Jim Leighton

Born on : July 24, 1958 (65 years) at Johnstone

Nationality : Scotland

Height : 1m86

Weight : 81 kg

Number of international caps : 91

First cap : vs East Germany 13/10/1982

Main position
Goalkeeper	100%

Identities

Jim Leighton

James Leighton

Leighton's career statisticsLast updated on 25/04/2024 at 01:13

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

1999/2000

Aberdeen

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Aberdeen	Scottish FA Cup	1							2	0	100%					0%	0%	100%

1998/1999

Aberdeen

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Scotland	Euro Qualifying	2					2	1	180	0	100%		33%			50%	50%	0%

1997/1998

Aberdeen

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Scotland	Friendlies	1	2		90	0	100%	50%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	3	1	2	270	0	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	3	2	1	225	0	100%	75%	0%	67%	33%
Scotland	World Cup	3	6		270	1	100%	100%	0%	33%	67%
Aberdeen	Premier Division	1	2		90	0	100%		0%	0%	100%

1996/1997

Hibernian

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Scotland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	4					2	3	360	0	100%		57%			75%	0%	25%
Scotland	Friendlies	1							11	0	0%	1	50%			0%	0%	100%

1995/1996

Hibernian

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Scotland	Euro Qualifying	3		3	270	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	1	2		72	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%
Scotland	Friendlies	3	4	1	216	100%	75%	33%	0%	67%

1994/1995

Hibernian

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Scotland	Euro Qualifying	4						3	283	0	75%	1	57%			50%	25%	25%
Scotland	Friendlies	2					1	1	180	0	100%		100%			50%	50%	0%

1993/1994

Hibernian

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Hibernian	Scottish League Cup	1	2		90	100%		0%	0%	100%
Scotland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1		1	90	100%	25%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	2	2		135	100%	67%	50%	0%	50%

1992/1993

1991/1992

1991/1992

1990/1991

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Man United	League Cup	1					1		90	0	100%		13%			100%	0%	0%

1989/1990

Man United

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Man United	Division 1	35	46	9	3150	0	100%		92%	31%	23%	46%
Man United	League Cup	3	5	1	270	0	100%		100%	33%	33%	33%
Man United	FA Cup	7	9	3	690	0	100%		88%	71%	29%	0%
Scotland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	3	7		270	0	100%		100%	0%	33%	67%
Scotland	Friendlies	2		1	135	0	50%	1	40%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	World Cup	3	3		270	1	100%		100%	33%	0%	67%

1988/1989

Man United

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Man United	Division 1	37	35	14	3330	100%	97%	32%	32%	35%
Man United	Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy	3	2	2	270	100%	100%	67%	0%	33%
Man United	League Cup	3	2	2	270	100%	100%	67%	0%	33%
Man United	FA Cup	7	4	4	660	100%	100%	43%	43%	14%
Scotland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	4	4	1	360	100%	80%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	2	2	1	180	100%	100%	50%	0%	50%

1987/1988

Aberdeen

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Scotland	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	Euro Qualifying	3		3	270	100%	100%	67%	33%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	5	2	2	405	100%	100%	0%	80%	20%

1986/1987

Aberdeen

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Scotland	Euro Qualifying	5		5	3	450	100%	100%	20%	40%	40%
Scotland	Friendlies	1			1	90	100%	50%	0%	100%	0%
Aberdeen	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	2	1	4		180	100%	100%	50%	0%	50%

1985/1986

Aberdeen

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Scotland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1	1		45	0	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	1		1	51	0	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%
Scotland	World Cup Qualifying	2		2	180	0	100%	100%	50%	50%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	1		1	90	0	100%	25%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	World Cup	3	3	1	270	1	100%	100%	0%	33%	67%
Aberdeen	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	5	2	3	450	0	100%	83%	60%	40%	0%
Aberdeen	Scottish League Cup	1		1	90	0	100%		100%	0%	0%
Aberdeen	Scottish FA Cup	1		1	90	0	100%		100%	0%	0%

