 Dobbie with Swansea City in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Dobbie | ||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Blackpool (first-team coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2002 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | Rangers | 0 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Northern Spirit (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Hibernian | 35 | (2) |
| 2005 | → St Johnstone (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | St Johnstone | 20 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | → Dumbarton (loan) | 17 | (10) |
| 2007–2009 | Queen of the South | 84 | (47) |
| 2009–2012 | Swansea City | 55 | (9) |
| 2010 | → Blackpool (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2012 | → Blackpool (loan) | 7 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 | (2) |
| 2013 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 2013–2015 | Crystal Palace | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Blackpool (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2014 | → Blackpool (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | → Fleetwood Town (loan) | 27 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | (4) |
| 2016–2021 | Queen of the South | 138 | (69) |
| 2021–2022 | AFC Fylde | 15 | (3) |
| Total | 507 | (169) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021–2022 | AFC Fylde (U18) | ||
| 2023 | Blackpool (interim) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:21, 24 May 2022 (UTC) | |||
Stephen Dobbie (born 5 December 1982) is a Scottish former professional footballer. He is a first-team coach at Blackpool.
Dobbie is Queen of the South's second-highest goalscorer of all time (166 goals) and the club's record scorer for a single season (43 goals in the 2018–19 season).
He started his career in the 2002–03 season at Rangers, followed by spells at Hibernian and St Johnstone. His career was revived by a loan spell at Dumbarton in 2006, and he then scored 55 goals in 105 appearances for Queen of the South in his first spell at Palmerston Park, playing in the club's first-ever appearance in the Scottish Cup Final in 2008.
Dobbie moved to Swansea City in 2009. The following year, he was loaned to Blackpool, with whom he won promotion to the Premier League via the 2010 play-offs.
He achieved the same feat with Swansea, winning promotion to the Premier League via the 2011 play-offs.
Dobbie was again loaned to Blackpool in 2012, and played in a third successive play-off final, this time as a runner-up.
In 2012, he signed for Brighton & Hove Albion, before joining Crystal Palace, initially on loan, where he helped the Eagles to win promotion in 2013 to the Premier League.[1]
Dobbie had a third spell on loan at Blackpool, and also played for Fleetwood Town and Bolton Wanderers, before returning to Scotland in August 2016 to sign for Queen of the South for a second spell. With the Doonhamers he scored a further 111 goals in 178 appearances. Overall, Dobbie scored 166 goals in 283 appearances.
In 2021, after his release by Queen of the South, he made his return to Lancashire, signing for AFC Fylde in the National League North.[2]
- ^ "Stephen Dobbie: Crystal Palace sign Brighton midfielder". BBC Sport. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ "Stephen Dobbie joins the Coasters!". 17 June 2021.