Paul Hegarty

Paul Hegarty

Personal information
Full name	Paul Anthony Hegarty
Date of birth	(1954-07-25) 25 July 1954
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Tynecastle Boys Club
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1974	Hamilton Academical	67	(17)
1974–1990	Dundee United	493	(52)
1990	St. Johnstone	14	(1)
1990–1992	Forfar Athletic	40	(1)
Total		628	(76)
National team
1978	Scottish League XI	1	(0)
1979–1983	Scotland	8	(0)
Teams managed
1990–1992	Forfar Athletic
1999	Aberdeen
2002–2003	Dundee United
2008–2009	Livingston
2015–2016	Montrose
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Paul Anthony Hegarty (born 25 July 1954) is a former Scottish football player and manager. He was captain of Dundee United during their most successful era in the 1970s and 1980s.

Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Scotland			League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1972–73	Hamilton Academical	Scottish Division Two	81	22	N/A		N/A		N/A		81	22
1973–74					N/A		N/A		N/A
1974–75					N/A		N/A		N/A
	Dundee United	Scottish Division One	17	4	2	0	-		-		19	4
1975–76		Premier Division	33	8	3	1	4	0	3	2	43	11
1976–77			36	6	1	0	6	3	-		43	9
1977–78			36	4	4	2	8	3	2	0	50	9
1978–79			36	5	1	0	2	0	2	0	41	5
1979–80			27	0	2	0	7	2	4	0	40	2
1980–81			33	3	7	2	11	4	4	1	55	10
1981–82			36	2	5	0	7	0	8	2	56	4
1982–83			36	3	1	0	10	0	8	2	55	5
1983–84			36	4	3	0	10	0	8	1	57	5
1984–85			33	2	5	0	6	0	6	3	50	5
1985–86			36	5	5	0	5	0	6	1	52	6
1986–87			23	4	4	1	4	0	7	0	38	5
1987–88			41	1	9	1	3	0	4	0	57	2
1988–89			29	1	6	0	2	0	4	0	41	1
1989–90			31	0	5	0	2	0	3	0	41	0
	St Johnstone	Scottish First Division	14	1	N/A		N/A		-		14	1
1990–91	Forfar Athletic		40	1	N/A		N/A		N/A		40	1
1991–92					N/A		N/A		N/A
Career total			654	76	63	7	87	12	69	12	873	107

Honours

Player

Dundee United

• Scottish Premier Division: 1982–83
• Scottish League Cup: 1978–79, 1979–80
  • Runner-up 1980–81, 1984–85
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1986–87
• Scottish Cup: Runner-up 1980–81, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88

St Johnstone

• Scottish First Division (second tier): 1989–90

Individual

• PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year: 1979

Managerial statistics

As of 12 November 2016

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Forfar Athletic		1990	1992
Aberdeen (interim)		January 1999	May 1999	16	4	1	11	025.00
Dundee United		October 2002	January 2003	18	4	5	9	022.22
Livingston		December 2008	April 2009	19	6	5	8	031.58
Montrose		February 2015	November 2016	71	20	14	37	028.17
Total				124	34	25	65	027.42

• no statistics currently available for Forfar Athletic.