Stewart McKimmie

Stewart McKimmie
Personal information
Full name	Stewart McKimmie
Date of birth	27 October 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Banks O' Dee
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1983	Dundee
1983–1997	Aberdeen
1997–1998	Dundee United
Total
International career
1984–1985	Scotland U21
1987	Scotland B
1989–1996	Scotland
1990	SFA (SFL centenary)
	*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 later wrote a weekly column in the Evening Express, as well as appearing as a pundit on Northsound 2's Friday Sport.

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.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[8]^[9]^[10]
Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dundee	1980–81	Scottish First Division	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
	1981–82	Scottish Premier Division	16	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	22	0
	1982–83		31	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	39	0
	1983–84		16	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	24	0
	Total		81	0	4	0	18	0	0	0	103	0
Aberdeen	1983–84	Scottish Premier Division	18	1	6	0	0	0	5	0	29	1
	1984–85		34	3	5	0	1	0	2	0	42	3
	1985–86		34	3	5	0	6	0	6	0	51	3
	1986–87		37	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	45	0
	1987–88		42	0	5	0	5	0	3	0	55	0
	1988–89		35	0	5	0	5	0	2	0	47	0
	1989–90		33	0	5	0	5	0	2	0	45	0
	1990–91		25	1	0	0	4	0	4	0	33	1
	1991–92		39	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	44	0
	1992–93		14	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	20	0
	1993–94		40	0	5	0	2	0	4	0	51	0
	1994–95		36	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	42	1
	1995–96		29	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	37	0
	1996–97		14	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	21	0
	Total		430	9	46	0	47	0	39	0	562	9
Dundee United	1996–97	Scottish Premier Division	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	1997–98	Scottish Premier Division	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	0
	Total		10	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	14	0
Career total			521	9	51	0	65	0	42	0	679	9

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[11]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1989	2	0
	1990	7	1
	1991	3	0
	1992	8	0
	1993	4	0
	1994	7	0
	1995	5	0
	1996	4	0
Total		40	1

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each McKimmie goal

List of international goals scored by Stewart McKimmie
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 March 1990	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Argentina	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Honours

References

^ A Record of Post-war Scottish League Players 1946/47 to 2017/18. 7. John Litster and Scottish Football Historian magazine. 2018.
^ Scotland U21 player McKimmie, Stewart, FitbaStats
^ Scotland B player McKimmie, Stewart, FitbaStats
^ 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
^ Dark Blue Dons: Stewart McKimmie, AFC Heritage Trust
^ ^a ^b Stewart McKimmie, AFC Heritage Trust
^ Stewart McKimmie, Sporting Heroes
^ "Stewart McKimmie | Player Statistics | Dundee (Dee Archive)". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
^ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
^ "Stewart McKimmie | Player Statistics | Dundee United (Arab Archive)". www.arabarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
^ "Stewart McKimmie | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2023.

External links

Evening Express column
Stewart McKimmie at Soccerbase
Stewart McKimmie at the Scottish Football Association

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