List of Motherwell F.C. players

This is a list of footballers who have played for Motherwell. The records include all the players who have played at least once in a league game since 1946.

For a full list of all Motherwell players with Wikipedia articles see Category:Motherwell F.C. players.

Current players

As of 1 May 2016^[a]

Name	Number	Nation	Years	Apps	Goals	Notes
Connor Ripley	1	England	2015	34	0	[1]
Steven Hammell	3	Scotland	1999–2006, 2008–	468	4
Louis Laing	5	England	2015–	26	2
Stephen McManus	6	Scotland	2013–	107	6
Lionel Ainsworth	7	England	2013–	91	21
Stephen Pearson	8	Scotland	2004–2006, 2015–	116	18
Wes Fletcher	9	England	2015–	14	1
Marvin Johnson	11	England	2015–	48	6
Dan Twardzik	12	Czech Republic	2013–2014, 2014–	29	0
Keith Lasley	14	Scotland	1999–2004, 2006–	385	18
Joe Chalmers	15	Scotland	2015–	14	0
Kieran Kennedy	16	England	2015–	20	0
Morgaro Gomis	17	Senegal	2016	8	0	[2]
Josh Law	18	England	2014–	63	0
Louis Moult	20	England	2015–	35	15
Jack Leitch	21	Scotland	2012–	25	0
Dom Thomas	23	Scotland	2014–	28	0
James McFadden	24	Scotland	2000–2003, 2013–2014, 2015–	106	35
Chris Cadden	26	Scotland	2013–	23	2
Luke Watt	28	Scotland	2014–	5	0
Ben Hall	32	Northern Ireland	2013–	15	1
Ross MacLean	39	Scotland	2014–	1	0
Scott McDonald	77	Australia	2004–2007, 2015–	153	56

a ^ League matches only are stated.

Former players

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As of 17 July 2015

  Players who represented their country while at the club.

Contents 

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• G
• H
• I
• J
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• R
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• U
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• X
• Y
• Z

