John Hewitt (footballer)

John Hewitt
Personal information
Full name John Hewitt[1]
Date of birth (1963-02-09) 9 February 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Middlefield Wasps Boys' Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1989 Aberdeen 241 (55)
1989–1992 Celtic 16 (0)
1991–1992Middlesbrough (loan) 2 (0)
1992 St Mirren 14 (5)
1992 Deveronvale
1992–1996 St Mirren 75 (11)
1996–1997 Dundalk 9 (0)
1997 Ross County 7 (1)
1997–1998 Cove Rangers
1998–1999 Brantwood
Total 364 (72)
International career
1982–1984 Scotland U21[2] 6 (1)
Managerial career
1996–1997 Dundalk (player-manager)
1997–1999 Cove Rangers (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Hewitt (born 9 February 1963) is a Scottish former footballer and manager, who spent the majority of his playing career with Aberdeen, but also had spells with Celtic and St Mirren among others. He also spent a short time in management in Ireland with Dundalk before retiring from the game.

He is best known as the scorer of a number of significant goals for Aberdeen, including the winning goal in the 1983 Cup Winners' Cup final. He was inducted into the Aberdeen FC "Hall of Fame" as one of the founding members in 2003.

  1. ^ "John Hewitt". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Scotland U21 Player John Hewitt Details".

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