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Orjan made his international debut aged 19, in a friendly match against Finland in June 1962. By the time he signed for United, he had already accumulated 14 international caps, including appearances in the 1964 European Championships. Along with fellow country man Lennart Wing, Orjan became the first Dundee United players to be capped at full international level whilst playing for the club when they turned out for Sweden in a World Cup qualifier against Cyprus in May 1965. He appeared for Sweden nine times during his spell at Tannadice, and would go on to make 48 appearances, including two games in the 1970 World Cup Finals in Mexico and again in the 1974 World Cup Finals in West Germany, where he made his final international appearance against Yugoslavia.
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After making his debut for Sweden in a friendly against Czechoslovakia in Prague in March 1961, Lennart became a regular in the national side, chalking up 29 international appearances over the next three years. In one early international appearance, he had to take over as goalkeeper for twenty minutes in a World Cup qualifier against Switzerland when Bengt Nyholm had to go off for treatment. After his transfer to United in January 1965, the defender and fellow countryman Orjan Persson became the first Dundee United players to gain full international recognition when they played fro Sweden against Cyprus in a World Cup qualifying match in May 1965. He gained a further seven caps during his time at Tannadice, with his final international appearance being in November that year, against Cyprus in Famagusta.
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Although several ex-United players had gone on to play for Scotland after leaving Tannadice, Dave Narey became the first ever player to gain International recognition whilst playing for the club. Winning his first cap in as a substitute against Sweden in April 1977, he made his first start against Portugal eighteen months later. By 1980 he was a regular in the Scotland line-up, playing as a central defender, a full-back and a midfielder. Dave went on to play in the 1982 World Cup Finals in Spain, where he scored a magnificent goal to give Scotland a shock lead over Brazil in their second match of the tournament. Four years later he also played in the 1986 World Cup Finals in Mexico, playing alongside four of his Dundee United teamates. Playing his last International match against Cyprus in 1989, Narey won a total of 35 Full Caps, a club record until Maurice Malpas overtook that total in 1990.
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Paul Hegarty became the second United player to play for Scotland, making his debut at Ninian Park in a British Championship match against Wales in May 1979. Hegarty played regularly for the International side that year, including a friendly against Argentina that saw him face an 18 year-old Diego Maradona, but on his fifth appearance he was forced off through injury after just twenty minutes, an injury that ruled him out of United's opening matches of the 1979-80 season. After two further international appearances in 1980, he had to wait three years for his next cap, but became the first United player to captain his country, in a match against Northern Ireland at Hampden Park. This turned out to be his last appearance for Scotland, although he later appeared as an over-age player in the Under-21 side.
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Having previously appeared at Under-21 level whilst with Hearts and Chelsea, Eamonn enjoyed a whirlwind start to his United career - within two months he had won a League Cup winners medal and made his full international debut for Scotland. After starting in the European qualifier against Belgium at Hampden, he had to wait three and a half years for his next cap. Recalled for the British Championship matches after helping United win the Premier Division in 1983, he played regularly throughout that year, scoring his one and only International goal against East Germany at the Kurt Wabbel Stadion in Halle. A further three years past again before he returned to the Scotland team, making the 22 man squad for the 1986 World Cup Finals in Mexico, playing in the matches against Denmark and West Germany, his last appearances in the drak blue of Scotland.
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Paul Sturrock finished the 1980-81 season as United's top scorer with an impressive 23 goals, earning himself a call up to the Scotland squad for the 1981 British Championships. He came of the bench against Wales in Swansea to earn his first cap, and started the next match against Northern Ireland three days later. He scored his first international goal in his third appearance, a 2-1 defeat away to Portugal. A regular in the Scotland squad over the next few years, he was a member of the 1982 World Cup squad for the Finals in Spain, but remained on the bench throughout. A second international goal came against East Germany at Hampden in October that year, and his third goal during a 6-1 win over Yugoslavia a year later. Making the 1986 World Cup squad, he eventually made an appearance in the finals stage, playing in two of Scotland's matches in Mexico, against Denmark and Uruguay. His last appearance came in 1987 against Belgium.
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Davie Dodds rattled in 28 goals during United's Premier League winning season, and continued that form into the start of the 1983-84 campaign, earning himself a late call-up to the Scotland squad for a friendly against Uruguay at Hampden in September 1983. He was called into action after an early injury to Frank McGarvey, and within minutes of his debut he had won a penalty that John Robertson hammered home. Dodds then prodded in the second goal in a 2-0 win for a very successful debut. He had to wait three months for his second cap, where he started in a 2-0 defeat to Northern Ireland at Windsor Park. Dodds was unlucky to be playing during an era of great Scottish strikers, and failed to build on his two caps, but there's not many strikers out there with a 50% goalscoring ratio for their country.
