{{short description|Scottish footballer and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Paul Mathers | fullname = Paul Andrew Mathers | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1970|01|17}} | birth_place = Aberdeen, Scotland | currentclub = Dundee United (goalkeeping coach) | position = Goalkeeper | years1 = 1986-1996 | years2 = 1996-1999 | years3 = 1999-2001 | years4 = 2001–2002 | years5 = 2001–2002 | years6 = 2002 | years7 = 2002–2006 | years8 = 2006–2007 | years9 = 2007 | years10 = 2007–2015 | clubs1 = Dundee | clubs2 = Falkirk | clubs3 = Linfield | clubs4 = Dundee | clubs5 = → Peterhead (loan) | clubs6 = → Berwick Rangers (loan) | clubs7 = Peterhead | clubs8 = Greenock Morton | clubs9 = East Fife | clubs10 = St Mirren | caps1 = 132 | caps2 = 91 | caps3 = 63 | caps4 = 0 | caps5 = 10 | caps6 = 6 | caps7 = 164 | caps8 = 24 | caps9 = 0 | caps10 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | goals9 = 0 | goals10 = 0 | totalcaps = 490 | totalgoals = 0 }} '''Paul Mathers''' (born 17 January 1970) is a Scottish professional footballer and coach. He is currently the goalkeeping coach at Scottish Premiership side Dundee United, appointed in July 2023.
==Career==
Between 1986 and 1996, Mathers made 132 appearances for Dundee, before moving to Falkirk, where he played 91 times in three years. In 1999, he moved to Linfield, making 63 appearances until a transfer back to Dundee in 2001. In his second stint at Dundee, which lasted for only one season, Mathers did not make a league appearance and was loaned out twice. He moved on in 2002 to Peterhead, where he made 164 league appearances.
Mathers signed with St Mirren in 2007. He did not make a first team appearance for St Mirren as he was employed primarily as a goalkeeping coach, but he continued to hold a playing registration. Mathers was an unused substitute for a 2-2 SPL draw at Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 29 March 2014, aged 44.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26694264 |title=Inverness CT 2–2 St Mirren |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |first=Charles |last=Bannerman |date=29 March 2014 |access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref>
He moved to a coaching position with the Rangers academy on 6 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/9792-new-academy-staff-appointments |title=New Academy Staff Appointments |work=www.rangers.co.uk |publisher=Rangers FC |date=6 August 2015 |accessdate=11 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924125606/http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/9792-new-academy-staff-appointments |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Later in August 2015, Mathers moved to a first team coaching position at St Johnstone.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=3746 |title=PAUL MATHERS INSTALLED AS NEW GOALKEEPING COACH |work=www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk |publisher=St Johnstone FC |date=23 August 2015 |accessdate=11 September 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100029/http://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=3746 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Honours== Dundee 1st division championship winners 1991/92
;Falkirk
*Scottish Challenge Cup (1): 1997
;Linfield
*Irish Premier League (2): Champions 1999/2000, 2000/2001 *Irish League Cup (1): Winners 2000/2001
;Greenock Morton
*Scottish 2nd Division (1): Champions 2006/2007
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{NeilBrownPlayers|player6/paulmathers}} *{{soccerbase|id=11404|name= Paul Mathers (Dundee and Falkirk)}} *{{soccerbase|id=26558|name= Paul Mathers (Linfield, Dundee (second stint) and Peterhead)}}
{{2006–07 PFA Scotland Second Division Team of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mathers, Paul}} Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Footballers from Aberdeen Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Dundee F.C. players Category:Falkirk F.C. players Category:Linfield F.C. players Category:Peterhead F.C. players Category:Berwick Rangers F.C. players Category:Greenock Morton F.C. players Category:East Fife F.C. players Category:St Mirren F.C. players Category:Sligo Rovers F.C. players Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Scottish Premier League players Category:NIFL Premiership players Category:Rangers F.C. non-playing staff Category:St Johnstone F.C. non-playing staff