James Harley Lauchlan (born 2 February 1977 in

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) is a Scottish

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Career

Lauchlan started his career with

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making his first team debut age just 16 he went on to make 98 league appearances for the club. Following a loan spell with

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in 2000, Lauchlan signed for

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for a transfer fee of £100,000 where he played 96 league games over three years. In December 2003, he joined former United manager

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at Ross County, where 89 league matches brought five goals. In 2006-07, he signed for Queen of the South as player/coach and went on to make 50 appearances for the club scoring 1 goal. He then agreed terms with

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after being involved with their pre-season training camp in Malta going on to make 54 appearances for the club and winning the Scottish league challenge cup. Having been named as Dundee's player of the year for the 2009/10 season, he was released by the club on 4 May 2010 along with 8 other players. In July 2010, Lauchlan signed for

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.A very successful 6 month period. He went on to make 20 appearances for the club scoring 2 goals going on to win the fai cup and fai league of Ireland cup. In January 2011 Lauchlan went on to sign for Second Division Club Ayr United. During his time he made 20 appearances scoring 1 goal and gaining promotion back to the championship. Lauchlan made 15 appearances as captain for the Scotland under-21 team in the late 1990s.

Family

His younger brother

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was also a professional footballer, with

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and

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Personal life

As of 2022, Lauchlan worked as a Rigger.

Honours

* Scottish League Challenge Cup

2009 * FAI Cup

* FAI League of Ireland Cup

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lauchlan, Jim 1977 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scotland men's under-21 international footballers Scottish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Kilmarnock F.C. players Dundee United F.C. players Ross County F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Dundee F.C. players Sligo Rovers F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Livingston F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players League of Ireland players Scottish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Ireland