Robbie Winters

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Personal information
Robbie Winters
Full name	Robert Winters
Date of birth	November 4, 1974 (age 32)
Place of birth	East Kilbride, Scotland
Height	177 cm
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	SK Brann
Number	77
Youth clubs
1991	Muirend Amateurs
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1997 1998-2001 2002 2002-	Dundee United Aberdeen Luton Town SK Brann	066 (17) 135 (42) 001 0(0) 098 (36)
National team
1999	Scotland	001 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 28 February 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Robbie Winters (born November 4, 1974 in East Kilbride) is a Scottish footballer. He is a former Dundee United and Aberdeen and current S.K. Brann player.

1 Career
2 Trivia
3 Honours
4 External links

[edit] Career

Winters made his debut for Dundee United in 1992 and played 99 league games for the Terrors, scoring 19 times. A move to Aberdeen beckoned, which saw Billy Dodds and cash come to Tannadice in exchange for Winters. His time at Pittodrie was fruitful, with 41 goals from 132 league appearances. After leaving in 2002 when his contract expired, Winters played one match for Luton Town, appearing in the first half of the first match of the season, before moving to Norway with Brann. After several seasons with hints about leaving Bergen due to family issues, Winters stated on October 31 that he no longer had the motivation needed to play for SK Brann, and that he wished to leave the club in January [1]. He was seeking a club, preferably in Scotland, but he also stated that an English Championship club would be interesting. With no contract offer, Winters returned to SK Brann to make peace with manager Mons Ivar Mjelde, and fulfil his contract until December 2007. Winters' Scottish team-mate Charlie Miller did leave and subsequently joined Belgian side Lierse.

Winters, whose younger brother David is a professional footballer with Hamilton Academical, has one Scotland cap, when he appeared as a substitute in the 1-0 friendly win against Germany in Bremen, April 1999.

[edit] Trivia

In the 1999–00 Scottish Cup final, Winters came on as a 2nd-minute substitute to replace injured goalkeeper Jim Leighton, who suffered a fractured cheekbone. Playing virtually the whole match in an unorthodox position, Winters let in four goals as Rangers beat Aberdeen 4-0.

[edit] Honours

Scottish Cup Runner-up: 1

1999–00

Scottish League Cup Runner-up: 1

1997–98

SPFA Young Player of the Year: 1

1997

Norwegian Cup: 1

2003-04

Norwegian Premier League Player of the Month: 1

May 2006

[edit] External links

Official website profile in Norwegian
Robbie Winters career stats at Soccerbase

Preceded by Jackie McNamara	Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year 1997	Succeeded by Gary Naysmith

S.K. Brann - Current Squad
1 Thorbjørnsen \| 2 Jaiteh \| 3 Dahl \| 4 Guntveit \| 5 Corrales \| 6 Haugen \| 7 Gashi \| 8 Andresen \| 9 Solli \| 10 Sæternes \| 11 Vaagan Moen \| 12 Opdal \| 13 Huseklepp \| 15 Hanstveit \| 17 Bakke \| 18 Bjarnason \| 19 Misje \| 20 Ludvigsen \| 21 Sigurðsson \| 22 Helstad \| 28 Björnsson \| 77 Winters \| Coach Mjelde