David Winnie

{{short description|Scottish footballer and manager}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = David Winnie

| image = LR 09 09 2021 RPP BlaserMills Tess Turner David Winnie Casual CROP.jpg

| caption = David Winnie in 2021

| fullname = David Peter Winnie{{Hugman|21482|accessdate=5 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/felagsmadur/?pLeikmadurNr=138220&pListi=5 |title=David Peter Winnie Icelandic league statistics |publisher=KSÍ.is |access-date=5 July 2012 |language=is |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233528/http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/felagsmadur/?pLeikmadurNr=138220&pListi=5 |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1966|10|26}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 6ft 1in

| position = Defender

| years1 = 1983–1991

| clubs1 = St Mirren

| caps1 = 146

| goals1 = 6

| years2 = 1991–1995

| clubs2 = Aberdeen

| caps2 = 63

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1994

| clubs3 = → Middlesbrough (loan)

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1995–1996

| clubs4 = Heart of Midlothian

| caps4 = 6

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1996–1997

| clubs5 = Dundee

| caps5 = 26

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 1997–1998

| clubs6 = St Mirren

| caps6 = 22

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1998

| clubs7 = KR Reykjavík

| caps7 = 13

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 1998–1999

| clubs8 = Ayr United

| caps8 = 13

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 1999

| clubs9 = Canberra Cosmos

| caps9 = 23

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 1999–2000

| clubs10 = KR Reykjavík

| caps10 = 24

| goals10 = 1

| totalcaps = 337

| totalgoals = 10

| nationalyears1 = 1987[http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu21/player.php?playerid=143 Scotland U21 player) Winnie, David], FitbaStats

| nationalteam1 = Scotland U21

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2001

| managerclubs1 = KR Reykjavík

| manageryears2 = 2002–2003

| managerclubs2 = Dumbarton

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David Peter Winnie (born 26 October 1966) is a Scottish former football player and manager of Dumbarton.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dumbarton/2030307.stm|title=Winnie is Sons boss|date=6 June 2002|access-date=6 December 2013|publisher=BBC Sport}} He is presently a solicitor based in central London.

A defender on the field, Winnie was part of St Mirren's 1987 Scottish Cup final-winning team. He also played for Aberdeen, Dundee and Hearts, and was a Scotland U21 international. After leaving Scotland in 1998, he played for KR Reykjavik where he won the Icelandic player of the year.{{Cite web|title=Úrvalsdeild|url=https://yamm.finance/wiki/Landsbankadeild.html|access-date=2022-01-26|website=yamm.finance}} In 1999, Winnie helped KR win the Icelandic Premier League and Cup for the first time in 30 years,{{Cite web|title=Úrvalsdeild|url=https://yamm.finance/wiki/Landsbankadeild.html|access-date=2022-01-26|website=yamm.finance}} following which he went on loan to Canberra Cosmos in Australia for a season before returning to Iceland.{{cite news|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/W/WI.html|title=Australian Player Database – WI|access-date=17 August 2010|publisher=Oz Football}}

In 2001, Winnie was then assistant manager at KR before a brief caretaker role saw him steer them from relegation danger. Winnie was then part of the youth academy coaching staff at Livingston and Rangers.

Winnie was manager of Dumbarton from June 2002 until his sacking in March 2003, when the Sons were struggling in the Second Division. He was replaced by Bo'ness United manager Brian Fairley.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/2889575.stm|title=Sons' sights high after sacking|date=26 March 2003|access-date=6 December 2013|publisher=BBC Sport}}

Winnie trained to become a solicitor at a law firm in St. Albans and qualified in November 2009. He is presently a Partner and Head of Sports at Gilson Gray LLP, a Scottish law firm with offices throughout the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |title=David Winnie |url=https://gilsongray.co.uk/our-people/gg-dwinnie/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Gilson Gray}}