Jim Leighton

Squad: A Squad

DOB: 24/07/1958

Statistics

Caps 91

Goals 0

Biography

James Leighton was born 24 July 1958 in Johnstone, Renfrewshire. Signing for Aberdeen in 1977, Leighton enjoyed great success throughout the 1980s winning two league titles, four Scottish Cups, one League Cup and the European Cup Winners’ Cup and Super Cup. He followed his Aberdeen manager Alex Ferguson to Manchester United and went on to play for a number of clubs including Dundee and Hibs before returning to Aberdeen in 1997 for three more years.
Leighton's international career began in 1982, making his debut against East Germany on 13 October. He established himself as one of the first names on the team sheet playing matches at the 1986, 1990 and 1998 World Cups. Despite holding down a regular place for his club, he retired from international football in October 1998, aged of 40, setting a record as the oldest player to play for his country, later to be broken by David Weir. With 91 appearances for Scotland, Leighton is the second most capped Scotland player of all time.

Caps: All Levels

Match Appearances

A Squad Matches

Goals

Cards

All

scotland 3 - 2 estonia

lithuania 0 - 0 scotland

morocco 3 - 0 scotland

norway 1 - 1 scotland

brazil 2 - 1 scotland

usa 0 - 0 scotland

scotland 1 - 1 finland

scotland 0 - 1 denmark

scotland 2 - 0 latvia

scotland 4 - 1 belarus

belarus 0 - 1 scotland

malta 2 - 3 scotland

scotland 0 - 1 wales

sweden 2 - 1 scotland

scotland 2 - 0 austria

scotland 2 - 0 estonia

scotland 1 - 0 sweden

usa 2 - 1 scotland

denmark 2 - 0 scotland

scotland 1 - 0 australia

scotland 5 - 0 san marino

sweden 2 - 0 scotland

scotland 1 - 0 finland

scotland 1 - 0 greece

faroe islands 0 - 2 scotland

ecuador 1 - 2 scotland

japan 0 - 0 scotland

san marino 0 - 2 scotland

russia 0 - 0 scotland

greece 1 - 0 scotland

netherlands 3 - 1 scotland

austria 1 - 2 scotland

malta 0 - 2 scotland

brazil 1 - 0 scotland

sweden 1 - 2 scotland

costa rica 1 - 0 scotland

malta 1 - 2 scotland

scotland 1 - 0 argentina

scotland 1 - 1 norway

france 3 - 0 scotland

yugoslavia 3 - 1 scotland

scotland 2 - 0 chile

scotland 0 - 2 england

scotland 2 - 1 cyprus

scotland 2 - 0 france

cyprus 2 - 3 scotland

norway 1 - 2 scotland

england 1 - 0 scotland

scotland 0 - 0 colombia

spain 0 - 0 scotland

malta 1 - 1 scotland

saudi arabia 2 - 2 scotland

luxembourg 0 - 0 scotland

bulgaria 0 - 1 scotland

scotland 2 - 0 belgium

scotland 2 - 0 hungary

scotland 0 - 0 england

belgium 4 - 1 scotland

scotland 0 - 1 republic of ireland

scotland 3 - 0 luxembourg

republic of ireland 0 - 0 scotland

scotland 0 - 0 bulgaria

uruguay 0 - 0 scotland

germany (west) 2 - 1 scotland

denmark 1 - 0 scotland

israel 0 - 1 scotland

australia 0 - 0 scotland

scotland 2 - 0 australia

scotland 0 - 0 germany (east)

wales 1 - 1 scotland

iceland 0 - 1 scotland

scotland 1 - 0 england

scotland 0 - 1 wales

spain 1 - 0 scotland

scotland 3 - 1 spain

scotland 3 - 0 iceland

scotland 6 - 1 yugoslavia

france 2 - 0 scotland

scotland 1 - 1 england

scotland 2 - 1 wales

northern ireland 2 - 0 scotland

scotland 1 - 1 belgium

scotland 2 - 0 uruguay

canada 0 - 2 scotland

canada 0 - 3 scotland

scotland 0 - 2 england

wales 0 - 2 scotland

scotland 2 - 2 switzerland

belgium 3 - 2 scotland

switzerland 2 - 0 scotland

scotland 2 - 0 germany (east)

Debut Match

scotland 2 - 0 germany (east)

13/10/1982

Last Match

scotland 3 - 2 estonia

10/10/1998

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