Paul Hegarty
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| Paul Hegarty | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Paul Anthony Hegarty | |
| Date of birth | July 25, 1954 (age 52) | |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Position | Assistant Manager | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Motherwell | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Tynecastle BC | ||
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1972-74 1974-90 1990 1990-92 |
Hamilton Academical Dundee United St Johnstone Forfar Athletic |
81(22) 493(52) 14(1) 40(1) |
| National team | ||
| 1979-83 | Scotland | 8(0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1990-92 1999 2002-03 |
Forfar Athletic Aberdeen Dundee United |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Paul Anthony Hegarty (born 25 July 1954 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former footballer and manager. He is currently assistant manager of Motherwell F.C..
He was captain of Dundee United F.C. during their most successful era in the 1970s and 1980s and won 8 international caps for Scotland.
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[edit] Playing career
Hegarty's senior career began as a striker with Hamilton Academical in 1972. In November 1974 Dundee United manager, Jim McLean, signed him for a fee of £27,500. Two years later, McLean would transform Hegarty's career when he experimented by pairing him with Dave Narey in United's central defence. The partnership they forged would be integral to United's successes for over a decade, and Hegarty, never more than an average forward, would develop into a top class central defender. As club captain, Hegarty led United to their first ever major trophy, the Scottish League Cup in 1979, which they retained the following year.
In 1982-83, Hegarty was an ever-present as United captured the Scottish League title. He also featured in many notable victories in European competition, albeit injury restricted his participation in United's run to the UEFA Cup final in 1987.
[edit] International career
Hegarty won 8 international caps for Scotland between 1979 and 1983, captaining the side against Northern Ireland on his final appearance. He also turned out for the Under-21 side as a permitted overage player and represented the Scottish League.
[edit] Later career, management and coaching
In recognition of his contribution to Dundee United, the club allowed him to leave on a free transfer in January 1990. He briefly played for St Johnstone F.C., helping them to promotion, before joining Forfar Athletic F.C. as player-manager.
This move failed to work out, with Hegarty leaving the club after they were relegated in 1992. Shortly afterwards he returned to Dundee United when he was offered a position on the club's coaching staff. After leaving Tannadice Park again in 1995 he went on to work for Heart of Midlothian F.C. (where his brother was once a player) and Aberdeen F.C. in a coaching capacity.
It was while at Aberdeen that Hegarty returned to front-line management. Following the dismissal of Alex Miller, he was appointed as manager on an interim basis in January 1999.
However, despite saving the club from relegation, Aberdeen elected at the end of the season not to continue with Hegarty in the job on a long-term basis. Once again, Dundee United offered Hegarty a coaching role, which would lead to an even shorter managerial appointment.
In October 2002, after failing to land his first choice target Ian McCall, United chairman Eddie Thompson elevated Hegarty to the vacant manager's position. However this was never more than a stop-gap appointment, with Thompson subsequently able to tempt McCall to the club and ending Hegarty's time as manager after only three months.
Since his latest departure from Tannadice, Hegarty had continued to work in coaching, having been on the staff of both Livingston F.C. and Dunfermline Athletic F.C.. He was appointed as assistant to his former Dundee United colleague Maurice Malpas at Motherwell on 25 May 2006.
[edit] Honours
[edit] External link
- Profile from Legends section on Dundee United official website
| Preceded by Derek Johnstone |
Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year 1979 |
Succeeded by Davie Provan |
| Preceded by Alex Miller |
Aberdeen FC manager 1998-1999 |
Succeeded by Ebbe Skovdahl |
| Preceded by Alex Smith |
Dundee United FC manager 2002-2003 |
Succeeded by Ian McCall |
