Jim McAlister
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| Jim McAlister | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Duncan McAlister | |
| Date of birth | 2 November 1985 | |
| Place of birth | Rothesay, Scotland | |
| Height | 5.10 | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Greenock Morton F.C. | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| ????-2002 | Linwood Rangers | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002- | Greenock Morton | 89 (6) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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- For the former American soccer player see Jimmy McAlister (soccer).
Jim McAlister (born 2 November 1985 in Rothesay) is a Scottish footballer. He is currently playing for Greenock Morton in the Scottish First Division.
McAlister, although predominantly right footed plays on the left hand side of midfield. He is considered a skilful and hard-working player.
McAlister made his Morton debut as a substitute against Peterhead at Cappielow Park on 28 December 2002 at 17 years old. His first start was made a few months later on 15 February 2003 away at Elgin City - as an attacker. At the time McAlister was very raw and extremeley thin.
Over the next couple of seasons McAlister flirted with the first team while playing regularly for Morton's reserve side. Morton manager John McCormack introduced McAlister to the Morton first team as a result of his performances in the reserve team.
By season 2004/05 McAlister had forced his way into Morton's first team and such were his performances that he went on to start in every league match that season; barring one in which he appeared as a substitute. As a result he was offered a new three year contract which he signed in July 2004. He has continued to feature for the first team ever since.
There were rumours of interest from Rangers in one Sunday tabloid newspaper but this never came to anything.
Some of his performances led to comparisons with Barcelona player Ronaldinho and resulted in a number of fans (on the unofficial Greenock Morton fans website) giving him the, tongue-in-cheek, nickname 'Jimaldinho'.
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