Barry Nicholson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Barry Nicholson | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Barry Nicholson (born 24 August 1978 in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway) is a Scottish professional football midfielder currently unattached and without a club.
He started his career at Rangers although he was a fan of home town club Queen of the South as a youngster [1], but limited appearances in Rangers' first team saw him join Dunfermline Athletic under the helm of Jimmy Calderwood.
Nicholson's performances at East End Park saw him signed by Aberdeen for a fee of £250,000 on July 2005 and re-joined former boss Calderwood who had since moved to Pittodrie. The move paid dividends as his strong performances towards the end of the 2006/2007 season scoring vital goals. The most notable of these goals is the last minute equaliser against Hearts, which all but clinched third place for Aberdeen, with only two matches of the season left at that stage.
On 31 October, 2007, Nicholson scored the first hat-trick of his career, by scoring three goals against Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the quarter finals of the CIS Cup. Interestingly, two of these goals were penalties though.
Nicholson scored the 2nd goal for Aberdeen against Queen of the South in the 2007/08 Scottish Cup semi finals. Queens won the 7 goal thriller 4–3 to make it to the final for the first in their history.[1]
However on April 15, 2008, it was announced that Nicholson had turned down Aberdeen's final offer to stay at the club and would be leaving in the summer along with 6 other players. He has been linked with German Bundesliga side VfL Bochum as well as Swedish Allsvenskan team IFK Göteborg. He has also been linked with English clubs Preston North End, Plymouth Argyle , Nottingham Forest and Leicester City.
International football
Nicholson has won 3 caps for Scotland, the first being in the friendly draw with Poland in April 2001 while the last one - in the friendly defeat to Sweden in November 2004.
| # | Date | Opponent | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 25 2001 |  Poland |
Poland 1-1 Scotland | Friendly match |
| 2 | Oct 06 2001 |  Latvia |
Scotland 2-1 Latvia | World Cup qualifier |
| 3 | Nov 17 2004 |  Sweden |
Scotland 1-4 Sweden | Friendly match |
References
External links
- Barry Nicholson at Soccerbase
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