David Peter Winnie (born 26 October 1966) is a Scottish former football player and manager of Dumbarton. He is presently a solicitor based in central London.

A defender on the field, Winnie was part of St Mirren's 1987 Scottish Cup Final-winning team. He also played for Aberdeen, Dundee and Hearts, and was a Scotland U21 international. After leaving Scotland in 1998, he played for KR Reykjavik where he won the Icelandic player of the year. In 1999, Winnie helped KR win the Icelandic Premier League and Cup for the first time in 30 years, following which he went on loan to Canberra Cosmos in Australia for a season before returning to Iceland.

David Winnie

In 2001, Winnie was then assistant manager at KR before a brief caretaker role saw him steer them from relegation danger. Winnie was then part of the youth academy coaching staff at Livingston and Rangers.

David Winnie

Winnie was manager of Dumbarton from June 2002 until his sacking in March 2003, when the Sons were struggling in the Second Division. He was replaced by Bo'ness United manager Brian Fairley.

David Winnie

Winnie trained to become a solicitor at a law firm in St. Albans and qualified in November 2009. He is presently a Partner and Head of Sports at Burlingtons Legal LLP, an international law firm with offices in central London, Geneva, Almaty in Kazakhstan, Gibraltar and St. Petersburg in Russia.

Manager statistics

Honours

St Mirren

Scottish Cup: 1986–87

Renfrewshire Cup: 1984–85

Aberdeen

Scottish Premier League

runners up: 1992–93

Scottish Cup

runners-up: 1992–93

Scottish League Cup

runners up: 1992–93

KR Reykjavík

Icelandic League: 1999, 2000

runners-up: 1998

Icelandic Cup: 1999

Icelandic League Cups: 1998 2001

References

1966 births

Aberdeen F.C. players

Ayr United F.C. players

Dumbarton F.C. managers

Dundee F.C. players

Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland

Expatriate football managers in Iceland

Heart of Midlothian F.C. players

Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur managers

Living people

Middlesbrough F.C. players

Footballers from Glasgow

Scottish expatriate men's footballers

Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland

Scottish Football League players

Scottish men's footballers

Scottish solicitors

St Mirren F.C. players

Scotland men's under-21 international footballers

Scottish Football League managers

Men's association football defenders

Scottish football managers

Rangers F.C. non-playing staff