18 Facts About Paul Hegarty

Paul Anthony Hegarty was born on 25 July 1954 and is a Scottish football player and manager.

Paul Hegarty was captain of Dundee United during their most successful era in the 1970s and 1980s, winning the Scottish league championship in 1983 and the Scottish League Cup twice.

Paul Hegarty has managed Forfar Athletic, Aberdeen, Dundee United, Livingston and Montrose.

The partnership they forged would be integral to United's successes for over a decade and Paul Hegarty would develop into a top class central defender.

Paul Hegarty temporarily played as a goalkeeper during a match against Morton that season, after Hamish McAlpine was injured.

Paul Hegarty featured in many notable victories in European competition, albeit injury restricted his participation in United's run to the 1987 UEFA Cup Final.

Paul Hegarty briefly played for St Johnstone, helping them to promotion.

Paul Hegarty represented his country between 1979 and 1983, captaining the side against Northern Ireland in his eighth and final appearance for Scotland.

Paul Hegarty is widely regarded as one of the best central halves to have never been a regular for Scotland.

Paul Hegarty turned out for the under-21 side as a permitted over-age player and represented the Scottish League.

Paul Hegarty then had coaching roles with Dundee United, Hearts and Aberdeen.

Paul Hegarty continued to work in coaching, having been on the staff of both Livingston and then Dunfermline.

Paul Hegarty was eventually appointed as assistant to Malpas at Motherwell on 25 May 2006, although later replaced by Scott Leitch when Malpas was sacked in June 2007.

In March 2008, Paul Hegarty became one of new Scotland manager George Burley's scouts for the World Cup qualifying group.

Livingston had severe financial problems and Paul Hegarty left the post a few months later.

Paul Hegarty left his position with the Scotland national team in November 2009.

Paul Hegarty returned to management in February 2015 when he was appointed manager of Montrose, then placed last in Scottish League Two.

Paul Hegarty was sacked by Montrose in November 2016, after a run of bad results left the club in ninth position in the league.