Doug Considine

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Doug Considine
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-05-15) 15 May 1957 (age 69)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1981 Aberdeen 32 (0)
1981–1983 Dunfermline Athletic 52 (5)
Total 84 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Doug Considine (born 15 May 1957) is a Scottish former footballer. As a squad player he was a Scottish League winner at Aberdeen in 1980. A year later in 1981, he moved to Dunfermline Athletic in pursuit of first team football. Two seasons later, he retired as a footballer aged 26.

Playing career

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Doug Considine was born in Edinburgh in 1957. He joined Aberdeen from Highland League club Huntly in 1978 and spent three seasons at Pittodrie, where he was part of the team which won the Scottish Premier Division in 1980, playing fifteen times in the league that season.

He left Aberdeen in 1981 to join Dunfermline, where he remained until 1983, when he retired aged 26.[1]

Honours

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Aberdeen A

  • Scottish 2nd XI Cup: 1977–78[2]
  • SFL Reserve Cup: 1978–79[3]

Aberdeen

Personal life

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Considine's son Andrew Considine[1] currently plays for St Johnstone as a defender. His brother Iain Considine is a cofounder of the law firm Aberdein Considine.[5]

Considine ran a dry cleaning business in Banchory following his retirement from football.[6]

References

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  • Doug Considine at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database