Stuart Duff

Personal information
Full name	Stuart Duff
Date of birth	23 January 1982 (1982-01-23) (age 27)
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Youth career
1998–1999	Dundee United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
1999–2008	Dundee United	122 (3)
2008–2009	Aberdeen	034 (1)
2009	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (Loan)	0 (0)
National team‡
2002–2003	Scotland under-21	010 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:07, 16 October 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:18, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Stuart Duff (born 23 January 1982 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays for Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He is primarily a right midfielder although his versatility has seen him play in most defensive and midfield positions.^[1]

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Dundee United 1.2 Aberdeen 1.3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 Career statistics 3 Honours 3.1 Dundee United 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Dundee United

Having been developed as a player through Dundee United's youth scheme, he turned professional with the club in July 1999. He was given his debut by then-manager Alex Smith in December 2001, when he was used as a right wing back in a match at Kilmarnock, and went on to make nine appearances that season, collecting the April 'Young Player of the Month' award.^[2] In 2002-03, Duff had his best run of league games, playing 34 times. When Ian McCall was appointed at the start of the 2003-04 season, Duff found himself more often as a substitute, playing in just 18 league games. During that season, Duff was part of the Scotland under-21 side that narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, with Scotland losing to Croatia in the play-off.^[3] The following season, Duff played 25 league games, earning him a new three-year contract in March 2005.^[4] Shortly afterwards, Duff was part of the United side that lost narrowly to Celtic in the Scottish Cup final, with his 83rd-minute substitute appearance earning him a runners-up medal.^[5]

In 2005-06, with Gordon Chisholm the new manager, Duff played more first team games, with 29 league appearances. During February 2006, Duff alleged he was spat on by Hearts midfielder Rudi Skacel,^[6] a claim repeated two months later by Celtic captain Neil Lennon.^[7] No action was taken against Skacel in either incident. Duff scored an important goal in the 1-0 win over Rangers at Ibrox during the season, which helped United avoid relegation. Duff started the 2006/07 season as an attacking midfielder under Craig Brewster and scored once, although was used in a variety of defensive roles under Craig Levein.

On 29 December 2006, Duff appeared before the Sheriff Court in Dundee and admitted to driving under the influence of alcohol on 17 December. He was fined £750 and banned from driving for 15 months.^[8]

[edit] Aberdeen

In January 2008, Levein told Duff he was free to leave Tannadice and find himself a new club, and he was released on 17 January,^[9] after playing 170 games for the club, scoring four times. Duff began training with fellow SPL side Aberdeen and a short-term move to his hometown club was confirmed the following day,^[1] seeing him become the third player to move from Tannadice to Pittodrie in eighteen months, following Lee Miller^[10] and Lee Mair.^[11] Within six weeks of arriving, however, Duff was one of several players manager Jimmy Calderwood threatened to release at the end of the season, due to the club's poor performances.^[12] In May 2008, Duff instead signed a two-year contract extension with the Pittodrie side.^[13]

[edit] Inverness Caledonian Thistle

In December 2009 he joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a month's loan.^[14]

[edit] Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Lg Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dundee United	2001-02	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	2002-03	34	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	38	0
	2003-04	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	20	0
	2004-05	25	2	4	1	3	0	0	0	32	3
	2005-06	29	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	33	0
	2006-07	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	30	1
	2007-08	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	Total	152	3	8	1	9	0	2	0	171	4
Aberdeen	2007-08	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	2008-09	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
	Total	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	1
Career total		172	4	9	1	9	0	2	0	192	5

[edit] Honours

[edit] Dundee United

• Scottish Cup Runner-up: 1
  

2004-05

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Stuart Duff career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Aberdeen F.C. – current squad 1 Langfield · 2 Mulgrew · 3 Foster · 4 McDonald · 5 Diamond · 6 Considine · 7 Maguire · 8 Kerr · 9 Miller · 10 Mackie · 11 Aluko · 14 Young · 15 Wright · 16 Duff · 17 M. Ross · 18 Grassi · 19 Pawlett · 20 Marshall · 21 Nelson · 22 Ifil · 23 Stewart · 24 Paton · 25 Crawford · 27 Smith · 30 Bateman · 31 Megginson · 32 S. Ross · 34 Fyvie · Manager: McGhee

v • d • e Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. – current squad  Esson ·  Tokely ·  Djebi-Zadi ·  Proctor ·  Bulvītis ·  McBain ·  Rooney ·  Barrowman ·  Imrie ·  Duncan ·  Eagle ·  Munro ·  Hastings ·  Hayes ·  Gillespie ·  J. Duff ·  Foran ·  Sanchez ·  Odhiambo ·  Morrison ·  Cox ·  S. Duff · Manager: Butcher

Persondata
NAME	Duff, Stuart
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	23 January 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aberdeen, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH