Scott Robertson

Dundee

Robertson began his career with Dundee and progressed through the ranks of the club’s youth system. He appeared once as an unused substitute bench during the 2003–04 season with the Dens. Robertson made his senior debut while on loan at Peterhead, spending the second part of the 2003–04 season at Balmoor. He made his professional football debut (and for the club), starting the whole game, in a 2–0 win against Stirling Albion on 7 February 2004. Robertson then scored his first goal for Peterhead, in a 1–1 draw against Stranraer on 27 March 2004. This was followed up by scoring two more goals, coming against Albion Rovers and East Stirlingshire. At the end of the 2003–04 season, he made fifteen appearances and scoring three times in all competitions. At the start of the 2004–05 season, Robertson returned to Peterhead on loan, resulting in him spending all of 2004 with the Scottish Third Division side. He went on to make ten appearances and scoring once for the club before recalled by his parent club in January. Shortly after returning to Dens Park, Robertson made his Dundee debut, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute, in a 2–0 loss against Hibernian on 9 January 2005. However, Dundee were relegated from the Scottish Premier League on the last game of the season following a 1–1 draw against Livingston. At the end of the 2004–05 season, he went on to make nine appearances in all competitions for Dundee. Ahead of the 2005–06 season, Robertson’s performances…

Robertson began coaching at aged 27, due to his preparation of planning when his football career coming to an end. He went on to earn himself a coaching badge for ‘A’ licence. Shortly after announcing his retirement from professional football, Robertson was appointed under-18s coach at Dundee United in June 2018. Together with Craig Easton, they helped the club’s U18 team win the D&K Lafferty Cup. They also managed Dundee United’s reserve team match in the Scottish Challenge Cup against Alloa Athletic, as they loss 5–4 on penalties. However, on 7 March 2019, both Easton and Robertson were placed on a gardening leave by Dundee United. Shortly after signing for Forfar Athletic, Robertson took a similar role with Dundee on 20 June 2019. In June 2021, Robertson was named as the new assistant manager for his former side Forfar Athletic, under former Forfar teammate Gary Irvine. As part of his deal, he would also remain a youth coach with Dundee. Robertson would remain assistant manager of Forfar until the end of the season, where he would leave the role to take a more 'enhanced' position with Dundee.

As of match played 29 August 2020

Scott's mother Diane Robertson (née McLaren) was a footballer and Scottish internationalist who played for her country seventeen times during the 1970s. At the end of 2010–11 season, Robertson married his wife, Vikki. Robertson attended Dundee's Braeview Academy, alongside fellow future footballers Garry Kenneth and Charlie Adam.