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Derek McInnes
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| Derek McInnes | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Derek John McInnes | |
| Date of birth | July 5, 1971 (age 35) | |
| Place of birth | Paisley, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | St Johnstone | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1988-1995 1995-2000 1998 1999-2000 2000-2003 2003-2006 2006-2007 2007- |
Greenock Morton Rangers → Stockport County (loan) → Toulouse (loan) West Bromwich Albion Dundee United Millwall St. Johnstone |
221 (19) 35 (1) 13 (0) 3 (0) 88 (6) 74 (3) 13 (1) 10 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002 | Scotland | 5 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Derek John McInnes (born 5 July 1971 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish footballer currently playing for St. Johnstone.
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He began his professional career in 1988 at Greenock Morton, where he played in 221 league games in seven seasons before moving to Rangers. He spent almost five years at Ibrox, amassing 53 appearances for the club.
During his time in Glasgow, McIness had a loan spell at English club Stockport, where he made 13 league appearances. He was also briefly at French side Toulouse.
McInnes joined West Bromwich Albion in 2000, but his first season there was cut short by injury in October. He returned the following season (2001-02), to captain Albion to a place in the English Premiership. McInnes played in the majority of Albion's Premier League games during 2002-03 but was unable to prevent them from being relegated. In all he made 100 appearances and scored six times for the West Midlands side.
International recognition came late to McInnes as he made his Scotland debut on 21 August 2002, coming on for the last ten minutes against Denmark in a friendly. Three months later, against Portugal, he was sub again, coming on midway through the first half.
McInnes joined Dundee United on 11 July 2003, and was immediately installed as team captain by manager Ian McCall.
In his first full season at Tannadice, McInnes missed only three league and one cup game. He helped the club to a fifth-place finish in the Scottish Premier League and scored twice - his first coming in the Scottish Cup against Dunfermline and his second in a league match against Hearts.
After an unsteady start to the 2004-05 season, McInnes began to take control again in the centre of midfield. He then picked up an injury with a third of the season remaining but managed to return to the first team for the Scottish Cup final at the end of the season.
In April 2006, United manager Craig Brewster announced that McInnes was free to leave the club at the end of the season, despite having a year of his contract left to run.[1] On 24 June 2006, it was announced that McInnes had finally come to an agreement to be released from his contract and he subsequently joined Millwall. The then-Lions boss Nigel Spackman gave McInnes the captain's armband with the comment: "Every Millwall player on that pitch should be a Derek McInnes." [2]
McInnes left Millwall on a free transfer during the January 2007 transfer window. He returned to Scotland to sign for St. Johnstone late on New Year's Day. He made his debut for the Perth club on January 6, against Ayr United in the Scottish Cup at McDiarmid Park.
Greenock Morton
- Scottish Division Two champions: 1994-95
Rangers
- Scottish Cup winner: 1998-99
| St. Johnstone F.C. - Current Squad |
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GK Cuthbert | GK Halliwell | GK O'Brien | DF Anderson | DF Dyer | DF Gallagher | DF James | DF Lawrie | DF McManus | DF Mensing | DF Rutkiewicz | DF Stanić | MF Barr | MF Hardie | MF McInnes | MF McLaren | MF Morais | MF Sheerin | FW Coyle | FW Doris | FW Jackson | FW Lilley | FW MacDonald | FW Milne | FW Scotland | Manager: Coyle |