Stewart McKimmie

Football player infobox
playername = Stewart McKimmie


fullname = Stewart McKimmie
height = height|ft=5|in=8
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1962|10|27
cityofbirth = Aberdeen
countryofbirth = Scotland
position = Right back
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1982–1983
1983–1997
1997
clubs = Dundee Aberdeen Dundee United
Career
caps(goals) = 080 (0) 427 (9) 009 (0)
516 (0)
nationalyears = 1989–1996
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 040 (1)

Stewart McKimmie (born October 27, 1962) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who predominantly played for hometown club Aberdeen. He played in defence, primarily as a right-back, and also played for Dundee and Dundee United.

Career

He signed for Aberdeen in 1983 from Dundee, as a replacement for Stuart Kennedy who had been forced to retire due to injury. He won the European Super Cup shortly after joining, and would go on to win two Scottish League Championships in 1984 and 1985, three Scottish Cups in 1984, 1986 and 1990 and three Scottish League Cups in 1985, 1989 and the last in 1995 as captain of Aberdeen. He left the club in 1997 and finished his career with Dundee United. He now writes a weekly column in the Evening Express. He also appears as a pundit on Northsound 2's Friday Sport.

He won 40 international caps for Scotland, appearing in the 1990 World Cup, the 1992 European Football Championship and 1996 European Football Championship. He scored one goal for Scotland, the only goal in a friendly game against world champions Argentina prior to the 1990 World Cup.

External links

* [http://www.thisisaberdeen.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=158025&command=newPage Evening Express column]
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