Doug Considine (born 15 May 1957) is a Scottish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. As a squad player he was a Scottish League winner at Aberdeen in 1980. A year later in 1981 he moved to Dunfermline Athletic in pursuit of first team football. Two seasons later he retired as a footballer aged 26.

Playing career

Doug Considine was born in

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in 1957. He joined Aberdeen from Highland League club

Huntly Huntly ( gd, Srath Bhalgaidh or ''Hunndaidh'') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly Castle. Its neighbouring settlemen ...

in 1978 and spent three seasons at Pittodrie, where he was part of the team which won the

Scottish Premier Division The Scottish Football League Premier Division was, from 1975 until 1998, the top division of the Scottish Football League and the entire Scottish football league system. It lay above the Scottish Football League First, Second and (from 1994) Th ...

in 1980, playing fifteen times in the league that season. He left Aberdeen in 1981 to join Dunfermline, where he remained until 1983, when he retired aged 26.

Honours

Aberdeen A * Scottish 2nd XI Cup: 1977–78 * SFL Reserve Cup: 1978–79 Aberdeen *

1979–80 *

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: 1980

Personal life

Considine's son

Andrew Considine Andrew MacLaren Considine (born 1 April 1987) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone. He played over 550 times for Aberdeen across 18 years, ranking among the players with most ...

currently plays for

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...

as a defender. His brother Iain Considine is a cofounder of the law firm Aberdein Considine. Considine ran a dry cleaning business in

Banchory Banchory (, sco, Banchry, gd, Beannchar) is a burgh or town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is about west of Aberdeen, near where the Feugh River meets the River Dee. Prehistory and archaeology In 2009, a farmer discovered a short cist ...

following his retirement from football.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Considine, Doug 1957 births Living people Footballers from Edinburgh Scottish men's footballers Aberdeen F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Scottish Football League players Huntly F.C. players Men's association football defenders