Steven Tweed (born 8 August 1972) is a Scottish former
footballer
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and
manager
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.
Tweed started his career in Scotland with Hibernian, for whom he made over 100 league appearances. He made his first move abroad in 1996 when he joined Greek side Ionikos. Tweed then returned to the UK with
Stoke City
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and then
Dundee
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. He then played for German side
MSV Duisburg
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and Japanese outfit
Yokohama
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before returning to Scotland with
Livingston
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, East Fife and ended his career with Montrose he was manager of Montrose for two years.
Career
Tweed was born in
Edinburgh
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and began his career with Hibernian making his debut in the 1991–92 season. He became a regular under Alex Miller making 126 appearances for Hibs scoring five goals in five seasons at Easter Road. Tweed played twice for Scotland at B international level in 1995, featuring in wins against Northern Ireland and Sweden. He left Hibernian in 1996–97 to play for Greek Alpha Ethniki side Ionikos. However he did no have a good time in
Nikaia
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Jacek Gmoch
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saw him make just two appearances for "Galanolefki". He returned to Britain in the summer of 1997 signing for English club
Stoke City
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. Stoke had an awful 1997–98 campaign which saw them relegated to the third tier with Tweed playing in 44 matches that season. He failed to get in the side under
Brian Little
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in 1998–99 and returned to Scotland in March 1998 joining
Dundee
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. Tweed spent three seasons at Dens Park before moving abroad again in 2001, signing for German
2. Bundesliga
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club
MSV Duisburg
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. After two seasons at Wedaustadion he then moved to
J2 League
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Livingston
Livingston may refer to:
Businesses
* Livingston Energy Flight, an Italian airline (2003–2010)
* Livingston Compagnia Aerea, an Italian airline (2011–2014), also known as Livingston Airline
* Livingston International, a North American custom ...
in 2006 where he spent the 2006–07 season. Tweed then moved to East Fife in 2007, initially on loan and then permanently.
In January 2009, he was appointed player-manager of Montrose. Montrose narrowly missed out on a play-off place in the last game of the 2008–09 season. During the 2009 close season, Tweed introduced 12 new players, with Jim Moffatt (assistant) and Tony Bullock (goalkeeping) helping with coaching. Montrose endured a winless streak in the league lasting until mid January. A bright spot of the 2009–10 season was a
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Hibernian. Tweed won the SFL Manager of the Month award for March 2010. He resigned in March 2011 due to work and family commitments. On 17 June 2011, Steven Tweed joined Broughty Athletic a Scottish junior football club, he stayed until 17 December 2011 when he left the club.
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Football League Trophy
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