Name	Nation	Career[3]	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Derek Adams	Scotland	1998–2004	159	19
Charlie Aitken	Scotland	1950–1966	314	38
Ian Alexander	Scotland	1983–1985	24	2
Ian Angus	Scotland	1990–1994	87	8
Henri Anier	Estonia	2013–2014	33	9
Dougie Arnott	Scotland	1986–1998	240	59
Hervé Bacqué	France	1999	1	0
Alex Bain	Scotland	1954–1957	23	10
Gerry Baker	United States	1956–1958	13	4
Paul Baker	England	1992–1993	9	1
Franck Bernhard	France	2001–2002	3	0
Kenny Black	Scotland	1983–1984	17	0
Nick Blackman	England	2010–2011	18	10	[4]
Gary Bollan	Scotland	2004	3	0
Tom Boyd	Scotland	1983–1991	252	6
Ged Brannan	England	1998–2001	81	16
Gerry Britton	Scotland	2005	3	0
Billy Brown	Scotland	1970–1973	9	0
Jimmy Brown	Scotland	1946–1947	18	16
Mark Brown	Scotland	2001–2002	19	0
George Burley	Scotland	1989–1991, 1993–1994	59	0
Alex Burns	Scotland	1991–1997, 2003–2005	117	11
Andy Burton	Scotland	1904–1905	25	6
Walter Carlyle	Scotland	1964–1965	25	7
Peter Carr	England	1978–1979	7	0
Joe Carson	Scotland	1978–1984	126	8
Stuart Carswell	Scotland	2009–2015	86	0
Esteban Casagolda	Spain	2010–2011	12	0
Mark Caughey	Northern Ireland	1987–1988	15	0
Saïd Chiba	Morocco	2001	7	0
Tim Clancy	Republic of Ireland	2011–2012	26	0
Robert Clark	Scotland	1984–1986	13	1
Hughie Clifford	Scotland	1894–1895	2	0
Ian Clinging	Scotland	1977–1983	113	21
Adam Coakley	Scotland	2004–2007	3	0
Tommy Coakley	Scotland	1963–1966	22	1
Giles Coke	England	2009–2010	32	2
Alfie Conn	Scotland	1981–1984	27	3
Kenny Connolly	Scotland	2004–2008	2	0
Davie Cooper	Scotland	1989–1994	157	17
Barry John Corr	Scotland	2003–2005	11	0
Martyn Corrigan	Scotland	2000–2008	243	6
Stephen Cosgrove	Scotland	2001–2002	2	0
David Cowan	England	2002–2004	17	0
Steve Cowan	Scotland	1987–1990	51	11
Owen Coyle	Republic of Ireland	1997–1999	79	25
Brian Coyne	Scotland	1983–1984	35	2
Tommy Coyne	Republic of Ireland	1993–1998	132	59
Steven Craig	Scotland	2003–2004	37	5
Stephen Craigan	Northern Ireland	1995–2000, 2003–2012	318	5
Adam Cummins	England	2011–2015	26	1
Saša Ćurčić	Yugoslavia	2000	5	0
Nick Cusack	England	1989–1992	77	17
Jason Dair	Scotland	2003–2004	29	2
Omar Daley	Jamaica	2011–2013	39	3
Luke Daniels	England	2008	2	0
Vic Davidson	Scotland	1975–1978	95	19
Billy Davies	Scotland	1993–1998	116	9
John Deans	Scotland	1965–1971	152	78
Éric Deloumeaux	France	2001–2002	23	0
Brian Dempsie	Scotland	1999–2003	1	0
Greig Denham	Scotland	1994–2000	49	0
William Dickson	Scotland	1974–1975	12	0
Sieb Dijkstra	Netherlands	1991–1994	80	0
Jim Dobbin	Scotland	1984	2	0	[5]
Michel Doesburg	Netherlands	1998–1999	49	0
Jamie Dolan	Scotland	1987–1997	193	5
Bobby Donnelly	Scotland	2005–2007	4	0
Andy Dornan	Scotland	1982–1986	92	4
Mario Dorner	Austria	1997	2	0
Andy Dow	Scotland	2001–2002	9	1
François Dubourdeau	France	2001–2003	26	0
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson	Iceland	1982–1984	55	6
Calum Elliot	Scotland	2006	15	2	[2]
Stuart Elliott	Northern Ireland	2000–2002	70	22
Lee Erwin	Scotland	2013–2015	35	6
Roy Essandoh	Northern Ireland	1994–1997	5	0
Shaun Fagan	Scotland	2000–2007	72	3
Jamie Fairlie	Scotland	1987	12	1
Willie Falconer	Scotland	1996–1998	66	11
John Fallon	Scotland	1971–1972	10	0
Ray Farningham	Scotland	1986–1989	76	12
Hughie Ferguson	Scotland	1916–1925	288	284
Iain Ferguson	Scotland	1990–1993	51	10
Steven Ferguson	Scotland	2002–2003	19	2
David Ferrère	France	2002	10	3
Bob Ferrier	England	1917–1937	626	255
Marc Fitzpatrick	Scotland	2003–2011	117	4
