Robbie Winters

Robbie Winters

Personal information
Full name	Robert Winters
Date of birth	4 November 1974 (1974-11-04)
Place of birth	East Kilbride, Scotland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Alloa Athletic
Youth career
1991–1992	Muirend Amateurs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–1997	Dundee United	118	(27)
1998–2002	Aberdeen	132	(41)
2002	Luton Town	1	(0)
2002–2008	Brann	135	(42)
2009	Clyde	6	(0)
2009	Ayr United	1	(0)
2009–2011	Livingston	63	(18)
2011	Grindavik	14	(3)
2011-	Alloa Athletic	7	(0)
National team
1999	Scotland	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 September 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Robbie Winters (born 4 November 1974 in East Kilbride, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays for Alloa Athletic.

Career

Winters began his career at Dundee United in 1992 and played 99 league games for the Terrors, scoring 19 times. 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. 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.

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. 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. He signed a short term deal with Clyde until the end of the season in April 2009. 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.

Winters, whose younger brother David is a professional footballer, has one Scotland cap, when he appeared as a substitute in the 1–0 friendly win against Germany in Bremen, April 1999.

After an impressive performance as a trialist against Falkirk, Winters signed a professional contract with Livingston on 28 August 2009.

Winters also coaches young people throughout Glasgow in his role with coaching and groupwork company A&M Training.

Playing for Grindavik, he scored on his debut against Thor.

Honours

Individual

• SPFA Young Player of the Year: 1996–97

Dundee United

• Scottish Challenge Cup runner up: 1995–96
• Scottish First Division runner up: 1995–96
• Scottish League Cup runner-up: 1997–98

Aberdeen

• Scottish Cup runner-up: 1999–00
• Scottish League Cup runner-up: 1999–00

Brann

• Norwegian Cup winner: 2004
• Norwegian Premier League winner: 2007
• Norwegian Premier League runner-up: 2006

Livingston

• Scottish Third Division winner: 2009–10
• Scottish Second Division winner: 2010-11

External links

• Robbie Winters career stats at Soccerbase