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In only his second season as a professional player, Gough was awarded with a call up to the Scotland squad during United's successful 1982-83 season. Making his debut in a 2-2 draw with Switzerland at Hampden just days before his 21st birthday, he missed only five Scotland matches over the next three years, and scored his first International goal in a friendly versus Canada in Edmonton. In 1985 he scored the winning goal over England at Hampden to win the Rous Cup, and played in all three of Scotland's 1986 World Cup Final matches in Mexico. By the time of his transfer to Spurs, he had made 26 appearances for his country whilst at Tannadice, and continued to be an important part of the Scotland squad following his return to Scotland with Rangers. He captained the national side during the 1992 European Championships in his birthplace, Sweden. Gough went on to win a total of 61 caps before ruling himself out of future selection after falling out with the management team in 1993.
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Maurice Malpas was a part-time 21 year-old when he was given his first international cap, in a 2-0 defeat to France in Paris in June 1984. Over the next two seasons he became a regular in the Scotland starting eleven, and was one of five United players who travelled to Mexico for the 1986 World Cup, where he played against Denmark and West Germany. He made the Scotland left-back position his own, rarely missing a mmatch, and played in all of Scotland's matches in the 1990 World Cup Finals. In the second match against Sweden in Genova, Malpas became United's most capped player, over taking Dave Narey's total of 35 appearances. In 1992, he made his 50th international appearance in Norway, where was was made captain to mark the occasion. A week later he played in Scotland's first ever appearance in the European Championship Finals, playing against the Netherlands and Germany, and finished off his record total of 55 caps against Italy at Ibrox Stadium.
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After becoming an important part of the United team that made their mark in Europe in 1987, Jim McInally made his Scotland debut in a European Championship qualifier against Belgium in Brussels in April that year, and won his second cap in a Rous Cup match versus Brazil at Hampden at the end of that long season. After being in and out of the international set-up over the next three years, he broke back into the team in 1992, during the lead up to the European Championship Finals in Sweden. He made an appearance during the competition, coming on as a substitute in Scotland's 3-0 win over the CIS in Norrkoping. He started, along with United teammates Dave Bowman and Duncan Ferguson, in a friendly against Germany at Ibrox in 1993, but his last international appearance came soon after, in a World Cup qualifier in Portugal in April 1993.
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Just three days after scoring in the 1988 Scottish Cup Final, Kevin Gallacher made his first full international appearance for Scotland, in a 0-0 Rous Cup match versus Colombia at Hampden Park. The following Saturday he came off the bench at Wembley in a 1-0 defeat to England, and was involved in the build up to the winning goal over Norway in a World Cup qualifying tie in Oslo in September. His last appearance for Scotland as a United player was against Italy in Perugia in December that year. After his move to England in 1990, Gallacher became a regular in the Scotland squad, playing in all three matches in Sweden for the national sides first appearance in the European Championship finals in 1992. He went on to earn 53 caps for his country and competed in the European Championship finals of 1996 in England and the World Cup finals in France in 1998.
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Mixu Paatelainen had just competed in Olympic qualifying matches for Finland when he arrived at Tannadice in October 1987. His form during his first year with United lead to full international recognition, with appearances in friendly competitions in the Canary Islands and Malta at the start of 1988. A friendly appearance against Colombia five days after playing in the 1988 Scottish Cup final lead to his continued involvement with the full international side, and he scored his first goal at that level in a 2-2 draw with Wales in Swansea in October 1988. The last of his 26 international appearance as a United player came against Scotland at Hampden in March 1992, as he faced off against Tannadice teammates Dave Bowman and Maurice Malpas. Mixu went on to make 70 international appearances for Finland, the last coming in June 2000 against Latvia.
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The Red Star Belgrade defender had made his international debut in December 1987, against Turkey, and remained a regular in the Yugoslavian national team's line-up through 1988, with appearances against Wales, Italy and Germany. After signing for United in August that year, his debut for the club was held up due to registration problems. Meanwhile he played once more at international level, coming on as a substitute in a 2-1 win over Spain in Oviedo, six days before his debut for United as a substitute in the League Cup semi-final against Aberdeen.
