Andrew Considine

Andrew Considine

Considine at the 2018 Scottish League Cup Final
Personal information
Full name	Andrew MacLaren Considine [1]
Date of birth	(1987-04-01) 1 April 1987 (age 37) [2]
Place of birth	Banchory, Scotland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [3]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	St Johnstone
Number	4
Youth career
1999–2004	Aberdeen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2022	Aberdeen	444	(29)
2022–	St Johnstone	56	(2)
International career‡
2007	Scotland U20	2	(0)
2007–2008	Scotland U21	4	(0)
2020–	Scotland	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:17, 1 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:17, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Andrew MacLaren Considine (born 1 April 1987) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone. He played over 550 times for Aberdeen across 18 years, ranking among the players with most appearances in their history, and three times for the Scotland national team. Considine left Aberdeen after the 2021–22 season and signed for St Johnstone.

Club career

Aberdeen

Considine had the option of signing for Rangers as a youngster, but decided to sign for Aberdeen as he felt he had more chance of breaking into their first team. ^[4] He made his professional debut in May 2004 in a 2–1 defeat to Dundee, making his second appearance at the end of the following season. In 2005–06, Considine reached double figures in terms of appearances and became a first team regular in the 2006–07 season, playing in 36 matches and scoring his first goals for Aberdeen in a 2–0 victory at St Mirren in January 2007.^{[ citation needed ]}

Considine started every league match for Aberdeen in the 2011–12 season and was the club's player of the year. ^[5] He continued to play regularly in the 2012–13 season, but suffered a broken leg in a match against Dundee on 29 December. ^[5]

On 29 December 2014, Considine signed a two-and-a-half-year extension to his contract, keeping him at Aberdeen until the summer of 2017. ^[6] Considine was rewarded for his long service to Aberdeen with a testimonial match, played against Dutch club Twente on 27 March 2015. ^[7]

Considine signed another contract extension on 14 February 2017, keeping him at Aberdeen until 2019. On 31 March 2017, he scored a hat-trick in a 7–0 win over Dundee at Dens Park. ^[8]

On 13 May 2018, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win for Aberdeen against Celtic at Parkhead, which secured a 2nd place finish for Aberdeen in the 2017–18 Scottish Premiership. ^[9]

In April 2019, he signed a two-year contract extension with the option of a further year. ^[10] He made his 500th appearance for Aberdeen on 24 November 2019, in a league match at St Johnstone. ^{[4] [11]} His contract was extended to the end of the 2021–22 season in December 2020. ^[12]

Considine missed most of the 2021–22 season after suffering a cruciate ligament injury. ^[13] He returned to fitness during the spring of 2022, but it was announced in April 2022 that he would leave the club at the end of the season as a new contract could not be agreed. ^{[13] [14] [15]}

St Johnstone

Considine signed for St Johnstone on 16 June 2022. ^[16]

International career

Considine played twice for the Scotland under-20 side, featuring at the 2007 Under-20 World Cup, and four times for Scotland under-21s.^{[ citation needed ]}

Despite being a long-serving player at a high domestic club level with Aberdeen, Considine was not selected for the full Scotland national team for most of his career. ^[4] He finally earned selection in October 2020, aged 33, after six players dropped out of the initial squad due to injuries and COVID-19. ^[17] He made his debut in a 1–0 victory against Slovakia, ^{[18] [19] [20]} becoming the oldest Scotland debutant since 36-year-old goalkeeper Ronnie Simpson 53 years earlier. ^[21]

Personal life

Considine was born and raised in Banchory. ^{[3] [22]} He is the son of former Aberdeen defender Doug Considine. ^[23]

Considine received attention in the media and online in 2015 when a humorous video of him dancing in drag with friends on his stag party, intended only for view by guests at his wedding, was released publicly. ^[24] Five years later, the incident resurfaced when the song from the video ("Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" by Baccara) was chanted by the Scotland players, including Considine, in celebrations after qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament and was adopted as one of the national team 'anthems' by supporters. ^{[25] [26]}

