Brian Irvine (footballer)

Brian Irvine

Personal information
Full name	Brian Irvine
Date of birth	(1965-05-24) 24 May 1965
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1985	Falkirk	38	(0)
1985–1997	Aberdeen	306	(28)
1997–1999	Dundee	69	(4)
1999–2003	Ross County	120	(13)
Total		533	(45)
International career
1990–1994	Scotland	9	(0)
Managerial career
2006	Elgin City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Irvine (born 24 May 1965 in Bellshill, Scotland) is a former international footballer who played as a defender for Falkirk, Aberdeen, Dundee, Ross County and the Scotland national team, and managed Elgin City.

Career

Irvine began his career with Falkirk in 1983. After two years and nearly forty league appearances for the Bairns Irvine moved to Aberdeen. During his twelve years with the Dons, Irvine won the Scottish Cup in 1990. Irvine scored the winning penalty in a 9–8 shootout win against Celtic. He was capped nine times by Scotland, but was diagnosed in June 1995 with multiple sclerosis. Irvine returned to action four months after the diagnosis. After playing over 300 league matches, Irvine left Pittodrie in 1997 and moved to Dundee, featuring nearly seventy times in two years. In 1999, Irvine moved to Ross County, where he finished his playing career in 2003.

After retiring, Irvine stayed with County as a coach, taking his first managerial job in January 2006 with Elgin City. In December that year, with the club bottom of the table, Irvine left the club. In March 2009, Irvine was named assistant manager to Martin Rennie of USL First Division side Carolina RailHawks FC. He was previously Rennie's assistant at USL-2 side Cleveland City Stars.

External links

• Brian Irvine career statistics at Soccerbase
• Independent career profile