Bobby Flavell	England	1982–1983	31	6
Richie Foran	Republic of Ireland	2004–2007	90	23
Ross Forbes	Scotland	2007–2012	55	5
Eddie Forrest	Scotland	2001–2002	13	0
Tom Forsyth	Scotland	1967–1972	150	17
Zaine Francis-Angol	Antigua and Barbuda	2011–2015	67	3
Michael Fraser	Scotland	2009–2010	8	0
Paul Friar	Scotland	1983–1984	2	0	[6]
Mitchell van der Gaag	Netherlands	1995–1997	67	4
John Gahagan	Scotland	1979–1980	291	38
Éric Garcin	France	1997–1998	11	1
Ian Gardiner	Scotland	1956–1959	95	48
John Gardiner	Scotland	1984–1987	78	0
Jimmy Gardner	Scotland	1988–1993	16	0
Don Goodman	England	1999	47	8
Sam Goodwin	Scotland	1972–1975	24	2
Andy Goram	Scotland	1998–2001	57	0
Alan Gow	Scotland	2010–2011	9	1
Mark Gower	England	1999	9	0
Lewis Grabban	England	2007–2008	5	0
Ally Graham	Scotland	1993	9	1
Bobby Graham	Scotland	1973–1977	132	37
Conor Grant	England	2015	11	1	[7]
William Grant	Scotland	1935–1939	100	1
Martin Grehan	Scotland	2008	1	0
Liam Grimshaw	England	2015–2016	14	0	[8]
Gavin Gunning	Republic of Ireland	2011	14	0	[4]
Stephen Halliday	England	1998–2000	9	0
Jordan Halsman	Scotland	2009–2012	1	0
Jim Hamilton	Scotland	2004–2006	48	11
Colin Hampton	Scotland	1909–1914	134	0
Andy Harrow	Scotland	1982–1986	103	19
Tom Hateley	England	2009–2013	148	9
John Hendry	Scotland	1995–1998	36	3
Steven Hetherington	England	2011–2013	3	0
Michael Higdon	England	2011–2013	72	40
Kallum Higginbotham	England	2013	10	1	[9]
Chris Higgins	Scotland	2002–2005	1	0
Lee Hollis	Scotland	2010–2014	18	0
Harry Hood	Scotland	1976–1977	15	0
Scott Howie	Scotland	1994–1998	137	0
Stephen Hughes	Scotland	2007–2009, 2011–2012	70	2
Chris Humphrey	Jamaica	2009–2013	132	8
Wilson Humphries	Scotland	1946–1956	199	68
William Hunter	Scotland	1957–1967	228	43
Shaun Hutchinson	England	2007–2014	121	7
Willie Irvine	Scotland	1979–1982	121	49
Francis Jeffers	England	2011	10	1
Steve Jennings	England	2009–2012	93	2
Alex Jones	England	1992	12	1
Steve Jones	Northern Ireland	2011	12	1
Gunnlaugur Jónsson	Iceland	1997–1998	2	0
Lukas Jutkiewicz	England	2009–2010	33	12	[7]
Mikko Kavén	Finland	1998–1999	16	0
Paul Keegan	Republic of Ireland	2007	8	0
Archie Kelly	Scotland	1949–1953	104	65
David Kelly	England	2001–2002	19	6
Khaled Kemas	Algeria	2002–2003	6	1
Benito Kemble	Suriname	1999–2001	48	1
Brian Kerr	Scotland	2004–2007	79	5
Fraser Kerr	Scotland	2012–2015	53	1
Albert Kidd	Scotland	1979–1981	53	18
Paul Kinnaird	Scotland	1987–1988	34	0
William Kinniburgh	Scotland	2001–2008	58	3
Steve Kirk	Scotland	1986–1995	301	63
Maroš Klimpl	Slovakia	2008–2009	21	1
Miodrag Krivokapić	Serbia	1992–1996	71	0
Artur Krysiak	Poland	2009	1	0	[10]
Paul Lambert	Scotland	1993–1996	103	6
Simon Lappin	Scotland	2008	14	2	[11]
Dave Latchford	England	1977–1979	8	0
Nicky Law	England	2011–2013	76	10
Paul Lawson	Scotland	2013–2015	20	0
Dirk Lehmann	Germany	2002–2003	43	9
Scott Leitch	Scotland	2000–2006	128	1
Jimmy Lindsay	Scotland	1976–1979	21	1
George Long	England	2015	15	0	[12]
Kenny Lyall	Scotland	1983–1984	19	2
Robert Maaskant	Netherlands	1991–1992	12	0
Stewart MacLaren	Scotland	1974–1979	123	5
Robert Malcolm	Scotland	2008–2009	21	3
Gordon Marshall	Scotland	2003–2005	67	0
Brian Martin	Scotland	1991–1998	237	10
Roberto Martínez	Spain	2001–2002	16	0
John Martis	Scotland	1957–1969	16	0
Rob Matthaei	Netherlands	1998–2000	20	0
Ally Mauchlen	Scotland	1982–1985	76	4
Ally Maxwell	Scotland	1983–1991	134	0
Eddie May	Scotland	1994–1999	109	5
Colin McAdam	Scotland	1975–1978	62	3
