Steven Tweed (born 8 August 1972) is a Scottish former

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. Tweed started his career in Scotland with Hibernian, for whom he made over 100 league appearances. He made his first move abroad in 1996 when he joined

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side Ionikos. Tweed then returned to the UK with

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and then

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. He then played for German side

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and Japanese outfit

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before returning to Scotland with Livingston, East Fife and ended his career with Montrose he was manager of Montrose for two years.

Career

Tweed was born in

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and began his career with Hibernian making his debut in the 1991–92 season. He became a regular under

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making 126 appearances for Hibs scoring five goals in five seasons at

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. Tweed played twice for Scotland at B international level in 1995, featuring in wins against Northern Ireland and Sweden. He left Hibernian in 1996–97 to play for Greek

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side Ionikos. However he did no have a good time in

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playing under

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, Sokratis Gemelos and

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saw him make just two appearances for "Galanolefki". He returned to Britain in the summer of 1997 signing for English club

. Stoke had an awful 1997–98 campaign which saw them relegated to the third tier with Tweed playing in 44 matches that season. He failed to get in the side under

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in 1998–99 and returned to Scotland in March 1998 joining

. Tweed spent three seasons at

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before moving abroad again in 2001, signing for German 2. Bundesliga club

. After two seasons at

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he then moved to

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club

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in 2004. He spent three seasons at the

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before returning to Scotland with

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club Livingston in 2006 where he spent the 2006–07 season. Tweed then moved to East Fife in 2007, initially on loan and then permanently. In January 2009, he was appointed player-manager of Montrose. Montrose narrowly missed out on a play-off place in the last game of the 2008–09 season. During the 2009 close season, Tweed introduced 12 new players, with Jim Moffatt (assistant) and

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(goalkeeping) helping with coaching. Montrose endured a winless streak in the league lasting until mid January. A bright spot of the 2009–10 season was a

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Hibernian. Tweed won the SFL Manager of the Month award for March 2010. He resigned in March 2011 due to work and family commitments. On 17 June 2011, Steven Tweed joined Broughty Athletic a Scottish junior football club, he stayed until 17 December 2011 when he left the club.

Personal life

Tweed, a former Hibs player, is the nephew of Hearts legend Tommy Walker.

Club statistics

Source: :A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the

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and

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