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Just months after signing for Newcastle United, 18-year-old Michael O'Neill was called up to the Northern Ireland full international squad, making his debut against Greece in February 1988. By the time he arrived at Tannadice, the attacking midfielder had collected ten international caps for his country and made his first appearance as a United player in a World Cup qualifier against Hungary at Windsor Park in September 1989. A lack of first team games with United - due to injury, illness and a contract dispute - limited his international involvement over the next couple of seasons to just six appearances, but he returned to regular action, both domestically and internationally during the 1992-93 season. After leaving United he continued to appear for Northern Ireland until his last appearance in October 1996.
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A member of the Scotland Under-18 team that won the 1982 European Championships in Finland, Dave Bowman's consistent form since signing for United lead to a full Scotland call-up in March 1992, winning his first cap in a friendly against Finland at Hampden. Also playing in a friendly match against the USA in America in the lead up to Euro '92, Bowman made the squad for the Championships in Sweden, but was not selected for any of the team's three games. In March 1993 he played alongside United teammates Jim McInally and Duncan Ferguson in a 1-0 friendly defeat to World champions Germany at Ibrox, and three World Cup qualifier matches, his last cap being against Italy in Rome.
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United's top scorer in 1991-92, Duncan Ferguson earned a call up to Andy Roxburgh's Scotland squad and played in two Euro '92 warm up matches against the USA and Canada. He made the final squad for the European Championship finals, and came off the bench in Scotland's first match of the competition, in a 1-0 defeat to the Netherlands in Gothenburg. A memorable performance in a friendly against Germany at Ibrox Stadium was his last cap as a United player, with this performance grabbing the attention of several clubs up and down the UK. Although he went of to have a long and successful career in English football, Ferguson only made another three appearances for his country, as he retired from the International set up in 1997 after a fall out with the SFA.
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Billy McKinlay represented Scotland at Under-21 and B international level before making his full debut against Malta in November 1993, scoring in a 2-0 victory. His third cap saw another goal, with a memorable winner against Austria in Vienna. He went on to play in seven Euro '96 qualifiers, scoring twice with both goals coming in separate matches against the Faroe Islands. After United's relegation in 1995, McKinlay became one of only three players since 1975 to win international honours whilst playing in the First Division. After winning 14 caps during his time at Tannadice, McKinlay went on to play another 15 times for Scotland as a Blackburn Rovers player, including an appearance in the 1996 European Championships against the Netherlands, and a substitute appearance in the opening match of the 1998 World Cup finals against Brazil, replacing former Tannadice teammate Christian Dailly.
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Having represented Trinidad & Tobago at Under-17 and Under-20 levels, and appearing in the 1991 World Youth Cup in Portugal, Jerren Nixon had already been capped at full international level when he arrived at Tannadice in December 1993 aged 19.. The young forward continued to play for his national side whilst with United, and grew into an important player for the Soca Warriors during an eight year spell playing in Switzerland, appearing in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Although he retired from professional football in 2002, he returned to the national side, playing against Scotland at Easter Road in 2004.
A youth and Under-21 international, Siggi Jonsson made his full international debut for Iceland in a Euro '84 qualifier against Malta in June 1983, aged just sixteen. Five games into his international career, he suffered a career-threatening leg break during a World Cup qualifier against Scotland in May 1985, but thankfully was only out for three months. As his career in England took off, he scored his first international goal against Spain in October 1990, but just over a year later a back injury caused the midfielder to retire from the game in January 1992. After making a comeback, he returned to the national team and went on to captain his country regularly. Siggi signed for United in November 1997, and made 11 of his 65 full international appearances whilst at Tannadice.
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Merseyside born Iain Jenkins became a full Northern Ireland internationalist in April 1997, making his debut in a World Cup qualifier away to Armenia, a month after playing in the B team's win over Portugal. The day after making his third international appearance, versus Slovakia, he signed a contract with United, and played three times for his national side whilst at Tannadice, in friendly matches against Switzerland and Spain and a Euro qualifier against Finland. There's no doubt he would have won more than his six international caps if injury hadn't plagued him throughout his time with United.
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1994 was an exciting year for the then 24 year-old Crystal Palace defender, making his first Northern Ireland Under-21 appearance in March as an over-age player, a B international cap against England at Hillsborough in May, and then a full international debut against Colombia in Boston a month later. His most notable contribution at international level was his headed winner against Switzerland in April 1998. Capped 12 times at full elvel and three times at B level by the time he signed for United in July 1998, he gained a further five full caps for Northern Ireland during his time at Tannadice, including a European Championship qualifier against Germany and a friendly win over the Republic of Ireland.
