager Town

Alsager Town F.C.

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.

Macari rejoined Leek Town

Leek Town F.C.

Leek Town Football Club is an English football club based in Leek, Staffordshire, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One South...

 in an assistant manager/player role in 2010 but left at the end of the year following the sacking of Wayne Johnson.

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