Stewart McKimmie

Stewart McKimmie (born 27 October 1962) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who predominantly played for home town club Aberdeen. He played in defence, primarily as a right-back, and also played for Dundee and Dundee United. He later wrote a weekly column in the Evening Express, as well as appearing as a pundit on Northsound 2's Friday Sport.

Stewart McKimmie
Personal information
Full name Stewart McKimmie[1]
Date of birth (1962-10-27) 27 October 1962
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Banks O' Dee
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1983 Dundee 81 (0)
1983–1997 Aberdeen 463 (9)
1997–1998 Dundee United 10 (0)
Total 554 (9)
National team
1984–1985[2] Scotland U21 3 (0)
1987[3] Scotland B 1 (0)
1989–1996 Scotland 40 (1)
1990[4] SFA (SFL centenary) 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

McKimmie signed for hometown club 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,[5] 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 the club,[6] in addition to involvement in several further runners-up finishes in the Premier Division and losing cup finals. He left Aberdeen in 1997, having made 561 appearances for the Dons in all competitions,[6] and finished his career with Dundee United.

International career

He won 40 international caps for Scotland, appearing in the 1990 World Cup, the 1992 European Football Championship and 1996 European Football Championship.[7] He scored once for Scotland, the only goal in a friendly game against world champions Argentina prior to the 1990 World Cup.

Honours

See also

References
  1. A Record of Post-war Scottish League Players 1946/47 to 2017/18. 7. John Litster and Scottish Football Historian magazine. 2018.
  2. Scotland U21 player McKimmie, Stewart, FitbaStats
  3. Scotland B player McKimmie, Stewart, FitbaStats
  4. On this day, back in 1990, a Scottish League XI beat Scotland 1-0 at Hampden Park in the SFL Centenary match with the goal coming from then Aberdeen Football Club star Hans Gillhaus, Scottish Professional Football League via Facebook, 18 August 2016
  5. Dark Blue Dons: Stewart McKimmie, AFC Heritage Trust
  6. Stewart McKimmie, AFC Heritage Trust
  7. Stewart McKimmie, Sporting Heroes


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