Paul Hegarty

**Paul Anthony Hegarty** (born 25 July 1954) is a former Scottish football player and manager. He was captain of Dundee United during their most successful era in the 1970s and 1980s.

## Career statistics

|colspan=3|Club performance|colspan=2|League|colspan=2|Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1972–73|Hamilton Academical|Scottish Division Two|81|22|N/A|N/A|N/A|81|22|||
|1973–74|N/A|N/A|N/A|||||||||
|1974–75|N/A|N/A|N/A|||||||||
|Dundee United|Scottish Division One|17|4|2|0|-|-|19|4|||
|1975–76|Premier Division|33|8|3|1|4|0|3|2|43|11|
|1976–77|36|6|1|0|6|3|-|43|9|||
|1977–78|36|4|4|2|8|3|2|0|50|9||
|1978–79|36|5|1|0|2|0|2|0|41|5||
|1979–80|27|0|2|0|7|2|4|0|40|2||
|1980–81|33|3|7|2|11|4|4|1|55|10||
|1981–82|36|2|5|0|7|0|8|2|56|4||
|1982–83|36|3|1|0|10|0|8|2|55|5||
|1983–84|36|4|3|0|10|0|8|1|57|5||
|1984–85|33|2|5|0|6|0|6|3|50|5||
|1985–86|36|5|5|0|5|0|6|1|52|6||
|1986–87|23|4|4|1|4|0|7|0|38|5||
|1987–88|41|1|9|1|3|0|4|0|57|2||
|1988–89|29|1|6|0|2|0|4|0|41|1||
|1989–90|31|0|5|0|2|0|3|0|41|0||
|St Johnstone|Scottish First Division|14|1|N/A|N/A|-|14|1||||
|1990–91|Forfar Athletic|40|1|N/A|N/A|N/A|40|1||||
|1991–92|N/A|N/A|N/A|||||||||

### Player

- Dundee United
- Scottish Premier Division: 1982–83
- Scottish League Cup: 1978–79, 1979–80
    - Runner-up 1980–81, 1984–85
- UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1986–87
- Scottish Cup: Runner-up 1980–81, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88

- St Johnstone
- Scottish First Division (second tier): 1989–90

### Individual

- PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year: 1979

## Managerial statistics

- __
|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Forfar Athletic||align=left|1990|align=left|1992||||
|align=left|Aberdeen (interim)||align=left|January 1999|align=left|May 1999||||
|align=left|Dundee United||align=left|October 2002|align=left|January 2003||||
|align=left|Livingston||align=left|December 2008|align=left|April 2009||||
|align=left|Montrose||align=left|February 2015|align=left|November 2016||||

- no statistics currently available for Forfar Athletic.

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Paul Hegarty
- **fullname**: Paul Anthony Hegarty
- **birth place**: Edinburgh, Scotland
- **position**: Defender (football), Defender
- **youthclubs1**: Tynecastle F.C., Tynecastle Boys Club
- **years1**: 1972–1974
- **years2**: 1974–1990
- **years3**: 1990
- **years4**: 1990–1992
- **clubs1**: Hamilton Academical F.C., Hamilton Academical
- **clubs2**: Dundee United F.C., Dundee United
- **clubs3**: St Johnstone F.C., St. Johnstone
- **clubs4**: Forfar Athletic F.C., Forfar Athletic
- **caps1**: 67
- **goals1**: 17
- **caps2**: 493
- **goals2**: 52
- **caps3**: 14
- **goals3**: 1
- **caps4**: 40
- **goals4**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 628
- **totalgoals**: 76
- **nationalyears1**: 1978
- **nationalteam1**: Scottish League XI
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1979–1983
- **nationalteam2**: Scotland national football team, Scotland
- **nationalcaps2**: 8
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 1990–1992
- **manageryears2**: 1999
- **manageryears3**: 2002–2003
- **manageryears4**: 2008–2009
- **manageryears5**: 2015–2016
- **managerclubs1**: Forfar Athletic F.C., Forfar Athletic
- **managerclubs2**: Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen
- **managerclubs3**: Dundee United F.C., Dundee United
- **managerclubs4**: Livingston F.C., Livingston
- **managerclubs5**: Montrose F.C., Montrose