Paul Hegarty

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Paul Hegarty
Personal information
Full name	Paul Anthony Hegarty
Date of birth	25 July 1954 (1954-07-25) (age 53)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Playing position	Defender (retired)
Youth clubs
	Tynecastle BC
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972–1974 1974–1990 1990 1990–1992	Hamilton Academical Dundee United St Johnstone Forfar Athletic	081 (22) 493 (52) 014 0(1) 040 0(1)
National team
1979–1983	Scotland	008 0(0)
Teams managed
1990–1992 1999 2002–2003	Forfar Athletic Aberdeen Dundee United
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Paul Anthony Hegarty (born 25 July 1954 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former footballer and manager. He was captain of Dundee United during their most successful era in the 1970s and 1980s and won eight international caps for Scotland.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 International career 3 Later career, management and coaching 4 Honours 4.1 Dundee United 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

Hegarty's senior career began as a striker with Hamilton Accies in 1972. In November 1974, Dundee United manager Jim McLean signed him for a fee of £27,500. Two years later, McLean transformed Hegarty's career when he experimented by pairing him with Dave Narey in United's central defence. The partnership they forged would be integral to United's successes for over a decade, and Hegarty, never more than an average forward, would develop into a top class central defender. As club captain, Hegarty led United to their first ever major trophy, the Scottish League Cup in 1979, which they retained the following year.

In 1982-83, Hegarty was an ever-present as United captured the Scottish League title. He also featured in many notable victories in European competition, albeit injury restricted his participation in United's run to the UEFA Cup final in 1987.

[edit] International career

Hegarty represented his country between 1979 and 1983, captaining the side against Northern Ireland in his eighth and final appearance for Scotland. He also turned out for the Under-21 side as a permitted over-age player and represented the Scottish League.

[edit] Later career, management and coaching

In recognition of his contribution to Dundee United, the club allowed him to leave on a free transfer in January 1990. He briefly played for St. Johnstone, helping them to promotion, before joining Forfar Athletic as player-manager. His tenure at Station Park was a disaster, with Hegarty leaving the club after they were relegated in 1992. Shortly afterwards he returned to Dundee United when he was offered a position on the club's coaching staff. After leaving Tannadice again in 1995 he went on to work for Hearts (where his brother was once a player) and Aberdeen in a coaching capacity. It was while at Aberdeen that Hegarty returned to front-line management. Following the dismissal of Alex Miller, he was appointed as manager on an interim basis in January 1999. However, despite saving the club from relegation, Aberdeen elected at the end of the season not to continue with Hegarty in the job on a long-term basis. Once again, Dundee United offered Hegarty a coaching role, which would lead to an even shorter managerial appointment.

In October 2002, after failing to land his first-choice target Ian McCall, United chairman Eddie Thompson elevated Hegarty to the vacant manager's position. However this was never more than a stop-gap appointment, with Thompson subsequently able to tempt McCall to the club and ending Hegarty's time as manager after only three months.

Since his latest departure from Tannadice, Hegarty continues to work in coaching, having been on the staff of both Livingston and Dunfermline. He was appointed as assistant to his former Dundee United colleague Maurice Malpas at Motherwell on 25 May 2006, although later replaced by Scott Leitch.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Dundee United

• Scottish League Premier Division: 1
  

1982-83

• Scottish League Cup: 2
  

1979-80, 1980-81

[edit] External links

• Profile from Legends section on Dundee United official website
• Paul Hegarty management career stats at Soccerbase

Awards
Preceded by Derek Johnstone	Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year 1979	Succeeded by Davie Provan

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