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'''Andrew "Andy" Roxburgh''', <small>[[Order of the British Empire{{post-nominals|O.B.E.]]</small>country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}<ref name="Sport's Honours">{{cite news |url=httphttps://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sports-honours-larwood-scourge-of-bradman-in-from-the-cold-major-delights-cricket-by-recommending-mbe-to-spearhead-of-bodyline-series-and-fastest-england-bowler-of-his-era-who-now-lives-in-obscurity-1491253.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sports-honours-larwood-scourge-of-bradman-in-from-the-cold-major-delights-cricket-by-recommending-mbe-to-spearhead-of-bodyline-series-and-fastest-england-bowler-of-his-era-who-now-lives-in-obscurity-1491253.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sports Honours: Larwood, scourge of Bradman, in from the cold: Major delights cricket by recommending MBE to spearhead of Bodyline series and fastest England bowler of his era who now lives in obscurity |work=The Independent |publisher=The Independent|first=Derek |last=Hodgson |date=12 June 1993 |accessdateaccess-date=20 October 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> (born 5 August 1943) is a Scottish former [[association football|football]] player and [[manager (association football)|manager]] currently serving as an administrator. Roxburgh's entire professional playing career was spent in the [[Scottish Football League]]. After retiring as a player, he was appointed as the [[Scottish Football Association]]'s first Director of Coaching. He achieved success with the national youth teams, winning the [[1982 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship]].

Roxburgh was appointed [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] manager in 1986 and achieved qualification for two major tournaments, the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] and [[UEFA Euro 1992]]. He resigned as Scotland manager in 1993 after failing to qualify for the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]]. Roxburgh was appointed UEFA technical director in 1994 and held this position until accepting a role as sporting director for American club [[New York Red Bulls]] from 2012 to 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Red Bulls Appoint Andy Roxburgh Sporting Director|url=http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/news/2012/11/red-bulls-appoint-andy-roxburgh-sporting-director|access-date=9 November 2012|archive-date=26 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526130927/http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/news/2012/11/red-bulls-appoint-andy-roxburgh-sporting-director|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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Roxburgh attended Bellahouston Academy, where he was selected for the first team at just 15 years of age.<ref name= "Part one">Andy Roxburgh; Part One: The former Scotland boss who played beside Alex Ferguson at Falkirk and was SFA’sSFA's first technical director, every picture tells a story. – [[Evening Times]] – 8 October 2003, page 38</ref> He played for Glasgow Schools and was a schoolboy and youth internationalist.<ref name = "Partick thistle programme">{{cite news |url=http://partickthistleahistory.wetpaint.com/page/1966+-+Andy+Roxburgh |titlearchive-url=https://archive.today/20130209132025/http://partickthistleahistory.wetpaint.com/page/1966+-+Andy+Roxburgh |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 February 2013 |title=Meet Andy Roxburgh |work=Partick Thistle FC programme |publisher=Partick Thistle FC |date=1 October 1966 |accessdateaccess-date=20 October 2012 }}</ref> In 1961, he scored the only goal in a schoolboy international against England Schools at Parkhead[[Celtic Park]].<ref name = "Part one"/>

From 1961 to 1963 Roxburgh played for Queens[[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]], where he won the [[Scottish amateurAmateur cup.Cup]] During this period, heand was capped by the [[Scotland national amateur football team|Scottish national amateur team]].

Roxburgh then moved to ES[[East ClydebankStirlingshire F.C.|East Stirlingshire]],<ref name = "Partick thistle programme"/> where he played the 1964–19651964–65 season, before arriving at first[[Scottish divisionFootball League First Division|First Division]] club [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]], where he was to stay until the end of the 1968–69 season. In 1966, 25-year-old Roxburgh qualified as a [[Scottish Football Association]] coach.<ref name = "Part one"/>

[[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]] then signed Roxburgh, where he teamed up in attack with Sir [[Alex Ferguson]]. At the end of the 1969–19701969–70 season, Falkirk were crowned secondSecond divisionDivision champions and promoted to the firstFirst divisionDivision. Roxburgh remained at Falkirk until the end of the 1971–72 season.

Roxburgh finished his top flight playing career at [[Clydebank F.C. (1965)|Clydebank]], where he was player-coach from 1973 to 1975. During the latter part of his professional playing career, Roxburgh, (a [[physical education]] graduate), was also employed as a primary school headteacher.<ref name = "man's game">{{cite news |url=httphttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19860908&id=GbZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2685,1863136 |title=Roxburgh playing a man's game now |work=The Herald |publisher=Herald & Times Group |first=Jim |last=Traynor |date=8 September 1986 |accessdateaccess-date=23 September 2012}}</ref>

Roxburgh was appointed as the [[Scottish Football Association]]'s first Director of Coaching in 1975.<ref name = "sfa coach">{{cite news |url=httphttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19770401&id=7uY9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=jEgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5809,345803 |title=Roxburgh looks for more goal power |work=The Herald |publisher=Herald & Times Group |first=Ian |last=Paul |date=1 April 1977 |accessdateaccess-date=23 September 2012}}</ref> He led the player and coach development work in Scotland for over 18 years – coaches such as [[José Mourinho]]<ref name = "Mourinho">{{cite news |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,6903,1270852,00.html |title=Sitting Pretty |work=The Observer |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |first=Mark |last=Hoingsbaum |date=1 August 2004 |accessdateaccess-date=20 October 2012}}</ref> studied under Roxburgh and he also helped to develop talents such as [[Paul McStay]].<ref name = "McStay">{{cite news |url=http://www.uefa.com/under19/news/newsid=430762.html |title=Roxburgh recalls glory days |work=uefa.com |publisher=UEFA |first=Andrew |last=Haslam |date=4 July 2006 |accessdateaccess-date=20 October 2012}}</ref>

