Stewart McKimmie

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Stewart McKimmie
Personal information
Full name	Stewart McKimmie
Date of birth	(1962-10-27) 27 October 1962
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	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)
National team
1989-1996	Scotland	40	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (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.

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. He now writes a weekly column in the Evening Express. He also appears as a pundit on Northsound 2's Friday Sport.

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 1987 1995
European Super Cup (1): 1983

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Alex McLeish	Aberdeen FC captain 1994-1997	Succeeded by Eoin Jess

v t e Scotland squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 Leighton 2 McLeish 3 Aitken (c) 4 Gough 5 McStay 6 Malpas 7 Johnston 8 Bett 9 McCoist 10 MacLeod 11 Gillespie 12 Goram 13 Durie 14 McInally 15 Levein 16 McCall 17 McKimmie 18 Collins 19 McPherson 20 McAllister 21 Fleck 22 Gunn Coach: Roxburgh

v t e Scotland squad – UEFA Euro 1992

1 Goram 2 Gough (c) 3 McStay 4 Malpas 5 McCoist 6 McClair 7 Durie 8 McPherson 9 McKimmie 10 McCall 11 McAllister 12 Smith 13 Nevin 14 Gallacher 15 Boyd 16 McInally 17 Whyte 18 Bowman 19 McLaren 20 Ferguson Coach: Roxburgh

v t e Scotland squad – UEFA Euro 1996

1 Leighton 2 McKimmie 3 Boyd 4 Calderwood 5 Hendry 6 Whyte 7 Spencer 8 McCall 9 McCoist 10 McAllister (c) 11 Collins 12 Goram 13 T. McKinlay 14 Durie 15 Jess 16 Burley 17 B. McKinlay 18 Gallacher 19 Jackson 20 Booth 21 Gemmill 22 Walker Coach: Brown

Persondata
Name	McKimmie, Stewart
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish footballer
Date of birth	27 October 1962
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death

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