# List of Dundee United F.C. players

This is a list of notable players who have played for Dundee United Football Club. Dundee United were founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909 but were renamed in 1923. The club made their début in the Northern League in 1909 and joined the Scottish Football League for the first time a year later.

## List of players

The following list includes all Dundee United players that have played 100 or more competitive matches for the club in any first-class competition, e.g., national leagues (Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Scottish Professional Football League), Scottish Cup, League Cup or any European competition such as the European Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and UEFA Europa League.
Players are listed with their first-team début and last appearance for the club, along with appearances and goals. Statistics are correct as of 27 September 2014 and are taken from where further details are available.
| Nat. | Name | First game | Final game | Apps | Goals |
| Scotland | Derek Addison | 12 January 1974 | 8 August 1981 | 137 | 15 |
| Scotland | Alan Archibald | 9 August 2003 | 16 January 2007 | 144 | 7 |
| Scotland | Stuart Armstrong | 6 November 2010 | 27 September 2014 | 132* | 16 |
| Scotland | Alex Arnold | 16 August 1952 | 24 April 1957 | 140 | 0 |
| Scotland | Eamonn Bannon | 31 October 1979 | 14 May 1988 | 440 | 108 |
| Scotland | Bobby Bauld | 3 November 1923 | 30 April 1927 | 143 | 30 |
| Scotland | Dave Beaumont | 26 October 1983 | 7 January 1989 | 119 | 5 |
| Scotland | Doug Berrie | 14 December 1946 | 28 March 1953 | 185 | 0 |
| Scotland | Tom Boland | 4 September 1909 | 27 April 1914 | 102 | 3 |
| Scotland | Dave Bowman | 9 August 1986 | 9 May 1998 | 429 | 12 |
| Scotland | Craig Brewster | 7 August 1993 | 19 September 2006 | 117 | 47 |
| Scotland | Jimmy Briggs | 24 August 1955 | 17 January 1970 | 401 | 33 |
| Ghana | Prince Buaben | 4 August 2007 | 15 May 2011 | 142 | 11 |
| Scotland | Jim Cameron | 22 April 1967 | 18 August 1973 | 208 | 1 |
| Scotland | Kenny Cameron | 10 August 1968 | 3 May 1974 | 170 | 83 |
| Scotland | Walter Carlyle | 13 August 1960 | 26 October 1963 | 103 | 45 |
| Poland | Radosław Cierzniak | 2 August 2012 | 27 September 2014 | 100* | 0 |
| Scotland | John Clark | 3 November 1982 | 9 November 1993 | 329 | 37 |
| Scotland | Alec Cleland | 30 April 1988 | 14 January 1995 | 183 | 10 |
| Scotland | Paddy Connolly | 6 May 1989 | 23 September 1995 | 144 | 40 |
| Scotland | Craig Conway | 29 July 2006 | 15 May 2011 | 166 | 16 |
| Scotland | Jackie Copland | 19 December 1970 | 4 May 1976 | 192 | 22 |
| Scotland | Johnny Coyle | 11 August 1951 | 14 December 1957 | 132 | 112 |
| Scotland | Dave Cross | 14 August 1954 | 15 March 1958 | 137 | 3 |
| Scotland | George Cruikshank | 4 September 1948 | 31 March 1954 | 186 | 32 |
