Robert Connor (footballer)

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Robert Connor
Personal information
Full name	Robert James Connor
Date of birth	August 4, 1960 (1960-08-04) (age 47)
Place of birth	Kilmarnock, Scotland
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
19?-19? 19?-1986 1986-1994 1994-199? 199?-199? 199?-200? 200?-200?	Ayr United Dundee Aberdeen Kilmarnock Ayr United Partick Thistle Queen of the South	? (?) ? (?) 263 (22) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?)
National team
1986-1990	Scotland	4 (0)
Teams managed
2005-2007	Ayr United
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Robert James ("Bobby") Connor, (born 4 August 1960 in Kilmarnock) is a former Scotland international football, known for his spell with Aberdeen. He was most recently employed as the manager of Ayr United, until February 2007.

Connor played 263 appearances (12 as substitute) and scored 22 goals for Aberdeen after signing from Dundee in 1986. He was Alex Ferguson's last signing for the Dons before departing to Manchester United. He was capped once by Scotland whilst with Dundee and made 3 further appearances into his Aberdeen career.

After leaving the Dons in 1994 he played for Kilmarnock, Ayr United (as he did when he started his career), Partick Thistle and Queen of the South in senior football, before retiring.

[edit] Honours

• Scottish Cup
  • Winner (1): 1989-90 (Aberdeen)
• League Cup
  • Winner (1): 1989-90 (Aberdeen)

v • d • e Ayr United F.C. – Managers Anderson (1949–53) • Bennett (1953–55) • McBain (1955–56) • Cox (1956–61) • Flavell (1961) • Mays (1961–62) • McBain (1962–63) • Flavell (1963–64) • McCreath (1964–66) • MacLeod (1966–75) • Stuart (1975–78) • MacLeod (1978) • McLean (1979–83) • Caldwell (1983–85) • MacLeod (1985–90) • Burley (1991–93) • Stainrod (1993–95) • Dalziel (1995–02) • Money (2002–04) • Shanks (2004–05) • Connor (2005–07) • Watt (2007) • Reid (2007–-) •