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Which team did the player Derek McInnes belong to from 2007 to 2008?
Derek McInnes Derek John McInnes ( born 5 July 1971 ) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Aberdeen . He featured prominently for Greenock Morton , Rangers , West Bromwich Albion and Dundee United during his playing career . He won two caps for the Scotland national football team while with West Bromwich . McInnes became manager of St Johnstone where he had been on the playing staff , in November 2007 . He guided the club to promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2009 and retained that status for two seasons . McInnes was appointed manager of Football League Championship club Bristol City in October 2011 . Despite avoiding relegation in 2011–12 , McInnes was sacked by Bristol City in January 2013 with the club bottom of the Championship . He was appointed Aberdeen manager in March 2013 . Playing career . Early career . McInnes began his professional career in 1988 as a teenager at Greenock Morton , where he played in 259 games in all competitions over nine seasons and credited the influence of assistant manager John McMaster , before moving to Rangers , where he spent almost five years as a squad player , taking part in 52 matches for the Ibrox club . During his time in Glasgow , McInnes had a loan spell at English club Stockport County , where he made 13 league appearances . McInnes scored four goals for Rangers , with strikes against FC Alania Vladikavkaz in the Champions League and Hearts in the league . He also scored twice against Ayr United and Dunfermline in Rangers run to the 1996 Scottish League Cup Final , but he did not feature in the final itself . He was also briefly at French side Toulouse during a season in which the club was promoted from the second division , although he only featured in three league matches . West Bromwich Albion . McInnes joined West Bromwich Albion in the summer of 2000 , but a cruciate ligament injury ended his season in October . He returned the following season to captain West Brom to a place in the Premier League . He also won West Broms Goal of the Season award at the end of the promotion campaign , for his 25-yard strike against Sheffield United in the Battle of Bramall Lane . McInnes was the first West Brom player to be sent off in the Premier League . He was dismissed in the second half of the clubs first Premier League match against Manchester United at Old Trafford in August 2002 . He played in the majority of West Broms Premier League games during the 2002–03 season but was unable to prevent them from being relegated . He made 88 league appearances and scored six times for the West Midlands club . Dundee United . McInnes joined Dundee United on 11 July 2003 , and was immediately installed as team captain by manager Ian McCall . In his first full season at Tannadice , McInnes missed only three league and one cup game . He helped the club to a fifth-place finish in the Scottish Premier League and scored twice—his first coming in the Scottish Cup against Dunfermline and his second in a league match against Hearts . After an unsteady start to the 2004–05 season , McInnes began to take control again in the centre of midfield . He then picked up an injury with a third of the season remaining but managed to return to the first team for the Scottish Cup final at the end of the season . In April 2006 , United manager Craig Brewster announced that McInnes was free to leave the club at the end of the season , despite having a year of his contract left to run . He made 83 appearances for Dundee United , with four goals scored . Millwall . On 24 June 2006 , it was announced that McInnes had finally come to an agreement to be released from his contract and he subsequently joined Millwall . The then-Lions boss Nigel Spackman gave McInnes the captains armband with the comment : Every Millwall player on that pitch should be a Derek McInnes . McInnes scored once during his spell with Millwall , his goal coming in a 3–2 defeat to Cheltenham on 26 August 2006 . St Johnstone . McInnes left Millwall on a free transfer during the January 2007 transfer window , returning to Scotland to sign for St Johnstone late on New Years Day . He made his debut for the Perth club on 6 January , against Ayr United in the Scottish Cup at McDiarmid Park . International . International recognition came late to McInnes as he made his Scotland debut on 21 August 2002 , coming on as a substitute for the last ten minutes against Denmark in a friendly . Three months later , against Portugal , he was a substitute once again , coming on midway through the first half . Managerial career . St Johnstone . McInnes was appointed manager of St Johnstone on 27 November 2007 , after the previous management team of Owen Coyle and Sandy Stewart had departed for Burnley . On 2 May 2009 , McInnes secured promotion to the Scottish Premier League for St Johnstone , ending their seven-year stint in the First Division . During the 2009–10 close season , McInnes was linked with the managerial positions at West Bromwich Albion and Watford . He remained at St Johnstone , however , and in October 2009 he signed a new contract with the Perth club . McInnes was granted permission by St Johnstone to be interviewed by Bristol City for their managerial position , alongside former Barnsley manager Mark Robins and another unnamed candidate , in October 2011 . His managerial record with the Perth club was 177 games in charge , where he won 71 games , drew 53 games and lost 53 games . Bristol City . McInnes was appointed manager of Bristol City on 19 