{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use British English|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{ Infobox football biography | fullname = Stuart Muir McCaffrey | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1979|5|30}} | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | height = | position = Defender | years1 = 1996–1998 | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Hibernian | years2 = 1998–2001 | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = Aberdeen | years3 = 2000 | caps3 = 11 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = → Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) | years4 = 2001 | caps4 = 20 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = → Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) | years5 = 2001–2008 | caps5 = 132 | goals5 = 6 | clubs5 = Inverness Caledonian Thistle | years6 = 2008 | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 1 | clubs6 = → St Johnstone (loan) | years7 = 2008–2010 | caps7 = 36 | goals7 = 3 | clubs7 = St Johnstone | years8 = 2010–2012 | caps8 = 40 | goals8 = 0 | clubs8 = Greenock Morton | totalcaps = 242 | totalgoals = 10 }}
'''Stuart McCaffrey''' (born 30 May 1979) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender.
==Playing career== McCaffrey began his career as a trainee with Hibernian, before signing for Aberdeen in July 1998. Failing to break into the Aberdeen first team, he signed on loan for Inverness Caledonian Thistle in September 2000. This was followed by a permanent contract.
McCaffrey made more than 150 appearances for Inverness, and has scored five goals. He was part of the Inverness defence, playing alongside the likes of Bobby Mann, Stuart Golabek, Ross Tokely, Grant Munro and Darren Dods. McCaffrey joined St Johnstone on a six-month loan on 31 December 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/st_johnstone/7166331.stm|title=McCaffrey seals Saints loan deal|access-date=1 May 2008 | publisher=BBC News | date=31 December 2007}}</ref> and made the move permanent in April 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/st_johnstone/7373685.stm|title=St Johnstone swoop for McCaffrey|access-date=1 May 2008 | publisher=BBC News | date=29 April 2008}}</ref>
McCaffrey has Scottish Challenge Cup and Scottish Football League First Division winner's medals, both won whilst playing for Inverness. He has become a regular in the heart of the St Johnstone defence, and has also scored a few goals. Unfortunately, he also scored an own goal in a Scottish Cup tie against Rangers, when he diverted a cross ball past Alan Main.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7823788.stm |title=St Johnstone 0–2 Rangers |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 January 2009}}</ref>
After being restricted to 12 appearances for Saints during the 2009–10 season due to injuries, McCaffrey signed for Greenock Morton on a free transfer in July 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/morton/8872762.stm |title=Morton take Stuart McCaffrey from Saints |publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 July 2010 |access-date=30 July 2010}}</ref>
Following a tear of his Plantar fascia mid-season, in May he announced that he would be taking a break from football but had not yet planned to retire.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/articles/2012/04/25/427801-captains-log-time-out-for-skipper/|title=Captain's Log: Time out for skipper|work=Greenock Telegraph|first=Stuart|last=McCaffrey|date=25 April 2012|accessdate=1 May 2012}}</ref>
==Coaching career== McCaffrey was working towards his B licence.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/sport/morton/articles/2011/02/04/409919-captain-stu-turns-coach/|title=Captain Stu turns coach|work=Greenock Telegraph|date=4 February 2011|accessdate=5 February 2011|first=Chris|last=Tait}}</ref>
==Personal life== McCaffrey is married. His wife Rachel (who is a teacher at Loudoun Academy) gave birth to their daughter Martha on 4 September 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stuart McCaffrey Congratulations to Stuart and Rachel |url=http://www.gmfc.net/News/&action=fullnews&id=589 |publisher=Greenock Morton F.C. |date=6 September 2011 |access-date=24 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421210025/http://www.gmfc.net/News/%26action%3Dfullnews%26id%3D589 |archive-date=21 April 2012 }}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{Soccerbase}}
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