Andrew Considine

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Andrew Considine
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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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2022 Aberdeen 444 (29)
2022–2024 St Johnstone 61 (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 00:14, 30 May 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. 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, where he played for a further 2 years.

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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 away at Celtic. [5] [6]

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 with a first half brace in a 2–0 victory at St Mirren in January 2007. [7]

Considine started every league match for Aberdeen in the 2011–12 season and was the club's player of the year. [8] He continued to play regularly in the 2012–13 season, but suffered a broken leg in a match against Dundee on 29 December. [8]

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. [9] Considine was rewarded for his long service to Aberdeen with a testimonial match, played against Dutch club Twente on 27 March 2015. [10]

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. [11]

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. [12]

In April 2019, he signed a two-year contract extension with the option of a further year. [13] He made his 500th appearance for Aberdeen on 24 November 2019, in a league match at St Johnstone. [4] [14] His contract was extended to the end of the 2021–22 season in December 2020. [15]

On 22 July 2021, Considine scored the opening goal in a 5–1 win over BK Häcken in a UEFA Europa Conference League qualifier. [16] However, this transpired to be his final goal for the club as he missed most of the 2021–22 season after suffering a cruciate ligament injury in the early stages of a match against Qarabağ FK on 19 August. [17]

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. [18] [19] [20] On 15 May 2022, Considine made his final appearance for Aberdeen in a 0–0 draw against St Mirren. [21] Selected as captain, he received a guard of honour and was substituted to an emotional standing ovation early in the second half. [22]

St Johnstone

Considine signed for St Johnstone on 16 June 2022. [23] On 28 August 2022, he headed his first goal for the club in a 3–2 defeat to Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle. [24]

In February 2024, he captained the side in successive games, with both Liam Gordon and Daniel Phillips absent due to injury. On 28 May 2024, Considine announced he would leave the club upon the expiry of his contract. [25]

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. [26] He made his debut in a 1–0 victory against Slovakia, [27] [28] [29] becoming the oldest Scotland debutant since 36-year-old goalkeeper Ronnie Simpson 53 years earlier. [30]

Personal life

Considine was born and raised in Banchory. [3] [31] He is the son of former Aberdeen defender Doug Considine. [32]

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. [33] 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. [34] [35]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 May 2024 [36] [37]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aberdeen 2003–04 Scottish Premier League 1000000010
2004–05 Scottish Premier League1000000010
2005–06 Scottish Premier League120101000140
2006–07 Scottish Premier League332201000362
2007–08 Scottish Premier League22052327 [lower-alpha 1] 0374
2008–09 Scottish Premier League201201000231
2009–10 Scottish Premier League16100102 [lower-alpha 2] 0191
2010–11 Scottish Premier League270403000340
2011–12 Scottish Premier League363412000424
2012–13 Scottish Premier League180202000220
2013–14 Scottish Premiership 210413100282
2014–15 Scottish Premiership37210304 [lower-alpha 2] 0452
2015–16 Scottish Premiership32210106 [lower-alpha 2] 1403
2016–17 Scottish Premiership36650406 [lower-alpha 2] 0516
2017–18 Scottish Premiership32440204 [lower-alpha 2] 0424
2018–19 Scottish Premiership33361401 [lower-alpha 2] 0444
2019–20 Scottish Premiership27451216 [lower-alpha 2] 0406
2020–21 Scottish Premiership36130103 [lower-alpha 2] 0431
2021–22 Scottish Premiership4000005 [lower-alpha 3] 191
Total4442949634444257141
St Johnstone 2022–23 Scottish Premiership321104000371
2023–24 Scottish Premiership291104000341
Total612208000712
Career total5053151642444264243
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 15 November 2020 [38]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Scotland 202030
Total30

Honours

Aberdeen

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  2. ↑ "Andrew Considine: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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