Andy Winter (footballer)
{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Andy Winter
|image = Acciesu19-Basel-24102018-1 (Winter).jpg
|image_size =
|caption = Winter with Hamilton U19s in 2018
|fullname =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|3|10|df=y}}{{soccerway|andrew-winter/574249}}
|birth_place = Wishaw, Scotland
|height =
|position = Forward
|currentclub = Arbroath
(on loan from Livingston)
|clubnumber = 25
|youthyears1 = 2012–2019
|youthclubs1 = Hamilton Academical
|years1 = 2019–2024
|clubs1 = Hamilton Academical
|caps1 = 91
|goals1 = 8
|years2 = 2024–
|clubs2 = Livingston
|caps2 = 16
|goals2 = 1
|years3 = 2025–
|clubs3 = → Arbroath (loan)
|caps3 = 12
|goals3 = 5
|nationalyears1 = 2017–2018
|nationalteam1 = Scotland U16
|nationalcaps1 = 10
|nationalgoals1 = 3
|nationalyears2 = 2018–2019
|nationalteam2 = Scotland U17
|nationalcaps2 = 10
|nationalgoals2 = 2
|nationalyears3 = 2019
|nationalteam3 = Scotland U18
|nationalcaps3 = 1
|nationalgoals3 = 0
|club-update = 13:07, 6 April 2025 (UTC)
|ntupdate = 17:50, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
}}
Andrew Winter (born 10 March 2002) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for {{Scottish football updater|Arbroath}} side Arbroath, on loan from {{Scottish football updater|Livingst}} club Livingston.{{soccerbase|118954}}
Club career
Winter began his career with Hamilton Academical,{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/accies-kids-right-path-because-20621664|title=Accies kids are on the right path because boss believes in them, says Academy director George Cairns|first=Andy|last=McGilvray|date=19 October 2019|website=Daily Record}} joining the club aged 10.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/winter-hopes-shine-field-despite-seeing-referee-dad-criticised-past|title=Winter hopes to shine on field despite seeing referee dad criticised in the past|author1=FourFourTwo Staff|date=17 January 2020|website=fourfourtwo.com}}https://www.hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk/andrew-winter-insists-he-will-be-ready-when-accies-chance-comes/ He played and scored in the UEFA Youth League{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-match-reports/hamilton-accies-uefa-youth-league-13475206|title=Hamilton Accies UEFA Youth League adventure continues after dramatic penalty victory over Basel|work=Daily Record|date=24 October 2018|accessdate=25 October 2018}} and the Scottish Challenge Cup{{Cite news|url=https://www.bscglasgow.co.uk/event/hamilton-academical-reserves-vs-bsc-glasgow/|title=Hamilton Academical Reserves vs BSC Glasgow|newspaper=BSC Glasgow |date=7 August 2019}} with the Accies underage teams before making his senior debut on 18 January 2020, a 5–0 win over Edinburgh City in the 2019–20 Scottish Cup fourth round in which he entered as a substitute and scored the fourth goal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51073238|title=Hamilton 5–0 Edinburgh City: Debut goals for Dales and Winter|work=BBC Sport |date=18 January 2020}} He then made his first Scottish Premiership appearance the following week, again coming off the bench in a 4–2 defeat away to Livingston. His first start soon followed in the Scottish Cup, playing the entirety of a 4–1 home defeat for Hamilton at the hands of Rangers.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51337079|title=Hamilton Academical 1–4 Rangers: Visitors book Scottish Cup quarter-final berth|work=BBC Sport |date=8 February 2020}}
Winter was released from Hamilton Academical in May 2024. The following month, he began training with Livingston.{{cite news|title=Former Hamilton Accies striker Andy Winter training with Livingston|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/former-hamilton-accies-striker-andy-33050033|work=Daily Record|date=17 June 2024}} He signed a one-year deal with Livi in July 2024.{{cite news|title=A Summer signing with a Winter feel to it|url=https://livingstonfc.co.uk/a-summer-signing-with-a-winter-feel-to-it/|website=livingstonfc.co.uk|date=10 July 2024}}
In January 2025, Winter signed for Arbroath on loan for the remainder of the 2024–25 season.{{cite news|title=Andy Winter joins Arbroath on loan|url=https://livingstonfc.co.uk/andy-winter-joins-arbroath-on-loan/|website=livingstonfc.co.uk|date=24 January 2025}}
International career
He has represented Scotland at under-16, under-17 and under-18 youth levels.{{SFA player|286188}}
Personal life
His father Brian Winter is a former football referee.
Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
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Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Hamilton Academical F.C. players
Category:Livingston F.C. players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Scotland men's youth international footballers
Category:Scottish Professional Football League players
Category:Footballers from Wishaw
Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen
Category:Arbroath F.C. players
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