He earned 51 caps for Scotland, scoring three times, and was part of the Tartan Army's Euro 96 and World Cup 98 squads.

One of his first appearances came in the Full Members Cup final, where he scored the only goal in the 1–0 Wembley win over Charlton Athletic.

He was re-signed for Blackburn by Kenny Dalglish in November 1991 for a fee of £700,000[4] and helped them to great success including promotion from the Second Division and winning the FA Premier League.

[6] Hendry had a difficult spell for the Sky Blues with his appearances being limited, he was loaned to then First Division side Bolton Wanderers.

He impressed manager Sam Allardyce who made the move permanent in February 2001, with Bolton agreeing to pay a fee of £500,000 should they gain promotion at the end of that season, which they subsequently did.

[9] His international career was ended as he was subsequently banned for six matches for elbowing San Marino substitute Nicola Albani later in that game.

[9] Hendry landed his first managerial job in June 2004 when he was appointed manager of his former club Blackpool replacing Steve McMahon.

He picked up his first victory in a Scottish Challenge Cup tie against fellow First Division side Queen of the South in August 2007.

[13] In June 2012, Hendry re-joined Blackburn Rovers, initially as first-team coach, working under manager and fellow Scot Steve Kean.