Robbie Neilson
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Neilson with Hearts in 2006 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robbie Neilson | ||
| Date of birth | 19 June 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Paisley, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| 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 | 2 | (0) |
| 2005 | Scotland B | 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 | ||
| 2023–2025 | 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 was most recently 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.