var playerInfo={"F14A25307A7B90F34DF7D46459F247E0":"1990-1-16","80071F80C4550E7F":"172cm","56D1193A280251FE":"David Wotherspoon","AA81248D0821D00F0BA9BCB533E2881F":"St. Johnstone","519F480A5D95AABEE231AFCBBAB20A94":"","43E2EE6075CF14CE3F1421B506383C07":"Scotland,Canada","1CD1A53514962B6A":"1","5232E2CC9B16F53977588D5F27A411B8":"<P>David Wallace Wotherspoon (born 16 January 1990) is a professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone, and the Canada national team. Wotherspoon started his career with Hibernian. Born in Scotland, he represented his nation of birth at youth international levels, up to and including the under-21 level, before switching to Canada in 2018.<BR><BR>Although he started out as a right back for Hibs, Wotherspoon has also played as a right-sided or attacking midfielder. His primary position is as a central midfielder and at the start of the 2011&#8211;12 season he expressed his desire to play there more often. Although he also said that he was willing to play anywhere to be in the first team. Manager Pat Fenlon experimented with a 4&#8211;2&#8211;3&#8211;1 formation, using Wotherspoon as a central creative player, during the 2012&#8211;13 pre-season. These tactics were abandoned after a 3&#8211;0 defeat against Dundee United, with Wotherspoon then being used as a right midfielder in a more orthodox 4&#8211;4&#8211;2 shape.<BR><BR>In recent years, Wotherspoon has become known for his regular use of the &quot;Spoony chop&quot;.<\/P>","F849A024F3C8AF1B2C4A709B4C92BB0F":"2023-10-17","D91AFD3F8E13D94664CE2C04A1143112":"St. Johnstone,Hibernian FC,Hibernian FC(U20),Celtic (U17)","05B90AE4F21571952008D48326AE77E3":"30","37FE64B882E92ECB":"David Wotherspoon","D91FA56861637784":"Inverness C.T.","165A9E64AAEECF036C1B6B6A72794204F7BF560594F29F16":"1","9B962DAE9CDB1287":"","229187823D238BA5":"957","165A9E64AAEECF0376C325C4F36A5C95":"0","584B722087373EED7A432DDE0763CE35":"1","CDD05FD46E6F78B9FEABD05EFFA7F762":"<STRONG><U>CLUB<\/U><BR><BR>St Johnstone<\/STRONG><BR>Scottish Cup: 2013&#8211;14, 2020&#8211;21<BR>Scottish League Cup: 2020&#8211;21","A3B3C821F4815DD2":"85656","e_index":3};