Robertson: David Alexander (David)

1997-2001 (Player Details)

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Born: Aberdeen: 17-10-1968

Debut v Arsenal (h): 09-08-1997

5’11” 11st 0lb (2000)

Robertson began his career with Deeside Boys Club before joining local club Aberdeen on 1st August 1986. After scoring twice in one hundred and thirty five League games and once in twenty-three Cup and other games he moved to Rangers for £970,000 on 2nd July 1991. With Rangers, he helped the club to a record nine championship titles in a row, featuring in six of them, and also picked up three Scottish Cup Winners’ and three Scottish League Cup Winners’ medals, and was honoured with seven Under-Twenty-one, a “B” and three full caps for Scotland. He played one hundred and eighty-three League games, including one as a substitute, scoring fifteen goals together with a further four goals in Cup games from thirty-five appearances, one as a substitute as well as thirty-eight games in European competitions, before joining Leeds United on 13th May 1997 for £500,000. Bought by George Graham to replace the injury prone Tony Dorigo, he found it difficult to settle in the EPL but was just adapting when he damaged a cartilage in training. Recurring injury problems and the emergence of Ian Harte, particularly as the club had also bought Danny Granville as cover due to Robertson’s inactivity, curtailed his spell in England having only played twenty-six League matches in four years at Elland Road before he was released on 31st May 2001. Reportedly suffering from suspect knees when he joined Leeds, he aggravated an already bad knee injury against Leicester City in February 1998 and never played again. He had a trial with Barnsley in 2000-01. He retired from football in 2001 but was back playing in May 2002 when he was appointed player/coach of Scottish Football League club Montrose. He only played seven League games, without scoring and three Cup and other games, where he netted once. From March 2003 he worked together Kenny Black at Elgin City where Robertson's position as Manager became untenable following the resignation of Black after a failed take-over bid and he left in December 2005. On 28th May 2006 Robertson was appointed co-manager of Montrose in partnership with Eddie Wolecki, who resigned just four months later, leaving Robertson in sole charge, but Robertson also resigned in January 2007.