This appointment meant that Roxburgh also coached the Scotland youth teams from Under[[Scotland national under-21 football team|Under-21 level]] down.<ref name = "sfa coach"/><ref name = "sfa"/> He was in charge of the [[Scotland national under-19 football team|Scotland Under-19 side]] that won the [[1982 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship]]. Scotland, beatbeating [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] 3–1 in the final, played in [[Helsinki]]. In addition, under Roxburgh's tenure, Scotland reached the semi-finals at the [[1978 UEFA European Under-18 Championship]] and was a group winner in the [[1983 FIFA Under-20 World CupYouth Championship]] final round.<ref name = "Appointment">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DQ5BAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4aYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6100%2C3875913 |title=Scotland on a winner |work=Evening Times |publisher=Herald & Times Group |first=Chick |last=Young |date=17 July 1986 |page=20 |accessdateaccess-date=20 October 2012}}</ref>

After the Scotland senior manager [[Jock Stein]] collapsed and died at the end of [[1985 Wales vs Scotland football match|a 1–1 draw]] in a [[1986 FIFA World Cup qualification]] match against [[Wales national football team|Wales]], [[Alex Ferguson]] was appointed as the team manager. Heand guided Scotland to the 1986 World Cup by winning a playoff against [[Australia men's national footballsoccer team|Australia]]. Scotland failed to progress beyond the group stage of the World Cup and Ferguson rejected the offer of staying on as Scotland manager afterwards. Roxburgh was subsequently named as the new Scotland manager on 16 July 1986,<ref name = "Appointment"/> ahead of more experienced and better known candidates such as [[Billy McNeill]], [[Jim McLean]], [[Kenny Dalglish]] and [[Tommy Docherty]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YNJAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6630,3393659&dq=manchester-united+ferguson&hl=en |title=Fergie steps down |work=Evening Times |publisher=Herald & Times Group |date=16 June 1986 |access-date=23 September 2012}}</ref> Roxburgh would remain in the role for more than seven years.<ref name = "sfa">{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_manager_profile.cfm?page=3087&managerID=12 |title=Andy Roxburgh |work=scottishfa.co.uk |publisher=Scottish Football Association |access-date=23 September 2012}}</ref>

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Roxburgh was appointed as [[UEFA]]'s first technical director in 1994.<ref name = "uefa"/> He held this position until the end of his contract in 2012.<ref name = "uefa">{{cite news |url=httphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19510235 |title=Andy Roxburgh to leave Uefa technical director post |work=BBC Sport |publisher= BBC |date=6 September 2012 |accessdateaccess-date=23 September 2012}}</ref> During his time at UEFA, Roxburgh set up the framework for the ''UEFA Convention on the Mutual Recognition of Coaching Qualifications'', which now includes all 53 UEFA member associations.<ref name="lma">{{cite news|url=http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-7057.html |title=Andy Roxburgh leaves UEFA with a rich legacy |publisher=League Managers Association |date=27 September 2012 |access-date=20 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930021838/http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-7057.html |archive-date=30 September 2012 }}</ref>

Roxburgh also initiated the ''UEFA Grassroots Charter'' to stimulate the UEFA member associations to further invest in the basis of the game and to acknowledge the importance of healthy grassroots.<ref name = "lma"/> As part of the UEFA administration, Roxburgh was a member of the board of directors,<ref name = "UEFA director">{{cite news |url=httphttps://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/uefaorg/Publications/01/46/77/25/1467725_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=UEFA Administration Report 2008/09 |work=UEFA |publisher=UEFA |date=27 September 2012 |accessdateaccess-date=20 October 2012}}</ref> chaired the JIRA and Grassroots panels, and was responsible for UEFA's youth competitions, refereeing department, and the women's football, futsal, and medical units. In addition, Roxburghhe also led UEFA's elite conferences, courses, and forums for national coaches, UEFA Champions League coaches, coach educators, youth coaches, women's football coaches, grassroots leaders, futsal coaches, and team doctors.

Roxburgh has worked with [[FIFA]], as a member of its Technical Committee, as a FIFA instructor, and as a member of the Technical Study Group at six FIFA World Cups (’86'86, ’94'94, ’98'98, ’02'02, ’06'06, ’10'10).<ref name = "FIFA TSG">{{cite news |url=httphttps://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/technicalstudygroup/whoweare/people=1223779.html |title=TSG: THe Experts |work=FIFA |publisher=FIFA |year=2010 |accessdateaccess-date=20 October 2012}}{{dead link|date=October 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

*'''[[SFWA Manager of the Year]] (1)''': [[1989–90 in Scottish football|1989–90]]<ref name = "Award Year"/>

*'''[[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]]''' (OBE) for services to association football – [[1993 Birthday Honours|1993]].<ref>United Kingdom: {{London Gazette |date=11 June 1993 |supp=y |issue=53332|pages=12 }}</ref>

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