1984/1985

Aberdeen

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Scotland	Friendlies	1	1		90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	5	3	2	450	100%	100%	60%	0%	40%
Scotland	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Aberdeen	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	2	3		210	100%	100%	50%	0%	50%

1983/1984

Aberdeen

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Aberdeen	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	8	7	2	750	100%	100%	38%	25%	38%
Aberdeen	Super Cup	2		2	180	100%	100%	50%	50%	0%
Aberdeen	Scottish FA Cup	1	1		120	100%		100%	0%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	Euro Qualifying	1	1		90	100%	50%	0%	100%	0%
Scotland	British Home Championship	3	4		270	100%	100%	33%	33%	33%
Scotland	Friendlies	1	2		90	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%

1982/1983

Aberdeen

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Aberdeen	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	11	6	6	1020	100%	100%	73%	18%	9%
Aberdeen	Scottish FA Cup	1		1	120	100%		100%	0%	0%
Scotland	Euro Qualifying	4	7	1	360	100%	100%	25%	25%	50%
Scotland	British Home Championship	2	2	1	180	100%	67%	50%	0%	50%
Scotland	Friendlies	2		2	180	100%	67%	100%	0%	0%

1981/1982

Aberdeen

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Aberdeen	Scottish FA Cup	1					1		120	0	100%					100%	0%	0%

1980/1981

Aberdeen

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Aberdeen	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	4					5	2	360	0	100%		100%			25%	25%	50%

1979/1980

Aberdeen

1978/1979

Aberdeen

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Aberdeen	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	3					6	1	270	0	100%		75%			33%	0%	67%

1977/1978

Deveronvale

1976/1977

Aberdeen

Total

232

The data represented with this background color are not complete. The figures may not reflect reality.

Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

FA Cup	1	1990
Scottish League Cup	1	1986
Scottish FA Cup	4	1982198319841986
Cup Winners' Cup	1	1983
Super Cup	1	1983

Runner-ups

Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy	1	1988
Scottish FA Cup	1	2000
Scottish League Cup	1	1994
British Home Championship	1	1983

Transfers

01/07/00 >	Retired
01/06/97 > 01/07/00	Aberdeen	Free
14/07/93 > 01/06/97	Hibernian	Free
01/04/93 > 01/06/93	Sheffield U	Loan
07/02/92 > 01/04/93	Dundee FC	300 k€
29/11/91 > 07/02/92	Reading	Loan
20/03/91 > 01/06/91	Arsenal	Loan
01/06/88 > 29/11/91	Man United	1.2 M€
01/08/78 > 01/06/88	Aberdeen
01/07/77 > 01/08/78	Deveronvale
01/07/76 > 01/07/77	Aberdeen

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 19/04/2024 at 21:22

Club	Played matches	Clean sheets	Goals conceded	Minutes played	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Aberdeen	44	43%19	37	4052	100%44	55%24	27%12
Scotland	91	45%41	71	7698	97%88	46%42	30%27
Hibernian	1	0%0	2	90	100%1	0%0	100%1
Man United	96	36%35	104	8730	100%96	39%37	34%33
Sheffield U

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
QPR	6	1	4	5
Nottingham	6	3	3	7
Newcastle	4	3	3	2
Australia	3	2	3	0
England	6	1	2	6
Everton	5	1	2	6
Charlton	4	2	2	3
S Wednesday	4	1	2	2
Luton Town	4	4	2	2
Servette	2	1	2	0
Bulgaria	2	1	2	0
Rotherham	2	2	2	0
Hamburger SV	2	1	2	0
Lech Poznan	2	2	2	0
Austria Vienna	2	1	2	0
Luxembourg	2	1	2	0
San Marino	2	2	2	0
Iceland	2	2	2	0
Canada	2	2	2	0
Uruguay	2	1	2	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Liverpool	6	4	9
Norwich City	4	4	8
England	6	3	6
Denmark	3	3	4
Arsenal	5	3	7
Tottenham	5	3	8
Derby County	4	3	8
Nottingham	6	3	7
France	3	2	5
Brazil	2	2	3
Wales	5	2	4
Belgium	4	2	8
Rangers	4	2	7
Sweden	4	2	5
FC Porto	2	2	2
Everton	5	2	6
Charlton	4	2	3
Coventry	4	2	3
FC Sion	4	1	5
Switzerland	2	1	4

