{{short description|English footballer}} {{Cleanup|reason=Years out of date|date=February 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Michael Mackay | image = Mackay, Michael.jpg | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1982|10|11}} | birth_place = Durham, England | height = | position = Striker | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2004–2005 | years2 = 2005 | years3 = 2005–2007 | years4 = 2007–2011 | years5 = 2009–2010 | years6 = 2011–2016 | years7 = 2016–2017 | years8 = 2017–2021 | clubs1 = Birtley Town | clubs2 = Durham City | clubs3 = Consett | clubs4 = Hartlepool United | clubs5 = → Gateshead (loan) | clubs6 = Consett | clubs7 = Jarrow Roofing | clubs8 = Consett | caps1 = 44 | goals1 = 29 | caps2 = 55 | goals2 = 30 | caps3 = 70 | goals3 = 82 | caps4 = 49 | goals4 = 7 | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 2 | caps6 = 180 | goals6 = 163 | caps7 = ? | goals7 = ? | caps8 = 52 | goals8 = 25 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | club-update = | ntupdate = }} '''Michael Mackay''' (born 11 October 1982) is an English retired footballer.
He made the move to Durham City from Birtley Town, where he scored prolifically, with 29 goals in his first season. He scored 30 goals before moving to Consett.
Mackay scored 43 goals in the first half of the 2006–07 season,<ref>[http://www.consettafc.com/2006-07/results2006-07.htm] Consett Official Site – 2006/7 Results, accessed 09/11/2007</ref> which tempted Hartlepool to sign him in February 2007.
Mackay scored his first league goal for Hartlepool United on 2 October against Carlisle United, and then scored another goal in the Football League Trophy against Lincoln City on 9 October, a week after scoring his first. Mackay signed a new contract with the club in the summer of 2009.
On 3 August 2009, Mackay signed for Gateshead on loan for six months,<ref name="Gateshead bring in Pools striker Mackay on six month loan">{{cite news |title = Gateshead bring in Pools striker Mackay on six month loan |publisher = Gateshead FC |date = 2009-08-03 |url = http://gateshead-fc.com/news2.php?i=1346 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130124003207/http://gateshead-fc.com/news2.php?i=1346 |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2013-01-24 |accessdate = 2009-08-03 }}</ref> making his debut in a 0–3 defeat to Histon five days later.<ref name="Gateshead 0-3 Histon">{{cite news |title = Gateshead 0–3 Histon |publisher = Gateshead FC |date = 2009-08-09 |url = http://gateshead-fc.com/report.php?i=1355 |accessdate = 2009-08-15 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090812094013/http://www.gateshead-fc.com/report.php?i=1355 |archivedate = 12 August 2009 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> Mackay scored his first goal for Gateshead the following week in a 1–2 defeat to Luton Town.<ref name="Luton Town 2-1 Gateshead">{{cite news |title = Luton Town 2–1 Gateshead |publisher = Gateshead FC |date = 2009-08-16 |url = http://gateshead-fc.com/report.php?i=1364 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130124135037/http://gateshead-fc.com/report.php?i=1364 |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2013-01-24 |accessdate = 2009-08-18 }}</ref>
In May 2011, he was not offered a new contract by Hartlepool, along with nine other players from the 2010/11 squad.<ref name="bbc13363090">{{cite news | title = Ten players shown door by Hartlepool United | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13363090 | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 11 May 2011 | access-date = 12 May 2011}}</ref>
Mackay scored 22 goals for Consett in the 2018/19 season, however an injury led to him only making nine appearances the following season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://consettafc.com/player/michael-mackay/|title = Michael Mackay}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerbase}} * [http://www.hartlepool.vitalfootball.co.uk/player.asp?p=447 Vital Hartlepool Profile: Michael Mackay]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mackay, Michael}} Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:English men's footballers Category:Durham City A.F.C. players Category:Consett A.F.C. players Category:Hartlepool United F.C. players Category:Gateshead F.C. players Category:Northern Football League players Category:English Football League players Category:National League (English football) players Category:Birtley Town F.C. players Category:Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association F.C. players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Footballers from Durham, England Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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