Robbie Winters Player Profile

Biography

Robbie came through the youth system at Tannadice and was a schoolboy and youth international by the time he was playing for the United reserves by 1991-92. His first team debut came in July 1993 in a friendly against Forfar Athletic, in which he scored twice. His competitive debut followed a year later, as a substitute against Hearts in November 1994. A back injury restricted his progress, but he eventually made the breakthrough into the starting eleven during the 1996-96 season in the First Division, also playing in the side that lost the League Challenge Cup final in November 1995.

In United's first year back in the Premier Division, he formed a lethal partnership with new signing Kjell Olofsson, helping to fire United to a third-place finish and qualify for the UEFA Cup. He was voted the SPFA Young Player of the Year award that season and collected a League Cup runners-up medal in November 1997 after the final against Celtic.

After requesting to leave the club in 1998, he was transfer listed, and was sold to Aberdeen in September for £700,000 and Billy Dodds coming to Tannadice as part of the deal. During his four years at Pittodrie, he won his one and only cap for Scotland, playing against Germany in April 1999. He also collected a League Cup runners-up medal in March 2000, and a Scottish Cup runners-up medal later that year when he played most of the match in goals after goalkeeper Jim Leighton went off injured after three minutes.

He moved to Luton Town where he made just one appearance before moving to Norwegian side SK Brann where he collected a Cup winners medal and a championship medal, playing alongside former United midfielder Charlie Miller. He returned to Scotland in 2008, signing a short-term deal with Clyde. He joined Livingston in 2009, and later had short spells with Grindavik in Iceland, Alloa Athletic, Peterhead and Dumbarton before joining the junior ranks in 2014.

Last updated on Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 by B Orr.

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