David Weir

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Personal information
David Weir
Full name	David Gillespie Weir
Date of birth	May 10, 1970 (age 36)
Place of birth	Falkirk, Scotland
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Everton
Number	5
Youth clubs
? 1988-1991	Celtic University of Evansville
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1992-1996 1996-1999 1999-	Falkirk Hearts Everton	133 (8) 74 (6) 230 (10)
National team**
1997-	Scotland	52 (1)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 23, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of October 11, 2006.

For the journalist, see David Weir (journalist).

David Gillespie Weir (born May 10, 1970 in Falkirk, Scotland) is a Scottish football player, who currently captains Everton of the English Premier League.

As a teenager, Weir trained with the Celtic youth sides. Unlike the vast majority of European players, however, Weir took a detour from his professional career, choosing to play college soccer at the University of Evansville from 1988 to 1991. Weir excelled at Evansville, and was named an NCAA All-American in 1990.

Upon returning from college in 1992, Weir signed with Scottish First Division side Falkirk, for whom he played more than 150 games. In 1996, he moved to Scottish Premier League side Hearts, where he won his only major honour to date, the Scottish Cup in 1998. He left Tynecastle in 1999, when he was purchased by Everton.

Weir earned his first cap for the Scotland national football team in 1997. He later retired from international football after he was criticised by the then Scotland manager Berti Vogts. However he returned to international football after Walter Smith, his former manager at Everton, was appointed as Scotland's new manager in December 2004.

Weir is a member of the Scotland Football Hall of Fame having won his 50th Scotland cap against Lithuania on 6 September 2006 where he captained his country to a 2-1 win.

Weir is also on the management committee of the Professional Footballers Association.

[edit] External links

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Statistics at soccerbase.com

Everton F.C. - Current Squad
1 Wright \| 2 Hibbert \| 3 Naysmith \| 4 Yobo \| 5 Weir \| 6 Arteta \| 7 Van der Meyde \| 8 Johnson \| 9 Beattie \| 10 Davies \| 11 McFadden \| 15 Stubbs \| 16 Lescott \| 17 Cahill \| 18 Neville \| 19 Valente \| 21 Osman \| 22 Vaughan \| 23 Pistone \| 24 Howard \| 26 Carsley \| 28 Anichebe \| 30 Ruddy \| 31 Hughes \| 36 Boyle \| 41 Viðarsson \| Manager: Moyes

	Scotland squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Leighton \| 2 McNamara \| 3 Boyd \| 4 Calderwood \| 5 Hendry \| 6 T. McKinlay \| 7 Gallacher \| 8 Burley \| 9 Durie \| 10 Jackson \| 11 Collins \| 12 Sullivan \| 13 Donnelly \| 14 Lambert \| 15 Gemmill \| 16 Weir \| 17 B. McKinlay \| 18 Elliott \| 19 Whyte \| 20 Booth \| 21 Gould \| 22 Dailly \| Coach: Brown