| Scotland | Christian Dailly | 21 August 1990 | 16 May 1996 | 178 | 21 |
| Republic of Ireland | Jon Daly | 13 January 2007 | 19 May 2013 | 203 | 73 |
| Scotland | Sandy Davie | 21 April 1962 | 10 May 1974 | 184 | 0 |
| Canada | Jason de Vos | 17 October 1998 | 12 May 2001 | 111 | 2 |
| Netherlands | Sieb Dijkstra | 7 December 1996 | 1 May 1999 | 113 | 0 |
| Republic of Ireland | Seán Dillon | 13 January 2007 | 27 September 2014 | 265* | 4 |
| Scotland | Paul Dixon | 23 September 2008 | 13 May 2012 | 146 | 5 |
| Scotland | Billy Dodds | 23 September 1998 | 19 February 2005 | 132 | 42 |
| Scotland | Davie Dodds | 18 August 1976 | 12 April 1986 | 369 | 150 |
| Scotland | Darren Dods | 4 August 2007 | 2 October 2010 | 100 | 5 |
| Denmark | Finn Døssing | 5 December 1964 | 21 October 1967 | 115 | 76 |
| Scotland | Stuart Duff | 1 December 2001 | 22 December 2007 | 171 | 4 |
| Scotland | Andy Dunsmore | 12 March 1949 | 31 March 1954 | 104 | 27 |
| Scotland | Craig Easton | 1 January 1997 | 16 May 2004 | 259 | 17 |
| Scotland | Alec Edmiston | 8 January 1949 | 15 April 1957 | 178 | 0 |
| Scotland | Iain Ferguson | 23 August 1986 | 14 May 1988 | 104 | 44 |
| Scotland | George Fleming | 12 February 1972 | 26 April 1980 | 340 | 37 |
| Republic of Ireland | Willo Flood | 4 August 2007 | 19 May 2013 | 152 | 5 |
| Scotland | Stewart Fraser | 18 September 1957 | 29 October 1966 | 246 | 15 |
| Scotland | Kevin Gallacher | 11 December 1985 | 20 January 1990 | 188 | 40 |
| Scotland | Paul Gallacher | 26 February 2000 | 16 May 2004 | 138 | 0 |
| Scotland | Bobby Gardiner | 16 December 1933 | 10 April 1943 | 166 | 66 |
| Scotland | George Gardiner | 10 August 1929 | 22 April 1933 | 141 | 7 |
| Scotland | Pat Gardner | 29 January 1972 | 12 October 1974 | 113 | 24 |
| Scotland | Dennis Gillespie | 5 September 1959 | 27 February 1971 | 455 | 115 |
| Senegal | Morgaro Gomis | 1 January 2007 | 11 May 2014 | 201 | 7 |
| Scotland | David Goodwillie | 31 December 2005 | 5 January 2014 | 158 | 46 |
| Scotland | Alan Gordon | 31 March 1969 | 15 January 1972 | 104 | 41 |
| Scotland | Alex Gordon | 18 February 1961 | 19 April 1965 | 106 | 1 |
| Scotland | Richard Gough | 22 April 1981 | 16 August 1986 | 256 | 37 |
| Scotland | George Grant | 7 December 1946 | 6 November 1954 | 244 | 51 |
| Scotland | David Hannah | 13 February 1993 | 6 March 2002 | 183 | 24 |
| Scotland | Johnny Hart | 14 August 1926 | 19 April 1930 | 131 | 28 |
| Scotland | Paul Hegarty | 16 November 1974 | 17 October 1989 | 707 | 82 |
| Scotland | Jim Henry | 25 October 1969 | 5 January 1974 | 130 | 12 |
| Scotland | John Holt | 19 January 1974 | 12 September 1987 | 405 | 24 |
| Scotland | Doug Houston | 30 March 1974 | 23 April 1977 | 107 | 5 |
| Scotland | Duncan Hutchison | 13 August 1927 | 29 April 1939 | 215 | 122 |
| Scotland | Jim Irvine | 19 August 1959 | 9 May 1964 | 160 | 76 |
| Scotland | Darren Jackson | 17 December 1988 | 2 May 1992 | 110 | 37 |
