Andy Webster
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Neil Webster | ||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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St Mirren | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Arbroath | 17 | (1) |
| 2001–2006 | Heart of Midlothian | 149 | (6) |
| 2006–2008 | Wigan Athletic | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Rangers (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| 2008–2011 | Rangers | 1 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Bristol City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Dundee United (loan) | 26 | (3) |
| 2011–2013 | Heart of Midlothian | 73 | (5) |
| 2013–2015 | Coventry City | 71 | (2) |
| 2015– | St Mirren | 45 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Scotland U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2003–2009 | Scotland B | 5 | (1) |
| 2003–2013 | Scotland | 28 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 October 2012 |
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Andrew Neil "Andy" Webster (born 23 April 1982) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a center back for St Mirren.
He began his career with Arbroath in the Scottish Second Division before moving to Heart of Midlothian for £75,000 in 2001. In two separate spells, he played a total of nine Scottish Premier League seasons for Hearts, amassing 272 appearances across all competitions. His first spell ended in a transfer saga in which he invoked updated FIFA transfer regulations to leave for Wigan Athletic, a move which has been compared to the landmark Bosman ruling and is now known as the Webster ruling. He played only four Premier League matches for Wigan and returned to Scotland, spending three seasons troubled by injury at Rangers. He won the Scottish Cup in 2010 when on loan at Dundee United, and also won it two years later in his second spell at Hearts.
Webster made his debut for Scotland in 2003 and earned 28 caps in a decade-long international career, scoring once.
Born in Dundee, Webster began his career at Arbroath in the Scottish Second Division. He made his debut aged 17, away to Stirling Albion in the second round of the Scottish Challenge Cup on 24 August 1999, playing the entirety of a 1–1 draw with his team eventually losing in a penalty shootout. He went on to make 24 appearances in total over nearly two seasons. His first and only goal for the club came on 17 March 2001 during a home league match against Queen's Park which Arbroath won 2–0, confirming the scoreline in the 81st minute by finishing a Kevin Heenan corner kick.
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