Jason Dair

Football player infobox
playername = Jason Dair


fullname = Jason Dair
height = height|m=1.80
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|6|15
cityofbirth = Dunfermline
countryofbirth = Scotland
currentclub = East Fife
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position = Midfielder
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years = 1991-1996
1996-1997
1997-1999
1999-2003
2003-2004
2004-2006
2006-2007
2007-
clubs = Raith Rovers
Millwall
Raith Rovers
Dunfermline Athletic
Motherwell
Livingston
Raith Rovers
East Fife
Career
caps(goals) = 094 (11)
024 0(1)
037 0(1)
126 0(9)
029 0(2)
046 0(2)
001 0(0)
006 0(0)
363 (26)
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Jason Dair (born June 15, 1974) is a Scottish professional football midfielder who currently plays for East Fife.

Career

Dair, who was born in Dunfermline, began his career in 1991 with local Fife team Raith Rovers. A First Division winner in 1992-93, Dair suffered relegation in Raith's first season in the Premier Division. Months into Raith's season back in the First Division, Dair was part of the side that beat Celtic to win the League Cup, ensuring UEFA Cup football for the following season. Buoyed by the cup success, Raith won the title on the last day of the season and were promoted again at the first attempt. Dair scored Raith's first ever European goal, netting from close range against Faroese team GÍ Gøta and Raith won through the first two rounds to face FC Bayern, losing 4-1 on aggregrate. Unfortunately, Raith suffered domestic relegation again and when manager Jimmy Nicholl left in February 1996 to join Millwall,cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960208/ai_n14027916|title=Nicholl takes over at Millwall|date=1996-02-08|publisher=The Independent] Dair - along with Stevie Crawford and David Sinclair - went with him.

Dair's time in London was brief and he returned to Stark's Park within eighteen months. With no trophies during his second spell in Kirkcaldy, Dair moved on in February 1999 to Rovers' rivals Dunfermline, where he would go on to spend four years. Following notice that he was transfer listed along with several other players,cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/3040519.stm|title=Crawford stays with Pars|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=2003-05-19] Dair was released from East End Park in September 2003,cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/3193007.stm|title=One in after six leave Pars|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=2003-08-30] although he quickly moved to Motherwell.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/3077072.stm|title=Dair joins Motherwell|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=2003-09-03] Dair joined Livingston on a one-year contract at the start of the 2004-05 season,cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/3774563.stm|title=Livi snap up Dair|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=2004-06-16] extending his stay by a second year in June 2005.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/4600321.stm|title=Dair and Brittain stay with Livi|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=2005-06-01] Upon his contract expiry, he was released by Livi and made a brief return to Starks Park in September 2006 when he played 72 minutes for Raith as a trialist against Alloa.cite web|url=http://www.raithroversfc.com/cgi-bin/players.cgi?id=171|title=Jason Dair|dateaccessed=2008-03-07|publisher=Raith Rovers FC] The following week, he moved to East Fife,cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/east_fife/5393034.stm|title=East Fife is next stop for Dair|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=2006-09-29] where he went on to play nine teams during the season. Dair has yet to feature this season due to injury.

Honours

Raith Rovers

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References

External links

* [http://www.eastfife.org/squads.php Official website profile]
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