October 2011 . The club were adrift at the bottom of the Football League Championship , but McInnes guided City to an eight-game unbeaten run that secured their league status . On 6 November 2012 , following Citys 2–0 loss to Birmingham City , McInnes gave £300 to 17 stranded fans who had their minibus tyres slashed outside St Andrews Stadium . During the 2012–13 season , Bristol City suffered a club record seven consecutive defeats . McInnes was sacked on 12 January 2013 , after a 4–0 home defeat to Leicester City left the club eight points adrift of safety . After being sacked by Bristol City , McInnes said that he was very desperate to succeed and that his time at Bristol City was difficult . Aberdeen . McInnes was appointed Aberdeen manager on 25 March 2013 , with Tony Docherty as his assistant . He officially took charge of the team after the Dundee United match on 6 April , with outgoing manager Craig Brown taking charge of the last two games before the late-season split . After the final game with Brown as manager , McInnes vowed to improve the club by helping the city of Aberdeen to fall in love with its football team again . Aberdeen remained unbeaten in September 2013 , winning twice and drawing once in the league and progressing to the Quarter-Final of the League Cup with a 5–0 demolition of Falkirk . The teams excellent form earned McInnes the Manager of the Month award for September . The club had a positive start to 2014 , taking maximum points from games against Dundee United , Kilmarnock and Hibs . At the end of the month Russell Anderson scored in the 94th minute to level the game at 2–2 and secure a point for the Dons against Motherwell at Fir Park to keep them in second place . McInnes praised his players and believed they showed good determination to get something from the game . He was rewarded for his efforts as he picked up the Manager of the month award for February . Ahead of the League Cup final , McInnes signed an extension to his contract , tying himself to the club until the summer of 2017 . Aberdeen won the 2014 Scottish League Cup Final 4–2 on penalties , after a goalless draw , a success that saw them lift their first trophy in 19 years . McInnes led Aberdeen to European qualification for the first time since 2009 , achieved through a third-place finish in the league campaign . However , McInnes was unsatisfied with the outcome when Motherwell beat Aberdeen 1–0 to take the second place . McInnes criticised the referee for ignoring the challenge when goalkeeper Jamie Langfield was fouled by John Sutton , which later led to the goal scored by Craig Reid . At the end of the season , McInnes was awarded both PFA Scotland Manager of the Year and SFWA Manager of the Year . Early in the 2014–15 season , Aberdeen progressed through two qualifying rounds of the UEFA Europa League , including an aggregate victory against Dutch club FC Groningen . Aberdeen finished second in the 2014–15 Scottish Premiership and again qualified for European competition . During the 2015 close season , despite mounting speculation that he was in talks to take over at Rangers , McInnes signed a new contract with the club keeping him at Pittodrie until 2019 . His Aberdeen team again pushed Celtic almost all the way in the Scottish Premiership title race in 2015–16 , with Celtic eventually beating Aberdeen 3–2 on 8 May 2016 , a match which secured the league title , with only two matches remaining . Aberdeen had begun that season winning all of its first eight league matches as well . McInnes led Aberdeen to a third straight Scottish Premership runners-up spot in season 2016–17 . His Aberdeen side also claimed its first win at Ibrox since September 1991 , with a 2–1 victory on 17 May . McInnes led Aberdeen to both domestic cup finals in the 2016–17 season , losing both to Celtic . The team went on a ten-match winning streak at Pittodrie , which surpassed Alex Fergusons Aberdeen record of nine home wins in-a-row in 1985–86 ( although not a club record ) . He was again shortlisted for PFA Scotland Manager of the Year , but lost out to Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers . In June 2017 , Aberdeen granted permission for Sunderland to speak with McInnes about becoming their manager , but he decided to stay with Aberdeen . McInnes and Docherty subsequently signed a 1-year contract extension , keeping them with the Dons until the summer of 2020 . Rangers made an approach for McInnes in December 2017 ( immediately following two league games in four days between the clubs , both won by the Glasgow side ) but he rejected that offer as well . McInnes was sent off by the referee for gesturing at Celtic fans during a 2018–19 Scottish Cup semi-final in April 2019 . He was apparently reacting to sectarian abuse by Celtic fans , which was investigated by Police Scotland . In July 2019 he signed a new contract with Aberdeen , which is due to run until 2022 . After a poor run of results in early 2021 , Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack said that the board were fully behind McInnes . This run of form continued , as Aberdeen scored one goal in nine matches , and McInnes left the club by mutual consent on 8 March 2021 . Honours and achievements . Player . - Greenock Morton - Scottish Second Division : 1994–95 - Rangers - Scottish Premier Division : 1996-97 - Scottish Cup : 1998–99 West Bromwich Albion - Football League First Division runner-up ( promotion ) : 2001–02 - St Johnstone - Scottish Challenge Cup : 2007–08 Manager . - St Johnstone - Scottish First Division : 2008–09 - Aberdeen - Scottish League Cup : 2013–14 External links . - St Johnstone FC profile