Tom McAdam	Scotland	1986–1989	99	3
Gary McAllister	Scotland	1981–1985	70	8
Joe McBride	Scotland	1962–1965	88	51
Kevin McBride	Scotland	2004–2005	38	1
Stephen McBride	Northern Ireland	1984	3	0
Willie McCall	Scotland	1948–1950	28	8
Bert McCann	Scotland	1956–1965	246	21
Chris McCart	Scotland	1985–1997	260	6
Brian McClair	Scotland	1981–1983, 1998	51	15
Jamie McClen	England	2000–2001	3	0	[13]
Peter McCloy	Scotland	1964–1970	137	0
Alan McCormack	Republic of Ireland	2005–2006	24	2	[14]
Ross McCormack	Scotland	2006–2008	48	10
Lee McCulloch	Scotland	1995–2001	124	21
Steve McDonald	Australia	2005–2006	1	0
Paul McFadden	Scotland	1983–1986	23	4
Steven McGarry	Scotland	2006–2010	89	3
Michael McGlinchey	New Zealand	2010	8	0
Jamie McGowan	England	1998–2000	45	1
Paul McGrillen	Scotland	1990–1995	87	12
Robert McHugh	Scotland	2007–2015	70	5
Alan McKay	Scotland	1969–1974	39	0
Kevin McKeown	Scotland	1985–1990	3	0
Rob McKinnon	Scotland	1992–1996	152	8
Brian McLaughlin	Scotland	1979–1982	116	37
John McLaughlin	Scotland	1965–1966	18	4
Brian McLean	Northern Ireland	2006–2009	55	5	[15]
Alex McLeish	Scotland	1994–1995	3	0
Chic McLelland	Scotland	1979–1981	51	1
Joe McLeod	Scotland	1990–1993	46	1
Mick McManus	Scotland	1975–1977	3	0
Stephen McMillan	Scotland	1993–2001	153	6
John McPhee	Scotland	1957–1962	74	16
Shaun McSkimming	Scotland	1994–1998	63	7
John McStay	Scotland	1984–1987	20	1
Willie McVie	Scotland	1975–1979	87	2
Steven Meechan	Scotland	2009–2011	4	0
Colin Meldrum	Scotland	2005–2009	24	0
Simon Mensing	England	2007–2008	2	0
Jan Michels	Netherlands	1998–1999	7	0
Greg Miller	Scotland	1998–1999	4	0
Gus Moffat	England	1965–1968	41	6
Trevor Molloy	Republic of Ireland	2006–2007	6	0
John Moore	Scotland	1963–1965	3	0
Yassin Moutaouakil	France	2009–2010	13	0
Ian Muir	Scotland	1950–952	7	0
Danny Murphy	Republic of Ireland	2007–2008	15	1
Jamie Murphy	Scotland	2006–2013	176	34
Derek Murray	Scotland	1984–1988	95	5
Pat Nevin	Scotland	1998–2000	58	2
Rob Newman	England	1997–1998	11	0
Stevie Nicholas	Scotland	1999–2002	60	5
Gunnar Nielsen	Faroe Islands	2008, 2013–2015	19	0
Luc Nijholt	Netherlands	1990–1993	96	5
Kai Nyyssönen	Finland	1998–1999	3	1
Jim O'Brien	Scotland	2008–2010	64	4
Mark O'Brien	Republic of Ireland	2014–2015	18	0	[16]
Phil O'Donnell	Scotland	1990–1994, 2004–2007	201	23
Richard Offiong	England	2003	9	0	[13]
Duncan Ogilvie	Scotland	1932–1936, 1936–1941	91	35
Tommy O'Hara	United States	1981–1983	53	0
Henrik Ojamaa	Estonia	2012–2013, 2014–2015	73	14
James Okoli	Nigeria	2000–2001	6	0
Tommy O'Neill	Scotland	1976–1977	12	1
Jimmy O'Rourke	Scotland	1976–1978	46	14
Ange Oueifio	Central African Republic	2000–2002	17	0
Jonathan Page	England	2008–2013	14	0
David Partridge	Wales	2002–2005	86	2
Craig Paterson	Scotland	1986–1991	158	9
Jim Paterson	Scotland	2004–2008	124	6
Willie Pettigrew	Scotland	1972–1979	146	80
John Philliben	Scotland	1986–1998	302	7
Jamie Pollock	Scotland	2009–2012	5	0
Chris Porter	England	2007–2009	59	23
Ian Purdie	Scotland	1977–1978	16	2
Pat Quinn	Scotland	1955–1962	166	83
Paul Quinn	Scotland	2002–2009	160	4
Stuart Rafferty	Scotland	1978–1984	89	17
Dougie Ramsay	Scotland	1997–2003	39	2
Simon Ramsden	England	2012–2015	70	1
Darren Randolph	Republic of Ireland	2010–2013	111	0
Wallace Rea	Scotland	1956–1958	14	3
Karl Ready	Wales	2001–2002	36	3
Willie Redpath	Scotland	1946–1956	227	19
Craig Reid	Scotland	2014–	32	1
John Reilly	Scotland	1985–1987	56	12
Mark Reilly	Scotland	1988–1991	4	0
