David Narey (born 12 June 1956) is a former Scottish international

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who spent 21 years with

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. With Narey United were Scottish champions once and league cup winners twice. He also played in numerous cup runs in Europe including playing in the 1983-84 European Cup semi final and the

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. Although best remembered as a central defender, he occasionally played in midfield. After leaving United he won the 1994-95 Scottish League Cup with

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. He collected 35 full caps for Scotland including playing in two World Cups. Narey opened the scoring for Scotland against

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with a 20-yard drive in the

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. He is a Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductee as he is also at Dundee United.

Early life

Narey was born and brought up in

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and attended St John's Roman Catholic High School. He played football for St Columba's Boys Club and signed schoolboy forms with Dundee United in January 1972.

Playing career

Club

Narey signed professionally with Dundee United in 1973 and made his senior debut in a

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match against

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on 21 November that year, playing as an

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. Narey won three trophies in his career with Dundee United, the

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and again in 1980 and the

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title in 1983. He also captained United when they played in the

against IFK Gothenburg, which they lost 1–0 in the first leg in Sweden and drew the return leg at Tannadice 1-1, for a 2–1 defeat on aggregate. Narey played in four

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, who were playing in the Scottish Football League First Division. He was part of the Raith team that won promotion to the Premier Division as First Division champions. He also played in the Raith team that defeated

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in the 1994 Scottish League Cup Final, winning the Man-of-the-Match award for his performance in the game.

International

Narey made his international debut for

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against

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in April 1977, becoming the first Dundee United player to represent Scotland at full international level. He played in both the

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and

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s and scored his only international goal during the 1982 tournament, a long range shot against

. Television pundit

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upset Scottish fans by describing the goal as a "toe poke". By contrast ''

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'' correspondent at the match, Jim Reynolds, described Narey's goal as "a wonderful right-foot shot which no goalkeeper in the world would have stopped." In 2018 the

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named the goal as number 16 in their 50 Great World Cup moments. Narey made the last of his 35 appearances for Scotland in 1989.

After football

David Narey was one of the first inductees of the Dundee United Hall of Fame in January 2008. He was also inducted into the

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in November 2010.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.''

Honours

Dundee United *

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: 1982–83 *

: 1979–80, 1980–81; runner-up: 1981–82, 1984–85 *

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1980–81, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88 *

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runner-up: 1986–87 Raith Rovers * Scottish League Cup: 1994–95 *

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: 1994–95

References

;Sources *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Narey, David 1956 births Living people Footballers from Dundee Scottish Football League players Scottish footballers Scotland international footballers Dundee United F.C. players Raith Rovers F.C. players Members of the Order of the British Empire 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1986 FIFA World Cup players Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductees Association football central defenders Scottish Football League representative players Scotland under-21 international footballers Scotland under-23 international footballers

Early life

Playing career

Club

International

After football

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

See also

References

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