Andy Roxburgh

Andy Roxburgh
OBE
Personal information
Full name Andrew Roxburgh
Date of birth (1943-08-05) 5 August 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1963 Queen's Park 19 (10)
1963–1965 East Stirlingshire 33 (11)
1965–1969 Partick Thistle 49 (19)
1969–1972 Falkirk 56 (26)
1973–1975 Clydebank 44 (12)
Total 201 (78)
Managerial career
1975–1986 Scotland U-16, U-18, U-21
1986–1993 Scotland
1987–1990 Scotland B[1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Roxburgh OBE[2] (born 5 August 1943) is a Scottish former football player and manager currently serving as an administrator. Roxburgh's entire professional playing career was spent in the Scottish Football League. After retiring as a player, he was appointed as the Scottish Football Association's first Director of Coaching. He achieved success with the national youth teams, winning the 1982 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship.

Roxburgh was appointed Scotland manager in 1986 and achieved qualification for two major tournaments, the 1990 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1992. He resigned as Scotland manager in 1993 after failing to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Roxburgh was appointed UEFA technical director in 1994 and held this position until accepting a role as sporting director for American club New York Red Bulls from 2012 to 2014.[3]

He currently serves as a Technical Director with the Asian Football Confederation. [4]

  1. ^ Timeline of B Team Managers FitbaStats.com. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. ^ Hodgson, Derek (12 June 1993). "Sports Honours: Larwood, scourge of Bradman, in from the cold: Major delights cricket by recommending MBE to spearhead of Bodyline series and fastest England bowler of his era who now lives in obscurity". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Red Bulls Appoint Andy Roxburgh Sporting Director". Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  4. ^ "The AFC".