David Winnie

David Winnie
Personal information
Full nameDavid Peter Winnie[1]
Date of birth26 October 1966
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983–1991St. Mirren146(6)
1991–1995Aberdeen63(1)
1994Middlesbrough (loan)1(0)
1995–1996Heart of Midlothian6(0)
1996–1997Dundee26(1)
1997–1998St. Mirren22(0)
1998KR Reykjavík13(1)
1998–1999Ayr United13(0)
1999Canberra Cosmos23(1)
1999–2000KR Reykjavík24(1)
Total314(10)
National team
1987Scotland U211(0)
Teams managed
2001KR Reykjavík
2002–2003Dumbarton
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

David Peter Winnie (born 26 October 1966) is a Scottish former association football player and manager of Dumbarton.[2]

A defender in playing days, Winnie was part of St. Mirren's 1987 Scottish Cup winning team. He is also a former U21 Scottish International. He also played for Aberdeen and Hearts. After leaving Scotland in 1999, he played for Canberra Cosmos in Australia.[3]

Winnie was then assistant manager at Icelandic side KR before a brief caretaker role saw him steer them from relegation danger. Winnie was also on the coaching staff at the youth academy at Livingston and Glasgow Rangers F.C..

Winnie was manager of Dumbarton from June 2002 until his sacking in March 2003, when the Sons were struggling in the Second Division. He was replaced by Bo'ness United manager Brian Fairley.[4]

David Winnie trained to become a solicitor at a leading Hertfordshire Law Firm in St Albans and qualified as a solicitor in November 2009.

David Winnie is currently Head of the Sports Law Department at Ronald Fletcher Baker LLP, a leading law firm with offices in London and Istanbul.

Manager statistics

As of March 2003

Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Dumbarton Scotland June 2002 March 2003 34 11 6 17 32.35

References

  1. "David Peter Winnie Icelandic league statistics" (in Icelandic). KSÍ.is. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  2. "Winnie is Sons boss". BBC Sport. 6 June 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  3. "Australian Player Database - WI". Oz Football. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  4. "Sons' sights high after sacking". BBC Sport. 26 March 2003. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

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