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This article is about the Scottish footballer. For the 19th century English footballer, see David Weir (English footballer). For the journalist, see David Weir (journalist).

David Weir
Personal information
Full name	David Gillespie Weir
Date of birth	May 10, 1970 (1970-05-10) (age 37)
Place of birth	Falkirk, Scotland
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Centre-back
Club information
Current club	Rangers
Number	3
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1996 1996-1999 1999-2007 2007-	Falkirk Hearts Everton Rangers	133 0(8) 076 0(6) 235 (10) 027 0(0)
National team2
1997-	Scotland	061 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 1, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of November 17, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

David Gillespie Weir (born May 10, 1970 in Falkirk) is a Scottish football player, who currently plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League.

Contents 1 Early Career 1.1 Everton 1.2 Rangers 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Early Career

As a teenager, Weir trained with the Celtic youth sides. Unlike the vast majority of European players however, Weir took a detour from his professional career, choosing to play college soccer at the University of Evansville from 1988 to 1991. Weir excelled at Evansville, and was named an NCAA All-American in 1990.

Upon returning from college in 1992, Weir signed with Scottish First Division side Falkirk, for whom he played more than 150 games. In 1996, he moved to Scottish Premier League side Hearts, where he won his only major honour to date, the Scottish Cup in 1998. He left Tynecastle in 1999, when he was purchased by Everton.

[edit] Everton

Weir had a very successful time with the Merseyside club playing regularly for eight years, making well over 200 appearances, playing in European competition, becoming club captain under two different managers - Walter Smith and David Moyes - and winning the bulk of his Scotland caps on the strength of his performances for the Toffees.

[edit] Rangers

On January 16, 2007, Weir signed for Rangers on an initial six-month deal after Everton released him from his contract early. He teamed up again with former manager Walter Smith. He made his Rangers debut against Dunfermline Athletic on the 21 January 2007.^[1] His performances for the Glasgow club were enough to secure himself a one-year contract. ^[2] After his man-of-the-match performance against St. Mirren on 8 April 2007, he revealed that he may remain at Rangers for the 2007-08 season after discussing the issue with his family. His agent met with Rangers on April 19 to discuss a possible extension to his contract, which was due to expire at the end of the SPL season. Weir signed a one-year extension to his deal, keeping him at Rangers until the end of the 2007-08 season.^[3]

[edit] International career

Weir earned his first cap for Scotland in a 1-0 defeat to Wales on 27 May 1997. ^[4]

Although he retired from international football in 2002, after receiving criticism from the then-manager Berti Vogts, he returned to international football when Walter Smith was appointed as manager in December 2004.

Weir is a member of the Scotland Football Hall of Fame, having won his 50th Scotland cap against Lithuania on 6 September 2006, in which he captained his country to a 2-1 win. ^[5] He has captained Scotland four times.

Weir is also on the management committee of the Professional Footballers Association.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• David Weir career stats at Soccerbase
• David Weir profile at scottishfa.co.uk
• Photos & stats at sporting-heroes.net

v • d • e Scotland squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Leighton • 2 McNamara • 3 Boyd • 4 Calderwood • 5 Hendry • 6 T. McKinlay • 7 Gallacher • 8 Burley • 9 Durie • 10 Jackson • 11 Collins • 12 Sullivan • 13 Donnelly • 14 Lambert • 15 Gemmill • 16 Weir • 17 B. McKinlay • 18 Elliott • 19 Whyte • 20 Booth • 21 Gould • 22 Dailly • Coach: Brown

v • d • e Rangers F.C. – current squad

1 McGregor • 2 Hutton • 3 Weir • 4 Buffel • 5 Papac • 6 Ferguson • 7 Hemdani • 8 Thomson • 9 Boyd • 10 Novo • 11 Adam • 12 Ehiogu • 14 Faye • 15 Gow • 16 G. Smith • 17 Burke • 18 Naismith • 19 Darcheville • 20 Beasley • 21 Broadfoot • 22 Webster • 24 Cuéllar • 25 Carroll • 26 S. Smith • 27 McCulloch • 28 Whittaker • 29 Cousin • 33 Lennon • 34 Emslie • 35 Loy • 36 Furman • 37 McMillan • 42 Shinnie • 43 Fleck • 44 Efrem • 49 Kinniburgh • Manager: W. Smith

Persondata
NAME	Weir, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 10, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Falkirk, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH