Andy Roxburgh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Roxburgh | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1963 | Queen's Park | 19 | (10) |
| 1963–1965 | E.S. Clydebank | 33 | (11) |
| 1965–1969 | Partick Thistle | 49 | (19) |
| 1969–1972 | Falkirk | 56 | (26) |
| 1973–1975 | Clydebank | 44 | (12) |
| Total | 201 | (78) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1975–1986 | Scotland U-16, U-18, U-21 | ||
| 1986–1993 | Scotland | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Andrew "Andy" Roxburgh, O.B.E. (born 5 August 1943) is a Scottish former football player and manager currently serving as an administrator. Roxburgh's entire professional playing career was spent in the Scottish Football League. After retiring as a player, he was appointed as the Scottish Football Association's first Director of Coaching. He achieved success with the national youth teams, winning the 1982 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship.
Roxburgh was appointed Scotland manager in 1986 and achieved qualification for two major tournaments, the 1990 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1992. He resigned as Scotland manager in 1993 after failing to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Roxburgh was appointed UEFA technical director in 1994 and held this position until 2012.
Roxburgh served as New York Red Bulls Sporting Director from 2012 until 2014.
He currently serves as a Technical Director with the Asian Football Confederation.
Roxburgh attended Bellahouston Academy, where he was selected for the first team at just 15 years of age. He played for Glasgow Schools and was a schoolboy and youth internationalist. In 1961, he scored the only goal in a schoolboy international against England Schools at Parkhead.
From 1961 to 1963 Roxburgh played for Queens Park, where he won the Scottish amateur cup. During this period, he was capped by the Scottish national amateur team.
Roxburgh then moved to ES Clydebank, where he played the 1964–1965 season, before arriving at first division Partick Thistle, where he was to stay until the end of the 1968–69 season. In 1966, 25-year-old Roxburgh qualified as a Scottish Football Association coach.
Falkirk then signed Roxburgh, where he teamed up in attack with Sir Alex Ferguson. At the end of the 1969–1970 season, Falkirk were crowned second division champions and promoted to the first division. Roxburgh remained at Falkirk until the end of the 1971–72 season.
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