Robbie Winters
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Winters | ||
| Date of birth | 4 November 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | East Kilbride, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Pollok | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Muirend Amateurs | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1992–1998 | Dundee United | 118 | (27) |
| 1998–2002 | Aberdeen | 132 | (41) |
| 2002 | Luton Town | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2008 | Brann | 134 | (42) |
| 2009 | Clyde | 6 | (0) |
| 2009 | Ayr United | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Livingston | 63 | (18) |
| 2011 | Grindavik | 14 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Alloa Athletic | 25 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | Peterhead | 20 | (3) |
| 2013 | Albion Rovers | 3 | (2) |
| 2013 | Dumbarton | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Rossvale | ||
| 2015 | Pollok | ||
| 2015 | East Kilbride | ||
| 2015 | Kilbirnie Ladeside (trial) | ||
| 2015– | Pollok | ||
| National team | |||
| 1999 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:34, 2 March 2013 (UTC). | |||
Robbie Winters (born 4 November 1974) is a Scottish footballer who plays for junior club Pollok. He was capped once by Scotland.
Winters started his in career Scotland and played for Dundee United between 1992 and 1997 and Aberdeen between 1998 and 2002. After a short spell at English club Luton Town, Winters played for the Norwegian club Brann between 2002 and 2008 where he won the Norwegian Cup and the Norwegian Premier League.
Winters has later played for Clyde, Ayr United, Livingston, Grindavik, Alloa Athletic, Peterhead and Albion Rovers.
Early life
Winters was born in East Kilbride on 4 November 1974, and started his career with amateur club Muirend. His younger brother David, who would also become a professional footballer, was born in 1983.
Career
Club
Winters began his senior career with Dundee United in 1992 and played 118 league games for the club, scoring 27 times.[1] 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.[1] In the 2000 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.[2]
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 31 October that he no longer had the motivation needed to play for SK Brann, and that he wished to leave the club in January.[3] 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 left Brann after the 2008 season, to join his family who had moved back to Scotland during the summer, due to his children starting school. Winters played 178 matches for Brann, scoring 70 goals.[4] He signed a short term deal with Clyde until the end of the season in April 2009.[5] Winters was released by Clyde in June 2009 along with the rest of the out of contract players, due to the club's financial position.[6]
After an impressive performance as a trialist against Falkirk, Winters signed a professional contract with Livingston on 28 August 2009.
Winters played for Icelandic club Grindavik in 2011. He scored on his debut against Thor. He then played for Alloa Athletic during the 2011–12 season and helped them win the Scottish Third Division championship. In the summer of 2012, Winters signed for Peterhead,[7] before being released in February 2013 and going on a 3-game trial with Albion Rovers. He chose not to sign a contract at the expiration of the trial.[8] He joined Dumbarton in March 2013.[9]
Winters signed for Rossvale in August 2014 and scored two goals on his debut.[10] He then signed for Pollok in April 2015, where he joined his younger brother David.[11] He joined Lowland League team East Kilbride in July 2015,[12] but left the club the following month after "a difference of opinion" with manager Billy Ogilvie.[13] Returning to junior football, he made one appearance assisting Kilbirnie Ladeside[14] before rejoining Pollok in September 2015.[15]
International
Winters has one Scotland cap, when he appeared as a substitute in the 1–0 friendly win against Germany in Bremen, April 1999.
Career statistics
- As of 15 January 2015
| Season | Club | Division | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 1994–95 | Dundee United | Premier Division | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 2 | ||
| 1995–96 | First Division | 38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 42 | 8 | ||
| 1996–97 | Premier Division | 36 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 43 | 12 | ||
| 1997–98 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 38 | 11 | |||
| 1998–99 | Premier League | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1998–99 | Aberdeen | 28 | 12 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 12 | |||
| 1999–00 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 42 | 7 | |||
| 2000–01 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 41 | 11 | |||
| 2001–02 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 38 | 14 | |||
| 2002–03 | Luton Town | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | Brann | Tippeligaen | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 7 | ||||
| 2004 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 12 | — | — | 29 | 25 | ||||
| 2005 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | 34 | 9 | |||
| 2006 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 | |||
| 2007 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 3 | — | 5 | 7 | 28 | 15 | |||
| 2008 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 5 | 0 | 25 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 386 | 109 | 43 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 461 | 147 | ||
Honours
Individual
- SPFA Young Player of the Year: 1996–97
- Verdens Gang Norwegian Premier League Player of the Year: 2004[16]
- Scottish Challenge Cup runner up: 1995–96
- Scottish First Division runner up: 1995–96
- Scottish League Cup runner-up: 1997–98
- Scottish Cup runner-up: 1999–00
- Scottish League Cup runner-up: 1999–00
- Norwegian Cup winner: 2004
- Norwegian Premier League winner: 2007
- Norwegian Premier League runner-up: 2006
- Scottish Third Division winner: 2009–10
- Scottish Second Division winner: 2010–11
- Scottish Third Division winner: 2011–12
References
- 1 2 "www.soccerbase.com – The Internet Soccer Database". Soccerbase.com. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
- ↑ "BBC News | FOOTBALL | Rangers profit from Dons' misery". News.bbc.co.uk. 27 May 2000. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
- ↑ Av Farid Ighoubah. "iBergen.no". Pub.tv2.no. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
- ↑ Official website profile (translated from Norwegian)
- ↑ "Robbie Winters signs". clydefc.co.uk. Retrieved 31 April 2009. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Players Released". clydefc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
- ↑ "Scottish Division Two ins and outs". BBC Sport (BBC). 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ↑ "Winters departs Rovers". Scottish Football League. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ↑ http://www.dumbartonfootballclub.com/news/?mode=view&id=865
- ↑ "Transfer Talk, August 15: Henrik returns; Lennon, Mackay & Moyes linked with Palace job & McFadden in MLS link". Daily Record. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ↑ Daily Record
- ↑ Thomson, Paul (28 July 2015). "East Kilbride FC: Robbie Winters to be unveiled as club's latest signing". Daily Record (Glasgow). Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ Thomson, Paul (20 August 2015). "East Kilbride FC: Winters walks out on Kilby after 'difference of opinion'". Daily Record (Glasgow). Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ O'Donnell, Jim (16 September 2015). "First Robbie Winters helped out at Kilbirnie now he could be about to shoot them down". Evening Times (Glasgow). Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ "Juniors: Pollok skipper hails striker David Winters' return to form". Evening Times (Glasgow). 25 September 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ http://vglive.no/#eliteguiden=s-borsen-sid-24
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