Stewart McKimmie

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Stewart McKimmie
Full name	Stewart McKimmie
Date of birth	October 27, 1962 (1962-10-27) (age 45)
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Right back
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1982–1983 1983–1997 1997	Dundee Aberdeen Dundee United Career	080 (0) 427 (9) 009 (0) 516 (0)
National team
1989–1996	Scotland	040 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Stewart McKimmie (born October 27, 1962) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who predominantly played for hometown club Aberdeen. He played in defence, primarily as a right-back, and also played for Dundee and Dundee United.

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He signed for Aberdeen in 1983 from Dundee, as a replacement for Stuart Kennedy who had been forced to retire due to injury. He won the European Super Cup shortly after joining, and would go on to win two Scottish League Championships in 1984 and 1985, three Scottish Cups in 1984, 1986 and 1990 and three Scottish League Cups in 1985, 1989 and the last in 1995 as captain of Aberdeen. He left the club in 1997 and finished his career with Dundee United. He now writes a weekly column in the Evening Express. He also appears as a pundit on Northsound 2's Friday Sport.

He won 40 international caps for Scotland, appearing in the 1990 World Cup, the 1992 European Football Championship and 1996 European Football Championship. He scored one goal for Scotland, the only goal in a friendly game against world champions Argentina prior to the 1990 World Cup.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Alex McLeish	Aberdeen FC captain 1994-1997	Succeeded by Eion Jess

v • d • e Scotland squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 Leighton • 2 McLeish • 3 Aitken • 4 Gough • 5 McStay • 6 Malpas • 7 Johnston • 8 Bett • 9 McCoist • 10 MacLeod • 11 Gillespie • 12 Goram • 13 Durie • 14 McInally • 15 Levein • 16 McCall • 17 McKimmie • 18 Collins • 19 McPherson • 20 McAllister • 21 Fleck • 22 Gunn • Coach: Roxburgh

v • d • e Scotland squad - 1992 UEFA European Championship

1 Goram • 2 Gough • 3 McStay • 4 Malpas • 5 McCoist • 6 McClair • 7 Durie • 8 McPherson • 9 McKimmie • 10 McCall • 11 McAllister • 12 Smith • 13 Nevin • 14 Gallacher • 15 Boyd • 16 McInally • 17 Whyte • 18 Bowman • 19 McLaren • 20 Ferguson • Coach: Roxburgh

v • d • e Scotland squad - UEFA Euro 1996

1 Leighton • 2 McKimmie • 3 Boyd • 4 Calderwood • 5 Hendry • 6 Whyte • 7 Spencer • 8 McCall • 9 McCoist • 10 McAllister • 11 Collins • 12 Goram • 13 T. McKinlay • 14 Durie • 15 Jess • 16 Burley • 17 B. McKinlay • 18 Gallacher • 19 Jackson • 20 Booth • 21 Gemmill • 22 Walker • Coach: Brown