| Scotland | Alex Jardine | 9 March 1946 | 4 February 1950 | 108 | 2 |
| Scotland | Grant Johnson | 7 March 1992 | 21 September 1996 | 101 | 11 |
| Scotland | Jacky Kay | 13 August 1927 | 13 April 1936 | 249 | 91 |
| Scotland | Jock Kay | 18 August 1923 | 14 April 1928 | 191 | 3 |
| Scotland | Garry Kenneth | 5 February 2005 | 6 May 2012 | 193 | 7 |
| Scotland | Mark Kerr | 9 August 2003 | 22 May 2008 | 188 | 5 |
| Scotland | Billy Kirkwood | 20 April 1977 | 25 August 1987 | 399 | 70 |
| Scotland | Frank Kopel | 29 January 1972 | 24 October 1981 | 407 | 13 |
| Yugoslavia | Miodrag Krivokapić | 20 September 1988 | 5 January 1993 | 108 | 1 |
| Scotland | Willie Linn | 11 November 1911 | 29 April 1922 | 129 | 33 |
| Scotland | Don Mackay | 11 August 1962 | 25 March 1972 | 243 | 0 |
| Scotland | Piper Mackay | 16 January 1943 | 15 November 1947 | 128 | 17 |
| Scotland | Gary Mackay-Steven | 21 July 2011 | 27 September 2014 | 115* | 23 |
| Scotland | Alan Main | 24 March 1987 | 1 October 1994 | 187 | 0 |
| Scotland | Maurice Malpas | 21 November 1981 | 21 May 2000 | 830 | 26 |
| Scotland | Stuart Markland | 28 August 1968 | 3 March 1973 | 106 | 3 |
| Scotland | Hamish McAlpine | 8 March 1969 | 9 October 1985 | 688 | 3 |
| Scotland | David McCracken | 2 May 2000 | 19 May 2007 | 203 | 8 |
| Scotland | Jock McDonald | 15 August 1925 | 31 March 1928 | 115 | 11 |
| Scotland | Jim McInally | 20 September 1986 | 10 May 1997 | 395 | 22 |
| Scotland | Chic McIntosh | 8 August 1931 | 17 March 1934 | 100 | 0 |
| Scotland | Jim McIntyre | 28 July 2001 | 6 May 2006 | 164 | 43 |
| Scotland | Peter McKay | 13 September 1947 | 31 March 1954 | 241 | 203 |
| Scotland | Billy McKinlay | 22 November 1986 | 30 September 1995 | 284 | 31 |
| Scotland | Ray McKinnon | 8 April 1989 | 2 May 1998 | 122 | 13 |
| Scotland | Andy McLaren | 27 August 1991 | 25 September 2004 | 250 | 23 |
| Scotland | Gary McSwegan | 7 October 1995 | 4 October 1998 | 119 | 47 |
| Scotland | Tommy Millar | 17 April 1962 | 4 January 1969 | 282 | 10 |
| Scotland | Charlie Miller | 4 November 2000 | 16 May 2004 | 135 | 19 |
| Scotland | Arthur Milne | 28 November 1934 | 11 May 1940 | 111 | 109 |
| Scotland | Ralph Milne | 28 July 1979 | 10 December 1986 | 286 | 75 |
| Scotland | George Mitchell | 1 January 1949 | 22 March 1952 | 101 | 10 |
| Scotland | Ian Mitchell | 29 September 1962 | 28 April 1973 | 314 | 133 |
| Scotland | David Narey | 21 November 1973 | 2 April 1994 | 872 | 36 |
| Scotland | Tommy Neilson | 24 October 1959 | 17 April 1968 | 316 | 11 |
| Sweden | Kjell Olofsson | 26 October 1996 | 23 May 1999 | 119 | 46 |
| Finland | Mixu Paatelainen | 31 October 1987 | 21 March 1992 | 173 | 47 |
| Scotland | Jim Paterson | 12 September 1998 | 25 January 2004 | 126 | 6 |
| Scotland | Graeme Payne | 11 August 1973 | 30 November 1983 | 293 | 21 |
| Scotland | Frank Penson | 9 August 1930 | 22 April 1933 | 108 | 0 |
