David Provan
Midfielder, Football player
1956 –
Who is David Provan?
David "Davie" Alexander Provan is a Scottish former footballer. During his career he played for Kilmarnock and Celtic. While playing for Celtic Provan won four Scottish Premier League medals, two Scottish Cup and one League Cup. Provan retired in 1987 after he began to suffer from ME.
He earned ten caps and scored one goal for the Scotland national football team and was a non-playing member of their 1982 World Cup squad. Provan also represented the Scottish League. He grew up supporting Rangers and his team mates would joke about this while he played for Celtic.
Since his retirement he has worked in the Scottish sporting media as a pundit for Sky Sports' football coverage. He was also a columnist for several years for the Scottish edition of the now defunct News of the World and now currently writes for its sister paper, The Sun. He is also a regular on the Glasgow based radio station Radio Clyde and its weekend football programme Super Scoreboard.
From the 2012–13 Premier League season onwards, Provan become a regular commentator for Sky Sports.
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- Born
- May 8, 1956
Gourock - Also known as
- Davie Provan
- Nationality
- Scotland
- Lived in
- Gourock
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on July 23, 2013
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