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Duncan Shearer (Duncan Nichol Shearer) was born on 28 August, 1962 in Fort William, Scotland, is a Scottish footballer (born 1962). Discover Duncan Shearer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

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Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 28 August 1962
Birthday 28 August
Birthplace Fort William, Scotland
Nationality United Kingdom

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At 61 years old, Duncan Shearer height is 1.80 m .

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1962

Duncan Nichol Shearer (born 28 August 1962) is a Scottish former footballer, currently coaching the 'Development squad' at Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

During his playing career, Shearer predominantly played for Huddersfield Town, Swindon Town, Aberdeen and Inverness.

He also captained the Scotland 'B' team and played seven times for the full Scotland national team.

Since his retirement from playing, Shearer has had spells as assistant manager at Aberdeen and Inverness, as well as managing in the Highland League with Buckie Thistle.

He is the brother of fellow former Clachnacuddin and English League player, Dave Shearer.

He also played shinty as a youth.

Shearer was born in Fort William.

Having had an unsuccessful trial with Partick Thistle as a teenager, Shearer began his career as a striker at Scottish Highland Football League club, Clachnacuddin F.C. in Inverness.

While playing with Clach, the then-Aberdeen manager, Alex Ferguson, watched Shearer on several occasions and subsequently invited him to play in a reserve team match on a Wednesday evening at Pittodrie.

However, early in the afternoon of the game, the Clachnacuddin chairman received a telephone call from Aberdeen to inform him that the reserve fixture that evening had been cancelled.

The Chairman had to rush down to Inverness railway station and 'haul' Shearer off the train to Aberdeen.

No further invitations for a trial at Aberdeen materialised at that time.

However, later in his career, Shearer did get the opportunity to sign for the Dons.

1983

From Clachnacuddin, Shearer moved to Chelsea in 1983.

1985

He left at the end of the 1985–86 season after appearing in only two League games in his three-year spell at the London club, scoring one goal, although he stated he learned a lot during his time at Stamford Bridge.

1986

He signed for Second Division Huddersfield Town, scored a hat-trick in his first full game for the club (a 3–1 win against Barnsley) and was top goalscorer for 1986–87 and 1987–1988, whilst also being named the team's Player of the Year for 1987, and being including in the publication Huddersfield Town F.C. - The Fans' Favourites during the club's centenary in 2008.

1987

However, he was unable to prevent Huddersfield's relegation to the Third Division at the end of the 1987–88 season.

Weeks before this, the unrelated English striker Alan Shearer (aged 17) had scored a hat-trick in the First Division for Southampton against Arsenal, a game which Arsenal captain Tony Adams missed through injury.

In his autobiography 11 years later, Adams said that he had followed the progress of the game on Ceefax and mistakingly believed that the Shearer who scored the hat-trick was Duncan Shearer.

1988

He was approached by Lou Macari, who offered a club record fee of £250,000 for Shearer to join Swindon in 1988, and fill the striker position following Dave Bamber and Jimmy Quinn exiting the Wiltshire club.

In his first season, he was sidelined due to an injured foot and later a groin strain, but managed to score 14 goals in the 45 league games he took part in and was the club's top scorer for that season.

1989

In the 1989–90 season he scored 21 league goals for Swindon as well as the winning goal in the semi-final play-offs against Blackburn Rovers, and was part of the team that won promotion at Wembley – only to be demoted due to financial irregularities at the club.

In all he was top scorer for Swindon in every season he was at the club.

1991

He was Player of the Year in 1991 and was named in the PFA Team of the Year for Division Two.

1992

In March 1992 Shearer was sold to Blackburn Rovers for £800,000.

Despite scoring on his debut, he only played six games for Rovers under his boyhood hero, manager Kenny Dalglish, helping the club reach the playoffs where they were ultimately promoted, before he returned to Scotland at the end of the season, to be replaced at Rovers by his namesake Alan.

Although officially signed due to an injury to Mike Newell (who coincidentally also later played for Aberdeen), it has been suggested that Rovers only purchased Shearer to weaken Swindon's team in their league battle.

The powerfully-built forward signed for Aberdeen in 1992 for £500,000, aged 29.

After scoring twice on his debut he became popular with the fans and was nicknamed 'Deadly Dunc' for his strike-rate.

He formed successful partnerships with other strikers such as Eoin Jess, Scott Booth and Billy Dodds during his time at Pittodrie.

He had also appeared in the 1992 Scottish League Cup Final and the 1993 Scottish Cup Final, when the Dons were beaten 2–1 by Rangers on both occasions, and featured heavily in League campaigns in 1993 and 1994 which ended with runners-up finishes, again behind Rangers.

Shearer made 152 league appearances for Aberdeen, scoring 55 goals.

1994

During his time at Aberdeen, Shearer was capped seven times for Scotland between 1994 and 1995, scoring two goals including an important opening strike in an away win over Finland which helped the national side qualify for Euro 96, although Shearer did not make the squad for that tournament.

The senior team was his first experience of international football, having never played at any age-group level.

He achieved a childhood ambition when he played in the national team alongside John McGinlay, a childhood friend also from Fort William.

1995

In November 1995, Shearer won the Scottish League Cup with the club, scoring the second goal in the 2–0 win over Dundee at Hampden Park.

1997

In 1997, at the age of 35, he returned to his native Highlands to join Inverness Caledonian Thistle, where he played for two-and-a-half seasons, making 55 league appearances and scoring 17 goals.

1999

In season 1999–00 he began to concentrate more on coaching than playing, and was in the dugout when Caley Thistle famously beat Celtic 3–1 in the Scottish Cup.

2000

In 2000, he became assistant to then Inverness Caley Thistle manager Steve Paterson, following the departure of former assistant manager Alex Caldwell to Elgin City.

2001

He continued to be registered as a player (though seldom appeared in the squad) until the end of the 2001–02 season.