Derek Addison

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Derek Addison
Full name	Derek Addison
Date of birth	July 8, 1955 (1955-07-08) (age 52)
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Midfielder (Retired)
Youth clubs
1971–1972 1972–1973	Hibernian Lochee United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1973–1981 1981–1982 1982–1986 1986–1987	Dundee United Hearts St Johnstone Brechin City Total	106 0(9) 032 0(4) 098 0(3) 001 0(0) 237 (16)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Derek Addison (born 8 July 1955 in Dundee) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.

A former pupil of Harris Academy, Addison was briefly attached to Hibernian aged 16 before returning to his native Tayside. After a season playing with Junior side Lochee United he signed for Jim McLean's Dundee United. Considered part of the club's move towards home-grown players, he broke into the first team at the same time as John Holt and Ray Stewart and Billy Kirkwood. However, he was unable to establish himself as a regular in the side: in his eight seasons at Tannadice he only once made more than twenty league starts.

Addison signed for recently-relegated Hearts in September 1981, along with former international striker Willie Pettigrew, in a deal worth almost £200,000. Although he enjoyed a prominent first team role for the first time, the size of his transfer fee coupled with a failure to gain instant promotion had led to financial problems at Hearts, necessitating his sale after only one season. Fellow First Division side St Johnstone paid £65,000 for his services in 1982 and he made 113 competitive appearances for the Perth side in 4 seasons. He attained a player-coach role with the Saints in 1985 but left the club a year later.