Mark Reynolds	Scotland	2005–2011	166	6
Franz Resch	Austria	1997	3	0
Andy Ritchie	Scotland	1983–1984	8	1
Billy Ritchie	Scotland	1970–1976	13	0
Bobby Roberts	Scotland	1959–1963	91	26
Jimmy Robertson	Scotland	1977–1978	5	0
Theo Robinson	Jamaica	2014–	10	0
Andy Roddie	Scotland	1994–1997	55	0
Maurice Ross	Scotland	2011	6	0
John Ruddy	England	2009–2010	34	0	[7]
Bobby Russell	Scotland	1987–1992	131	15
Iain Russell	Scotland	2002–2003	5	0
Steven Saunders	Scotland	2008–2013	56	2
Andy Scott	Scotland	2002–2004	1	0
Daniel Sengewald	Germany	2002–2003	7	0
Rab Shannon	Scotland	1993–1995	67	2
Tony Shepherd	Scotland	1991–1993	10	0
Cillian Sheridan	Republic of Ireland	2009	13	2	[5]
Dale Shirkie	Scotland	2012–2014	1	0
Eliphas Shivute	Namibia	1997–1999	24	3
Neil Simpson	Scotland	1991–1993	33	1
Paul Slane	Scotland	2009–2010	3	0
Tommy Sloan	Scotland	1951–1957	112	35
Andy Smith	Northern Ireland	2005	7	0
Darren Smith	Scotland	2005	58	8
Gary Smith	Scotland	2009–2012	2	0
Graeme Smith	Scotland	2005–2009	127	0
Joe Smith	Scotland	1978–1981	57	0
Paul Smith	Scotland	1986–1988	78	13
Alan Sneddon	Scotland	1992–1993	16	0
Yann Soloy	France	2001–2002	12	1
John Spencer	Scotland	1998–2000	54	18
Ian St. John	Scotland	1957–1961	113	80
Gregor Stevens	Scotland	1974–1979, 1984–1985	147	19
George Stevenson	Scotland	1923–1939	510	169
Morris Stevenson	Scotland	1960–1962	12	3
Ross Stewart	Scotland	2012–2015	1	0
Kevin Storrie	Scotland	1998–1999	1	2
Anthony Straker	Grenada	2015	13	0	[17]
Greg Strong	England	2000–2002	64	3
John Sutton	England	2008–2011, 2013–2015	174	66
Sandy Tait	Scotland	1892–1894	17	0
Neil Tarrant	England	2001	5	0
Jake Taylor	Wales	2015–	7	0	[18]
Shaun Teale	England	1998–2000	47	4
Abel Thermeus	Haiti	2006	1	0
Nathan Thomas	England	2015	2	0
Tony Thomas	England	1998–2001	16	0
Billy Thomson	Scotland	1992–1994	52	0
Scott Thomson	Scotland	1998	1	0	[19]
Derek Townsley	England	1999–2001	54	6
Kevin Twaddle	Scotland	1999–2002	71	7
Krisztián Vadócz	Hungary	2007	11	0	[20]
Simo Valakari	Finland	1996–2000	104	0
Tony Vaughan	England	2003	12	1
Iain Vigurs	Scotland	2013–2015	47	6
Andy Walker	Scotland	1984–1987	77	17
Nicky Walker	Scotland	1982–1983	30	0
Joe Wark	Scotland	1968–1984	464	14
Bobby Watson	Scotland	1969–1976	182	2
Jimmy Watson	Scotland	1946–1952	147	48
Willie Watson	Scotland	1973–1978	127	2
Andy Weir	Scotland	1957–1968	202	45
Mickey Weir	Scotland	1996–1998	23	6
Paul Wilson	Scotland	1978–1979	21	1
Fraser Wishart	Scotland	1983–1989, 1996–1997	21	1
Stevie Woods	Scotland	1994–2003	143	0
Kenny Wright	Scotland	2002–2006	23	1

Sources

• Jeffrey, Jim; Fry, Genge (2001). The Men Who Made Motherwell Football Club. Tempus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7524-2191-9.

Notes

1. On loan from Middlesbrough
2. On loan from Hearts
3. Career refers to years from first to last league appearance
4. On loan from Blackburn Rovers
5. On loan from Celtic
6. On loan from Rotherham United
7. On loan from Everton
8. On loan from Manchester United
9. On loan from Huddersfield Town
10. On loan from Birmingham City
11. On loan from Norwich City
12. On loan from Sheffield United
13. On loan from Newcastle United
14. On loan from Preston North End
15. Initially on loan from Rangers, deal later made permanent.
16. On loan from Derby County
17. On loan from York City
18. On loan from Reading
19. On loan from Hull City
20. On loan from Osasuna

External links

• Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
• Soccerbase