David "Davie" Alexander Provan (born 8 May 1956 in Gourock

Gourock

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, Scotland

Scotland

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) is a former Scottish footballer

Football (soccer)

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.

Club career

During his career he played for Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock F.C.

Kilmarnock Football Club is a Scottish football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Founded in 1869, "Killie" is the oldest club currently in the Scottish Premier League. Home matches are played at Rugby Park...

 and Celtic

Celtic F.C.

Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

. While playing for Celtic Provan won four Scottish Premier League medals, two Scottish Cup and one League Cup. Provan retired in 1986 after he began to suffer from ME.

International career

He earned ten caps and scored one goal for the Scotland national football team

Scotland national football team

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 and was a non-playing member of their 1982 World Cup

1982 FIFA World Cup

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 squad.

Media work

Since his retirement he has worked in the Scottish sporting media

News media

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, as a pundit for Sky Sports

Sky Sports

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.

He is also a columnist for the Scottish edition of the News of the World

News of the World

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. He is also a regular on the Glasgow

Glasgow

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 based radio station Radio Clyde

Radio Clyde

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 and its weekend football programme Super Scoreboard.

Personal life

Provan grew up supporting Rangers. His team mates would joke about this while he played for Celtic.

His wife's name is Fiona and he has two daughters: Kelly and Anna.

External links

• Davie Provan, Neil Brown