Scottish professional football manager and former player
Robbie Neilson
Neilson with Hearts in 2006
Personal information
Full name
Robbie Neilson[1]
Date of birth
(1980-06-19) 19 June 1980 (age 43)[2]
Place of birth
Paisley, Scotland
Position(s)
Right-back[2]
Team information
Current team
Tampa Bay Rowdies (head coach)
Youth career
1994–1996
Rangers
1996–1999
Heart of Midlothian
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1999–2009
Heart of Midlothian
200
(1)
1999–2000
→ Cowdenbeath (loan)
8
(0)
2002–2003
→ Queen of the South (loan)
13
(0)
2009–2011
Leicester City
26
(0)
2011
→ Brentford (loan)
15
(0)
2011–2012
Dundee United
21
(0)
2012
Falkirk
3
(0)
2013
East Fife
5
(0)
Total
291
(1)
International career
2000
Scotland U21[3]
2
(0)
2005
Scotland B[4]
1
(0)
2006
Scotland
1
(0)
Managerial career
2014–2016
Heart of Midlothian
2016–2018
Milton Keynes Dons
2018–2020
Dundee United
2020–2023
Heart of Midlothian
2023–
Tampa Bay Rowdies
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Robbie Neilson (born 19 June 1980) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of USL Championship club Tampa Bay Rowdies.
Neilson, who played as a right-back, started his senior career with Heart of Midlothian, making 200 Scottish Premier League (SPL) appearances and winning the Scottish Cup in 2006 with the club. Earlier on in his career, Neilson was loaned to Scottish Football League (SFL) clubs Cowdenbeath and Queen of the South. After failing to agree a new contract with Hearts, Neilson left and signed for English Championship club Leicester City in 2009. After about a year he was dropped from the Leicester first team, and was loaned to Brentford, and was then given a free transfer in the summer of 2011. Neilson played for Dundee United during the 2011–12 season, and later played for Falkirk and East Fife.
He became Hearts' head coach in 2014, winning the 2014–15 Scottish Championship title in his first season. Neilson moved to Milton Keynes Dons during the 2016–17 season, leaving by mutual consent in January 2018. He was appointed manager of Dundee United in October 2018, and guided them to promotion in the curtailed 2019–20 season. He then returned to Hearts, leading them to the 2020–21 Scottish Championship title as champions.
^"List of players under written contract whose registrations have been cancelled by mutual consent between 1 July 2011 and 31 July 2011". The Football Association. p. 36. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
^ ab"Robbie Neilson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
^"Scotland U21 Player Robbie Neilson". Fitbastats.com. Bobby Sinnet & Thomas Jamieson. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
^"Scotland B Player Robbie Neilson". Fitbastats.com. Bobby Sinnet & Thomas Jamieson. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
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