Stewart McKimmie

Stewart McKimmie

Personal information
Full name	Stewart McKimmie
Date of birth	(1962-10-27) 27 October 1962
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Height
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)
International career
1989-1996	Scotland	40	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 now writes a weekly column in the Evening Express, as well as appearing as a pundit on Northsound 2's Friday Sport.

Club 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.

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. He scored one goal for Scotland, the only goal in a friendly game against world champions Argentina prior to the 1990 World Cup.

Honours

• Scottish Premier League (2): 1983-84 1984-85
• Scottish Cup (3): 1984 1986 1990
• Scottish League Cup (3): 1985 1989 1995
• European Super Cup (1): 1983

External links

• Evening Express column
• Stewart McKimmie career statistics at Soccerbase
• Stewart McKimmie at scottishfa.co.uk