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
1999/2000	Aberdeen	0%	100%	1	34%	47%	47	-
1998/1999	Aberdeen	0%	0%	0	28%	54%	39	-
1997/1998	Aberdeen	0%	100%	1	30%	40%	40	-
1996/1997	Hibernian	0%	0%	0	29%	40%	45	-
1995/1996	Hibernian	0%	0%	0	31%	44%	39	-
1994/1995	Hibernian	0%	0%	0	31%	23%	39	-
1993/1994	Hibernian	0%	100%	1	40%	27%	48	-
1992/1993	Dundee FC	0%	0%	0	24%	49%	37	-
1991/1992	Dundee FC	0%	0%	0	38%	23%	13	-
1991/1992	Man United	0%	0%	0	58%	8%	24	-
1990/1991	Man United	100%	0%	1	52%	20%	46	-
1989/1990	Man United	38%	38%	45	75%	0%	4	-
1988/1989	Man United	38%	32%	50	100%	0%	1	-
1987/1988	Aberdeen	0%	0%	0	46%	15%	54	-
1986/1987	Aberdeen	50%	50%	2	49%	15%	47	-
1985/1986	Aberdeen	71%	0%	7	51%	18%	45	Slightly positive
1984/1985	Aberdeen	50%	50%	2	71%	12%	42	-
1983/1984	Aberdeen	45%	27%	11	69%	10%	52	Negative
1982/1983	Aberdeen	75%	8%	12	69%	19%	42	Very slightly positive
1981/1982	Aberdeen	100%	0%	1	65%	16%	51	-
1980/1981	Aberdeen	25%	50%	4	50%	20%	40	-
1979/1980	Aberdeen	0%	0%	0	52%	21%	48	-
1978/1979	Aberdeen	33%	67%	3	41%	24%	46	-
1977/1978	Deveronvale	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
1976/1977	Aberdeen	0%	0%	0	48%	25%	44	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Aberdeen
13/09/1978	C2CWC	Marek Dupnitza - Aberdeen	3 - 2	First match with the club, first start, first loss
27/09/1978	C2CWC	Aberdeen - Marek Dupnitza	3 - 0	First victory
01/10/1986	C2CWC	FC Sion - Aberdeen	3 - 0	First own goal
Manchester United
27/08/1988	D1	Man United - QPR	0 - 0	First match with the club, first start
29/08/1988	MCCT	Man United - Everton	1 - 0	First victory
03/09/1988	D1	Liverpool - Man United	1 - 0	First loss
Hibernian
24/10/1993	SLC	Rangers - Hibernian	2 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first loss

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 19/04/2024 at 21:22

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Minutes played	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
Premier League	Premier League	72		6480	100%72	32%23	28%20	40%29
FA Cup	FA Cup	14		1350	100%14	57%8	36%5	7%1
League Cup	League Cup	7		630	100%7	57%4	14%1	29%2
MCCT	Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy	3		270	100%3	67%2		33%1
Premiership	Premiership	1		90	100%1			100%1
Scottish League Cup	Scottish League Cup	2		180	100%2	50%1		50%1
Scottish FA Cup	Scottish FA Cup	5		452	100%5	80%4		20%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	32		2510	94%30	44%14	28%9	28%9
World Cup	World Cup	9		810	100%9	11%1	22%2	67%6
BHC	British Home Championship	5		450	100%5	40%2	20%1	40%2
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	21		1845	100%21	67%14	10%2	24%5
World Cup Qualifying	World Cup Qualifying	2		180	100%2	50%1	50%1
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	22		1903	95%21	45%10	32%7	23%5
Champions League	Champions League	11		1020	100%11	45%5	27%3	27%3
Super Cup	Super Cup	2		180	100%2	50%1	50%1
Cup Winners' Cup	Cup Winners' Cup	24	1	2220	100%24	54%13	17%4	29%7

