Former Saints manager Mark Wotte has left his role as Scottish Football Association performance director.

The Dutchman joined the SFA in June 2011 to oversee their performance strategy across all age groups.

In an SFA statement, Wotte said: ''I am proud to have been the Scottish FA's first performance director leading this nationwide project and I leave safe in the knowledge that this great football nation is on the rise again.''

Wotte arrived at Saints in 2008, initially as academy director, but took over the first-team after Jan Poortvliet left the club in January 2009.

Despite improving their form, he was unable to save them from relegation to League One, but remained loyal to the club through its period in administration, before he was sacked by chairman Nicola Cortese and replaced with Alan Pardew.