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{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2010}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name     = David Narey <br /> <small>[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small>
| image          =
| caption        =
| fullname       = David Narey<ref>{{cite book |title=A Record of Post-war Scottish League Players 1946/47 to 2017/18 |version=7 |publisher=John Litster and Scottish Football Historian magazine |date=2018}}</ref>
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1956|6|12|df=y}}
| position       = [[Defender (football)|Central defender]]
| height         = {{height|ft=6}}
| birth_place = [[Dundee]], Scotland
| youthyears1    =
| youthyears2    = 1972–1973
| youthclubs1    = St Columba's BC
| youthclubs2    = [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]
| years1         = 1973–1994
| clubs1         = [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]
| caps1          = 612
| goals1         = 22
| years2         = 1994–1995
| clubs2         = [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]]
| caps2          = 21
| goals2         = 1
| totalcaps = 633 | totalgoals = 23
| nationalyears1 = 1977–1989
| nationalteam1  = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]<ref>{{SFA Profile|id=571}}</ref>
| nationalcaps1  = 35
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 1978
| nationalteam2  = [[Scottish Football League XI]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/davidnarey.html|title = David Narey – Scotland Football League Record from 01 Nov 1978 to 01 Nov 1978 clubs – Dundee United}}</ref>
| nationalcaps2  = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
}}
'''David Narey''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|MBE}} (born 12 June 1956) is a former [[Scotland national football team|Scottish international]] [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]]. Narey spent 21 years with [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]], winning the Scottish championship once and the league cup twice. He also played in numerous cup runs in Europe, including playing in the [[1983–84 European Cup]] semi final and the [[1987 UEFA Cup final]]. Although best remembered as a [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|central defender]], he occasionally played in [[Midfielder|midfield]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/legends_davenarey.asp |title=Dundee United FC Official Web Site – Legends – Dave Narey |access-date=2013-03-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428032422/http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/legends_davenarey.asp |archive-date=28 April 2013 }}</ref> After leaving United, he won the [[1994–95 Scottish League Cup]] with [[Raith Rovers]].

He collected 35 full caps for Scotland including playing in two World Cups. Narey opened the scoring for Scotland against [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] with a 20-yard drive in the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]]. He is a Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductee as he is also at Dundee United.

==Early life==
Narey was born and brought up in [[Dundee]] and attended [[St John's Roman Catholic High School]]. He played football for St Columba's Boys Club and signed schoolboy forms with Dundee United in January 1972.<ref>Gracie, p.163, 332</ref>

==Playing career==
===Club===
Narey signed professionally with Dundee United in 1973 and made his senior debut in a [[Scottish Football League]] match against [[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]] on 21 November that year, playing as an [[attacking midfielder]].<ref>Gracie, p.174, 332</ref>

Narey won three trophies in his career with Dundee United, the [[Scottish League Cup]] in [[1979 Scottish League Cup Final (December)|1979]] and again in 1980 and the [[Scottish Football League Premier Division]] title in 1983.  He also captained United when they played in the [[1987 UEFA Cup final]] against IFK Gothenburg, which they lost 1–0 in the first leg in Sweden and drew the return leg at Tannadice 1–1, for a 2–1 defeat on aggregate.

Narey played in four [[Scottish Cup]] finals (as well as the [[1981 Scottish Cup final|1981 Scottish Cup final replay]]) while with United, but on each occasion the side failed to win the trophy.<ref name="Robertson">{{cite book |last1=Robertson |first1=Forrest H. C. |title=How The Cup Was Won. The Scottish Cup Finals Story |date=2014 |publisher=PM Publications |location=Kirkcaldy |isbn=978-0-9534682-7-0 |page=126}}</ref>

Upon leaving United, Narey joined [[Raith Rovers]], who were playing in the Scottish Football League First Division.  He was part of the Raith team that won promotion to the Premier Division as First Division champions.  He also played in the Raith team that defeated [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] in the [[1994 Scottish League Cup final]], winning the Man-of-the-Match award for his performance in the game.

