Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Bowman | ||
Date of birth | 10 March 1964 | ||
Place of birth | Tunbridge Wells, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder, Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Dundee United (Development squad assistant manager) |
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Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1984 | Heart of Midlothian | 116 | (8) |
1984–1986 | Coventry City | 40 | (2) |
1986–1998 | Dundee United | 336 | (9) |
1998–1999 | Raith Rovers | 23 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Orient & Yee Hope Union | ? | (1) |
2000–2002 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | (2) |
Total | 551 | (21) | |
National team | |||
1992–1993 | Scotland | 6 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2007 | Livingston (caretaker) | ||
2015 | Dundee United (caretaker) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
David Bowman (born 10 March 1964) is a Scottish football coach and former player. In a 12-year career with Dundee United he played in the 1987 UEFA Cup Final and won the 1993-94 Scottish Cup. At United he was also a three time Scottish Cup runner up.
He also played for Heart of Midlothian, Coventry City, Raith Rovers and Forfar Athletic as well as having a spell in Hong Kong with Yee Hope FC. He played six times for the Scotland national football team and was a non-playing squad member at UEFA Euro 1992. Since 2007 he has worked as a community coach at Dundee United.
Dave Bowman was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England on 10 March 1964. He is the son of Scottish footballer Andy Bowman, formerly of Chelsea and Heart of Midlothian (Hearts), who was playing for Tonbridge at the time of his son's birth. The family subsequently moved to Edinburgh, where Dave grew up. He played youth football for Salvesen Boys Club before signing for his father's former club, Hearts, in June 1980.
Bowman started his senior career with Hearts, making 116 league appearances before leaving in 1984. He moved to Coventry City for two seasons where he was joined by Jim McInally, signing from Nottingham Forest. They left together in 1986, joining Dundee United for a combined £140,000 transfer fee and reached the 1987 UEFA Cup Final in their first season therebeating Barcelona home and away in the quarter-finals and then eliminating Borussia Mönchengladbach in the semi-finals. They lost 2-1 on aggregate in the final against IFK Göteborg.