| Slovakia | Dušan Perniš | 9 January 2010 | 13 May 2012 | 116 | 0 |
| Scotland | Mark Perry | 12 December 1992 | 25 April 1998 | 159 | 4 |
| Sweden | Örjan Persson | 5 December 1964 | 3 May 1967 | 101 | 17 |
| Scotland | Iain Phillip | 16 December 1978 | 19 March 1983 | 149 | 1 |
| Scotland | Steven Pressley | 12 August 1995 | 2 May 1998 | 129 | 6 |
| Scotland | Frank Quinn | 1 September 1948 | 13 March 1954 | 200 | 109 |
| Scotland | John Rankin | 14 July 2011 | 27 September 2014 | 140* | 10 |
| Scotland | Ian Redford | 17 August 1985 | 22 October 1988 | 155 | 32 |
| Scotland | Alex Reid | 10 August 1968 | 28 August 1976 | 147 | 20 |
| Scotland | David Robertson | 21 January 2006 | 15 May 2011 | 145 | 20 |
| Scotland | Scott Robertson | 11 August 2008 | 13 May 2012 | 126 | 12 |
| Scotland | Barry Robson | 9 August 2003 | 26 January 2008 | 166 | 37 |
| Scotland | Andy Rolland | 30 September 1967 | 4 February 1978 | 440 | 37 |
| Scotland | Bobby Ross | 6 January 1945 | 13 August 1952 | 219 | 2 |
| Scotland | George Ross | 6 February 1929 | 25 September 1943 | 159 | 65 |
| Scotland | Johnny Russell | 12 May 2007 | 19 May 2013 | 121 | 45 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Collin Samuel | 9 August 2003 | 19 May 2007 | 132 | 15 |
| Scotland | Tommy Simpson | 22 December 1923 | 30 April 1927 | 105 | 15 |
| Scotland | Dave Skelligan | 10 August 1935 | 29 April 1939 | 129 | 17 |
| Scotland | Ian Smart | 9 August 1941 | 14 April 1952 | 144 | 17 |
| Scotland | Doug Smith | 22 April 1959 | 31 January 1976 | 628 | 27 |
| Scotland | Walter Smith | 20 March 1967 | 24 September 1980 | 183 | 3 |
| Scotland | Derek Stark | 2 May 1978 | 30 April 1984 | 247 | 111 |
| Scotland | David Sturrock | 14 January 1956 | 14 November 1959 | 110 | 26 |
| Scotland | Paul Sturrock | 18 September 1974 | 13 May 1989 | 576 | 171 |
| Scotland | Danny Swanson | 2 January 2008 | 13 May 2012 | 127 | 12 |
| Scotland | Bill Taylor | 26 November 1927 | 11 March 1933 | 209 | 1 |
| Scotland | Steven Thompson | 3 May 1997 | 29 December 2002 | 163 | 32 |
| Scotland | Billy Thomson | 11 August 1984 | 3 October 1990 | 234 | 0 |
| Scotland | Tommy Traynor | 8 August 1970 | 30 August 1975 | 176 | 23 |
| Netherlands | Freddy van der Hoorn | 12 August 1989 | 19 February 1994 | 205 | 5 |
| Scotland | Dave Walker | 15 August 1925 | 12 January 1929 | 120 | 20 |
| Scotland | Keith Watson | 16 January 2007 | 27 September 2014 | 145* | 11 |
| Scotland | Brian Welsh | 11 May 1987 | 16 May 1996 | 177 | 14 |
| Scotland | Davie Wilson | 12 August 1967 | 3 January 1972 | 169 | 27 |
| Scotland | Mark Wilson | 5 January 2002 | 11 May 2014 | 157* | 11 |
| Scotland | Robbie Winters | 19 November 1994 | 22 August 1998 | 149 | 42 |
| Scotland | Bob Wyllie | 19 November 1949 | 18 April 1953 | 109 | 0 |
| Scotland | Ron Yeats | 2 January 1958 | 1 April 1961 | 118 | 1 |
| Sweden | Lars Zetterlund | 2 November 1996 | 3 March 1999 | 100 | 8 |