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
1999/2000	Aberdeen	1	10	33	36	9	6	21	44	83
1998/1999	Aberdeen	1	8	37	36	10	7	19	43	71
1997/1998	Aberdeen	1	6	39	36	9	12	15	39	53
1996/1997	Hibernian	1	9	38	36	9	11	16	38	55
1995/1996	Hibernian	1	5	43	36	11	10	15	43	57
1994/1995	Hibernian	1	3	53	36	12	17	7	49	37
1993/1994	Hibernian	1	5	47	44	16	15	13	53	48
1991/1992	Dundee FC	2	1	58	44	23	12	9	80	48
1991/1992	Man United	1	2	35	16	10	5	1	25	8
1990/1991	Man United	1	5	42	29	11	10	8	42	34
1989/1990	Man United	1	13	48	38	13	9	16	46	47
1988/1989	Man United	1	11	51	38	13	12	13	45	35
1987/1988	Aberdeen	1	4	59	44	21	17	6	56	25
1986/1987	Aberdeen	1	4	58	44	21	16	7	63	29
1985/1986	Aberdeen	1	4	44	36	16	12	8	62	31
1984/1985	Aberdeen	1	1	59	36	27	5	4	89	26
1983/1984	Aberdeen	1	1	57	36	25	7	4	78	21
1982/1983	Aberdeen	1	3	55	36	25	5	6	76	24
1981/1982	Aberdeen	1	2	53	36	23	7	6	71	29
1980/1981	Aberdeen	1	2	49	36	19	11	6	61	26
1979/1980	Aberdeen	1	1	48	36	19	10	7	68	36
1978/1979	Aberdeen	1	4	40	36	13	14	9	59	36
1976/1977	Aberdeen	1	3	43	36	16	11	9	56	42