===International===
Narey made his international debut for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] against [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] in April 1977, becoming the first Dundee United player to represent Scotland at full international level.<ref>Gracie, p.196, 332</ref> He played in both the [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] and [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]s and scored his only international goal during the 1982 tournament, a long range shot in a 4–1 defeat against [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] in the first round. Television pundit [[Jimmy Hill]] upset Scottish fans by describing the goal as a "toe poke".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ronay|first1=Barney|title=Jimmy Hill a football and media revolutionary hidden by those glasses|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/oct/04/jimmy-hill-football-media-revolutionary|access-date=14 October 2016|work=The Guardian|date=4 October 2013}}</ref> By contrast ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Glasgow Herald]]'' correspondent at the match, Jim Reynolds, described Narey's goal as "a wonderful right-foot shot which no goalkeeper in the world would have stopped."<ref name="GH19June1982">{{cite news |last1=Reynolds |first1=Jim |title=Scots' bravery is not enough |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820619&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=19 June 2021 |work=The Glasgow Herald |date=19 June 1982 |page=18}}</ref> In 2018 the [[BBC]] named the goal as number 16 in their 50 Great World Cup moments.<ref name="BBCsport2018">{{cite news |title=50 Great World Cup moments: Scotland's David Narey stuns Brazil – 1982 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/44192166 |access-date=19 June 2021 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=29 May 2018}}</ref> Narey made the last of his 35 appearances for Scotland in 1989.

==After football==
David Narey was one of the first inductees of the Dundee United Hall of Fame in January 2008.<ref>Gracie, p.333</ref> He was also inducted into the [[Scottish Football Hall of Fame]] in November 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Narey|url=http://scottishfootballhalloffame.co.uk/david-narey-1956/|publisher=Scottish Football Hall of Fame|access-date=14 October 2016}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Club !! rowspan="2"|Season !! colspan="2"|League !! colspan="2"|Cup !! colspan="2"|Lg Cup !! colspan="2"|Other !! colspan="2"|Total
|-
! Apps !! Goals !! Apps !! Goals !! Apps !! Goals !! Apps !! Goals !! Apps !! Goals
|-
|rowspan="22"|[[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]||[[1973–74 in Scottish football|1973–74]]||12||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||12||0
|-
|[[1974–75 in Scottish football|1974–75]]||31||6||3||0||6||0||4||1||44||7
|-
|[[1975–76 in Scottish football|1975–76]]||33||0||1||0||6||1||3||2||43||3
|-
|[[1976–77 in Scottish football|1976–77]]||32||2||1||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||39||2
|-
|[[1977–78 in Scottish football|1977–78]]||35||0||4||0||8||1||2||0||49||1
|-
|[[1978–79 in Scottish football|1978–79]]||36||5||1||0||2||0||2||0||41||5
|-
|[[1979–80 in Scottish football|1979–80]]||35||1||1||0||9||0||4||0||49||1
|-
|[[1980–81 in Scottish football|1980–81]]||32||0||7||1||11||1||4||0||54||2
|-
|[[1981–82 in Scottish football|1981–82]]||34||1||5||0||11||0||8||2||58||3
|-
|[[1982–83 in Scottish football|1982–83]]||36||5||1||0||10||3||8||1||55||9
|-
|[[1983–84 in Scottish football|1983–84]]||34||1||4||0||9||0||7||0||54||1
|-
|[[1984–85 in Scottish football|1984–85]]||29||1||6||0||5||0||6||0||46||1
|-
|[[1985–86 in Scottish football|1985–86]]||35||0||5||0||5||0||6||0||51||0
|-
|[[1986–87 in Scottish football|1986–87]]||33||0||7||0||4||0||10||0||54||0
|-
|[[1987–88 in Scottish football|1987–88]]||39||0||9||0||3||0||3||0||54||0
|-
|[[1988–89 in Scottish football|1988–89]]||34||0||6||0||4||0||3||0||47||0
|-
|[[1989–90 in Scottish football|1989–90]]||31||0||5||0||2||0||3||0||41||0
|-
|[[1990–91 in Scottish football|1990–91]]||4||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||2||0||6||0
|-
|[[1991–92 in Scottish football|1991–92]]||25||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0||colspan="2"|-||27||0
|-
|[[1992–93 in Scottish football|1992–93]]||28||0||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||31||0
|-
|[[1993–94 in Scottish football|1993–94]]||6||0||2||0||3||0||1||0||12||0
|-
! Total !! 612 !! 22 !! 69 !! 1 !! 108 !! 6 !! 76 !! 6 !! 865 !! 35
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]]||[[1994–95 in Scottish football|1994–95]]||21||1||colspan="2"|N/A||colspan="2"|N/A||colspan="2"|-||21||1
|-
! Total !! 21 !! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 21 !! 1
|-
! colspan="2"|Career total !! 633!!23!!69!!1!!108!!6!!76!!6!!886!!36
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
| colspan=3 | [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]<ref>[http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/18036/David_Narey.html National Football Teams profile]</ref>
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| 1977 || 1 || 0
|-
| 1978 || 1 || 0
|-
| 1979 || 2 || 0
|-
| 1980 || 4 || 0
|-
| 1981 || 2 || 0
|-
| 1982 || 9 || 1
|-
| 1983 || 6 || 0
|-
| 1984 || 0 || 0
|-
| 1985 || 0 || 0
|-
| 1986 || 7 || 0
|-
| 1987 || 1 || 0
|-
| 1988 || 1 || 0
|-
| 1989 || 1 || 0
|-
!Total || 35 || 1
|}

:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.''<ref>[http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=2492&playerID=571&squadID=1 SFA profile]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 18 June 1982 || [[Estadio Benito Villamarín]], [[Seville]] || {{fb|BRA}} || align=center |'''1'''–0 || align=center |1–4 || [[1982 FIFA World Cup Group 6|1982 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
|}

== Honours ==
'''Dundee United'''
* [[Scottish Football League Premier Division|Scottish Premier Division]]: [[1982–83 Scottish Premier Division|1982–83]]
* [[Scottish League Cup]]: [[1979 Scottish League Cup Final (December)|1979–80]], [[1980 Scottish League Cup final|1980–81]]; runner-up: [[1981 Scottish League Cup final|1981–82]], [[1984 Scottish League Cup Final (October)|1984–85]]
* [[Scottish Cup]] runner-up: [[1981 Scottish Cup final|1980–81]], [[1985 Scottish Cup final|1984–85]], [[1987 Scottish Cup final|1986–87]], [[1987 Scottish Cup final|1987–88]]
* [[UEFA Cup]] runner-up: [[1987 UEFA Cup final|1986–87]]

'''Raith Rovers'''
* Scottish League Cup: [[1994–95 Scottish League Cup|1994–95]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecelticwiki.com/1994-11-27-celtic-2-2-raith-rovers-league-cup-final/|title=1994-11-27: Celtic 2-2 Raith Rovers, League Cup Final|website=The Celtic Wiki|accessdate=5 November 2021}}</ref>
* [[Scottish First Division]]: [[1994–95 Scottish First Division|1994–95]]

==See also==
* [[List of footballers in Scotland by number of league appearances]] (500+)

==References==
{{reflist}}
;Sources
*{{cite book|last1=Gracie|first1=Steve|title=The Rise of the Terrors|date=2009|publisher=Arabest Publishing|location=Dundee|isbn=978-0-9558341-1-0}}

==External links==
* {{SFA profile}}
* {{NeilBrownPlayers|player/davidnarey|David Narey}}

{{Scotland squad 1982 FIFA World Cup}}
{{Scotland squad 1986 FIFA World Cup}}
{{Scottish Football Hall of Fame}}
{{Dundee United F.C. Hall of Fame}}

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