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Billy Dodds had won four caps for Scotland whilst playing with Aberdeen, but had fallen out of favour for club and country. His move to Tannadice jump started his career, and it wasn't long before he was back in the Scotland squad. In his first match back in dark blue, he came of the bench to score twice against Estonia at Tynecastle in October 1998, and days later scored the winner against the Faroe Islands at Pittodrie. Another winner over Bosnia Herzegovina in September 1999 as Scotland went on to face England in the European Championship Play-Off, with the second leg at Wembley being Dodds' last of eleven Scotland appearances as a United player. He went on to play a further eleven times whilst with Rangers, scoring in matches against Belgium and San Marino.
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Jason de Vos had been capped at youth, Under-20 and Under-23 levels before making his full Canadian debut against Iran in August 1997. With four caps to his name when he arrived at Tannadice, he made his first international appearance as a United player in April 1999, against Northern Ireland in Belfast. He soon became captain of his country, and lifted the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2000, scoring in the final against Colombia in Los Angeles. Making 28 of his 49 international appearances whilst with United, he continued to appear regularly for Canada after his Tannadice departure in July 2001, twice being named in the CONCACAF Gold Cup All-Star Team and was voted Canadian Player of the Year in 2002.
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Russian born Jan Telesnikov emigrated to Israel at the age of seven, and went on to make his first full international appearance against Turkey in 1998, scoring the opening goal on his debut. Having played for Israel in a pre-season friendly at Fulham in August 1999, the thirteen times capped midfielder signed for United two days later, but a delay on his work permit meant he had to wait to make his United debut. In the meantime he came off the bench for Israel in a friendly against Slovakia. As a United player, Jan played in European Championship qualifiers against San Marino and Spain, before appearing in the Euro 2000 Play-Off matches against Denmark. He played two further international friendlies during the 1999-00 season, but after leaving United be failed to win back a place in the Israel side.
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The former Canadian Youth and Under-20s goalkeeper made his full debut in February 1988, against Bermuda aged 20. Over the next ten years he played in 26 international matches as his career took him to America and then Dundee United in October 1999. A regular in the national squad during his time at Tannadice, Pat was an unused substitute during Canada's Gold Cup win in February 2000. Although he ultimately failed to break into the United first team, he joined his national and club captain Jason de Vos in turning out regularly for Canada in their World Cup qualifiers against Panama, Trinidad & Tobago and Mexico throughout the second half of 2000. Returning to America in 2001, he continued to turn out for the Canadian team, winning a total of 60 caps, with his last appearance coming against Argentina in 2010.
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Capped at all youth levels up to Under-21s for Northern Ireland, the then 18 year-old St Johnstone defender made his international debut in a friendly against the Germany in May 1996. He became a regular in the national sides line-up from 1997, scoring a famous winner over the Republic of Ireland at Lansdowne Road in May 1999. In July 2000 he followed his St Johnstone manager Paul Sturrock to Tannadice, where he continued his international career, winning 16 of his 29 caps as a Dundee United player. After leaving United, he made only one more international appearance, with his last cap being against Norway in February 2004.
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Although on the fringes of the Scotland squad in the earlier part of his career, Charlie Miller eventually won international recognition after his re-emergence as a quality player during his time at United. Scotland manager Craig Brown gave Miller his first cap in a friendly match against Poland in Bydgoszcz in April 2001, playing alongside fellow debutants, and former United players, John O'Neil and Andy McLaren. Soon after, Brown resigned as Scotland boss after failing to qualify for the 2002 World Cup finals, and Miller was overlooked by Brown's successor Berti Vogts.
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At 23, the former Scotland Under-21 striker had been a regular in the United first team for over three seasons, and received his first call up for Berti Vogts' first match as Scotland manager, coming off the bench in the 5-0 defeat to France in Paris in March 2002. Over the next six months he appeared regularly in friendly matches, scoring his first international goal against Hong Kong in his third appearance. By the end of 2002 he was United's main goal scorer and a regular in the Scotland squad, with seven caps and two goals before his transfer to Rangers in January 2003. He remained part of the Scotland set-up during his time at Ibrox, winning his 1th and final cap in October 2004, scoring against Moldova in a World Cup qualifier.