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 February 2023 ^{[27] [28]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aberdeen	2003–04	Scottish Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2004–05	Scottish Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2005–06	Scottish Premier League	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	0
	2006–07	Scottish Premier League	33	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	36	2
	2007–08	Scottish Premier League	22	0	5	2	3	2	7 [lower-alpha 1]	0	37	4
	2008–09	Scottish Premier League	20	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	23	1
	2009–10	Scottish Premier League	16	1	0	0	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	19	1
	2010–11	Scottish Premier League	27	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	34	0
	2011–12	Scottish Premier League	36	3	4	1	2	0	0	0	42	4
	2012–13	Scottish Premier League	18	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	22	0
	2013–14	Scottish Premiership	21	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	28	2
	2014–15	Scottish Premiership	37	2	1	0	3	0	4 [lower-alpha 2]	0	45	2
	2015–16	Scottish Premiership	32	2	1	0	1	0	6 [lower-alpha 2]	1	40	3
	2016–17	Scottish Premiership	36	6	5	0	4	0	6 [lower-alpha 2]	0	51	6
	2017–18	Scottish Premiership	32	4	4	0	2	0	4 [lower-alpha 2]	0	42	4
	2018–19	Scottish Premiership	33	3	6	1	4	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	44	4
	2019–20	Scottish Premiership	27	4	5	1	2	1	6 [lower-alpha 2]	0	40	6
	2020–21	Scottish Premiership	36	1	3	0	1	0	3 [lower-alpha 2]	0	43	1
	2021–22	Scottish Premiership	4	0	0	0	0	0	5 [lower-alpha 3]	1	9	1
	Total		444	29	49	6	34	4	44	2	571	41
St Johnstone	2022–23	Scottish Premiership	32	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	37	1
	2023–24	Scottish Premiership	24	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	29	1
	Total		56	2	2	0	8	0	0	0	66	2
Career total			496	31	51	6	38	4	44	2	624	43

1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 15 November 2020 ^[29]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	2020	3	0
Total		3	0

Honours

Aberdeen

• Scottish League Cup: 2013–14; ^[30] runner-up: 2016–17, 2018–19 ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Scottish Cup runner-up: 2016–17 ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "National football team player Andy Considine". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
2. "Andrew Considine: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
3. "Andrew Considine". Aberdeen F.C. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
4. Macintyre, Kenny (21 November 2019). "Aberdeen: Andrew Considine on call-ups & joining the 500 club". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
5. Dewar, Heather (30 December 2012). "Andrew Considine loss a huge blow, says Dons boss Craig Brown". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
6. "Dons duo commit their futures". Afc.co.uk. Aberdeen football club. 29 December 2014. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
7. "Tickets announced for Considine testimonial against FC Twente". Evening Express. 5 February 2015.
8. Dowden, Martin (31 March 2017). "Dundee 0–7 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
9. "Aberdeen win at Champions Celtic to secure second place in the Scottish Premiership". BBC Sport. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
10. "Considine extends Aberdeen stay". BBC Sport. 26 April 2019.
11. Duncan, Thomas (24 November 2019). "St Johnstone 1–1 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
12. "Andy Considine: Aberdeen & Scotland defender extends contract until 2022". BBC Sport. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
13. Coyle, Andy (6 April 2022). "Aberdeen unhappy at leak of Andy Considine exit news". STV Sport. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
14. "Aberdeen 'thrown under bus' as Considine to exit". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
15. "Andy Considine rejected Aberdeen PAY CUT as Dons statement misses crucial detail". Daily Record. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
16. Coyle, Andy (16 June 2022). "Drey Wright and Andy Considine join St Johnstone on free transfers". STV Sport. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
17. "Scotland calls for Aberdeen's Andrew Considine and Hibernian's Paul McGinn". BBC Sport. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
18. Parks, Gordon (11 October 2020). "Scotland player ratings as Andy Considine makes shock opportunity count". Daily Record. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
19. "Scotland are growing in confidence after they 'suffered' for previous heavy defeats". BBC Sport. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
20. "Scotland 1-0 Slovakia". BBC Sport. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
21. "I knew Andy Considine could cope with Scotland debut – Steve Clarke". Evening Express. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
22. Davie, Scott (4 January 2015). "Andrew Considine's Aberdeen family fortunes". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
23. "Andrew Considine". Aberdeen F.C. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
24. Andrew Considine: Drag video 'won't faze' Aberdeen defender, BBC Sport, 17 August 2015
25. "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie: Why disco hit is now Scotland's unofficial anthem". BBC News. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
26. "WATCH: Scotland celebrate Euros qualification to Andy Considine's signature song 'Yes sir, I can boogie'". Evening Express. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
27. Andrew Considine at Soccerbase
28. Andrew Considine at Soccerway
29. Andrew Considine at the Scottish Football Association
30. Campbell, Andy (16 March 2014). "Aberdeen 0–0 Inverness (aet, 4–2 pens)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

External links

• Profile Archived 15 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine at the Aberdeen F.C. website
• Andrew Considine – UEFA competition record ( archive ) 
• Andrew Considine – FIFA competition record (archived)