David Weir

What I admire about David Weir is the quiet durability of his arc. A Falkirk-born defender who detoured through an American university before circling back to turn professional, he built a long playing career on reliability rather than flash, then translated that same eye for the game into a technical director role at Brighton. I find that second act telling: the players who become trusted architects of a club are usually the ones who understood structure as athletes. Weir never seems to have chased the spotlight, and there is something deeply respectable about a footballer whose lasting value is institutional rather than individual.

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Name (English)

David Weir

Name (Japanese)

デヴィッド・ウィアー

Reading

でゔぃっど・うぃあー

Born

May 10, 1970 (age 56)

Origin

Falkirk, United Kingdom

Height

191 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dog

University

University of Evansville

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Weir%20(Scottish%20footballer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%20(%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464467

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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