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Paul Gallacher had been a regular goalkeeper for the Scotland Under-21 side, and was called up to the full squad early on in Berti Vogts reign as manager, making his international debut in Hong Kong in May 2002, coming off the bench for the final 15 minutes. He made his first start in a 3-1 win over Canada in October, and by 2004 he had become a regular starter for a run of international friendly matches. After moving to England to further his career, Gallacher failed to maintain his place in the Scotland starting eleven, but was incuded in the squad many times, and added a further two Scotland B caps to the three he had collected at Tannadice.
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After signing for United in June 2005, Miller was called up to the Scotland squad for World Cup Qualifiers against Norway and Italy in September 2005 but was not used in either game. After two appearances in the Scotland B team, he was called up to the full Scotland squad at the end of his only full season at United, for the Kirrin Cup competition in Japan. An unused sub against Bulgaria, he made his full debut against Japan, in a 0-0 draw replacing Lee McCulloch as a 2nd half sub. Since leaving United he has won 2 more caps for Scotland whilst playing for Aberdeen in games against Argentina 2008 and Japan 2009.
Having signed with United in 2003, Robson's good form with United was recognised in season 2005/06 when he won 2 Scotland B caps against Poland and Turkey.He had to wait a further two seasons before he earned a call up to the full Scotland squad but made his debut as a 2nd half substitute against South Africa in a 1-0 win in a match played at Pittodrie Stadium in August 2007. Since leaving United, Robson went on to make several appearances for Scotland, winning a total of 17 caps, 10 at Middlesborough and 6 at Celtic.
Robertson made the step up from First Division football with Dundee to representing Scotland after only 3 months playing top level football with United. He made his debut against Argentina in a friendly played at Hampden played in November 2008, coming on as a 2nd half substitute for Barry Ferguson. Injury blighted Robertson's career for next couple of seasons before winning his 2nd cap in a friendly against Sweden on in August 2010 in a 3-0 defeat, once again being a 2nd half substitute.
Conway made his International debut under George Burley in a friendly against Japan in October 2009, when he started in the match that Scotland lost 2–0. It took him two years to make his next appearance for Scotland, which came in the 2011 Nations Cup against Northern Ireland, this time Scotland winning 3–0 with Conway coming on as a sub. Since leaving United, he has continued to be involved at international level.
Kenneth won 2 Scotland caps under the stewardship of his former club manager Craig Levein. He won his first cap, starting against Sweden in a friendly in August 2010 in which Scotland lost 3-0. His 2nd cap was against the Faroe Islands in a friendly match in November 2010, played at Pittodrie Stadium, replacing Danny Wilson as a 2nd half substitute.
After having played for Scotland U21s 9 times and scoring once, Goodwillie received his first call-up for the senior side in November 2010 for a friendly against the Faroe Islands. He made his debut in that match, coming on as a 76th-minute substitute for Kris Commons. After leaving United for Blackburn Rovers he scored his first goal for Scotland on 11 October 2011, from a penalty kick in a 3–1 defeat against world champions Spain.
Webster had been an international regular for Scotland from 2003-2006, winning 22 caps whilst with Hearts, but following moves to Wigan Athletic and Rangers his career stalled. Due to lack of games and injuries he did not play for Scotland again until he was playing regularly for United during the 2009/10 season, when he was selected to play in a friendly match against the Czech Republic in March 2010.
Having made 3 appearances for the Scotland U21 side Mackay-Steven made the step up to the full international side by being called up for World Cup qualifying games against Wales and Serbia in March 2013. He was an unused sub in the Wales game and was injured for the Serbia game. He was an unused sub in games against Croatia and England before finally winning his 1st cap coming on as a substitute against the USA in a friendly at Hampden in November 2013 replacing ex-United teammate Craig Conway for the last 6 mins.
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Robertson capped a stunning first season at United, by winning the Scottish Young Player of the Year award and also gaining 2 international caps in his first season as a full time player. His performances were rewarded with his 1st call up against Poland in March 2014 in which he made his debut as a 2nd half substitute in a game Scotland won 1-0. He won his 2nd cap in an end of season friendly against Nigeria in May 2014 in a game played at Craven Cottage, Fulham, this was his first full start for the national side.
On 1 October 2019, Scotland manager Steve Clarke called up Shankland to the senior squad for the first time. He won his first cap when he came on as a second-half substitute in the side's 4–0 defeat by Russia on 10 October, and three days later made his first start and scored his first goal, the fourth in a 6–0 victory over San Marino at Hampden Park.
