Andrew David Driver (born 20 November 1987) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League team Heart of Midlothian.

[edit] Career

[edit] Club career

Driver grew up in Oldham, however he left when his father's work caused the family to relocate to near Edinburgh and he began playing for Hutchison Vale AFC, from where he joined Hearts. He first made his mark on Hearts' first team during a pre-season tour of Austria in 2006, where he started all three friendlies, creating four goals in the process with his direct play and crossing ability.

In August 2006 Driver signed a five year extension to his contract with Hearts, committing him to the club until 2011. He made his home debut in the league on 26 August 2006 against Inverness Caledonian Thistle, coming on as a substitute with 15 minutes to go and scoring four minutes later. Driver also scored a free kick in a 3–1 victory over Celtic at Celtic Park on 29 April 2007.

Driver was the subject of two bids totalling £500,000 from Championship club Burnley in the summer of 2008, which was rejected by Hearts.^[1] Coventry City too made a £1 million bid in the 2009 January transfer window, which was also rejected. ^[2] On 06 July the BBC reported that Burnley had opened signing talks with Hearts. ^[3] Joop Munsterman the FC Twente CEO repoerted on RVT Oost that Hearts had turned down a £3m offer for Driver http://www.fctwente.net/home_nieuws.php?berichtID=2597

[edit] International career

Driver was a Scotland Schoolboy International scoring a goal in a 2–1 Victory Shield Defeat by England on Nov 22 2002. Driver has been selected for the England Under 21's squad for the European Under-21s Championship , taking place in June 2009 in Sweden. He made his debut for the England Under 21's in a 1–1 draw against Germany on 22 June 2009. Although he has played for England he can still play for Scotland because of the new ruling being introduced.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Andrew Driver career stats at Soccerbase
• Appearances at londonhearts.com

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