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
May 30, 2000	30/05	F	Europe	Ireland	1 - 2	Scotland	Absent
May 27, 2000	27/05	SFAC	Final	Aberdeen	0 - 4	Rangers	2 Minutes
May 21, 2000	21/05	PL	Round 36	Dundee FC	0 - 2	Aberdeen	No data
May 14, 2000	14/05	PL	Round 35	Aberdeen	5 - 1	Kilmarnock	No data
May 06, 2000	06/05	PL	Round 34	Celtic Glasgow	5 - 1	Aberdeen	No data
May 02, 2000	02/05	PL	Round 30	St. Johnstone	2 - 1	Aberdeen	No data
April 29, 2000	29/04	PL	Round 33	Hibernian	1 - 0	Aberdeen	No data
April 26, 2000	26/04	F	Europe	Netherlands	0 - 0	Scotland	Absent
April 22, 2000	22/04	PL	Round 32	Aberdeen	2 - 1	Motherwell	No data
April 18, 2000	18/04	PL	Round 27	Aberdeen	0 - 1	Dundee FC	No data
April 15, 2000	15/04	PL	Round 31	Aberdeen	1 - 2	Hearts	No data
April 12, 2000	12/04	PL	Round 26	Kilmarnock	1 - 0	Aberdeen	No data
April 09, 2000	09/04	SFAC	Semi-finals	Hibernian	1 - 2	Aberdeen	No data
April 01, 2000	01/04	PL	Round 29	Aberdeen	1 - 1	Rangers	No data
March 29, 2000	29/03	F	Europe	Scotland	0 - 2	France	Absent
March 25, 2000	25/03	PL	Round 28	Dundee United	1 - 1	Aberdeen	No data
March 22, 2000	22/03	PL	Round 23	Hearts	3 - 0	Aberdeen	No data
March 19, 2000	19/03	SLC	Final	Aberdeen	0 - 2	Celtic Glasgow	No data
March 12, 2000	12/03	SFAC	Quarter-finals	Dundee United	0 - 1	Aberdeen	No data
March 04, 2000	04/03	PL	Round 25	Motherwell	1 - 0	Aberdeen	No data
February 29, 2000	29/02	SFAC	Round of 16	Aberdeen	1 - 0	Inverness	No data
February 26, 2000	26/02	PL	Round 24	Aberdeen	4 - 0	Hibernian	No data
February 23, 2000	23/02	PL	Round 19	Dundee FC	1 - 3	Aberdeen	No data
February 20, 2000	20/02	SFAC	Round of 16	Inverness	1 - 1	Aberdeen	No data
February 13, 2000	13/02	SLC	Semi-finals	Aberdeen	1 - 0	Dundee United	No data
February 08, 2000	08/02	SFAC	3rd round	Aberdeen	2 - 0	St. Mirren	No data
February 05, 2000	05/02	PL	Round 22	Aberdeen	2 - 1	St. Johnstone	No data
January 29, 2000	29/01	SFAC	3rd round	St. Mirren	1 - 1	Aberdeen	No data
January 26, 2000	26/01	PL	Round 17	Aberdeen	1 - 1	Motherwell	No data
January 22, 2000	22/01	PL	Round 21	Rangers	5 - 0	Aberdeen	No data
December 27, 1999	27/12	PL	Round 20	Aberdeen	3 - 1	Dundee United	No data
December 11, 1999	11/12	PL	Round 18	Aberdeen	0 - 6	Celtic Glasgow	No data
December 08, 1999	08/12	PL	Round 15	Aberdeen	3 - 1	Hearts	No data
December 01, 1999	01/12	SLC	Quarter-finals	Aberdeen	1 - 0a.e.t.	Rangers	No data
November 27, 1999	27/11	PL	Round 16	Hibernian	2 - 0	Aberdeen	No data
November 21, 1999	21/11	PL	Round 14	St. Johnstone	1 - 1	Aberdeen	No data
November 17, 1999	17/11	EQ	Decision Matches	England	0 - 1	Scotland	Absent
November 13, 1999	13/11	EQ	Decision Matches	Scotland	0 - 2	England	Absent
November 06, 1999	06/11	PL	Round 13	Dundee United	3 - 1	Aberdeen	No data
October 30, 1999	30/10	PL	Round 12	Aberdeen	1 - 5	Rangers	No data
October 23, 1999	23/10	PL	Round 11	Aberdeen	2 - 2	Kilmarnock	No data
October 20, 1999	20/10	PL	Round 8	Motherwell	5 - 6	Aberdeen	No data
October 16, 1999	16/10	PL	Round 10	Celtic Glasgow	7 - 0	Aberdeen	No data
October 12, 1999	12/10	SLC	Round of 16	Aberdeen	1 - 15-3 s.o	Falkirk	No data
October 09, 1999	09/10	EQ	Group 9	Scotland	3 - 0	Lithuania	Absent
October 05, 1999	05/10	EQ	Group 9	Scotland	1 - 0	Bosnia	Absent
October 02, 1999	02/10	PL	Round 9	Aberdeen	2 - 2	Hibernian	No data
September 18, 1999	18/09	PL	Round 7	Aberdeen	1 - 2	Dundee United	No data
September 11, 1999	11/09	PL	Round 6	Rangers	3 - 0	Aberdeen	No data
September 08, 1999	08/09	EQ	Group 9	Estonia	0 - 0	Scotland	Absent
September 04, 1999	04/09	EQ	Group 9	Bosnia	1 - 2	Scotland	Absent
August 29, 1999	29/08	PL	Round 5	Aberdeen	0 - 3	St. Johnstone	No data
August 22, 1999	22/08	PL	Round 4	Hearts	3 - 0	Aberdeen	No data
August 17, 1999	17/08	SLC	2nd round	Aberdeen	1 - 0	Livingston	No data
August 14, 1999	14/08	PL	Round 3	Aberdeen	0 - 2	Dundee FC	No data
August 07, 1999	07/08	PL	Round 2	Kilmarnock	2 - 0	Aberdeen	No data
August 01, 1999	01/08	PL	Round 1	Aberdeen	0 - 5	Celtic Glasgow	No data

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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