Tweed was born in
Edinburgh and began his career with
Hibernian making his debut in the
1991–92 season. He became a regular under
Alex Miller making 126 appearances for Hibs scoring five goals in five seasons at
Easter Road. Tweed played twice for
Scotland at B international level in 1995, featuring in wins against Northern Ireland and Sweden. He left Hibernian in
1996–97 to play for Greek
Alpha Ethniki side
Ionikos. However he did no have a good time in
Nikaia playing under
Oleg Blokhin, Sokratis Gemelos and
Jacek Gmoch saw him make just two appearances for "Galanolefki". He returned to Britain in the summer of 1997 signing for English club
Stoke City. Montrose narrowly missed out on a play-off place in the last game of the 2008–09 season. During the 2009 close season, Tweed introduced 12 new players, with Jim Moffatt (assistant) and
Tony Bullock (goalkeeping) helping with coaching. Montrose endured a winless streak in the league lasting until mid January. A bright spot of the 2009–10 season was a
Scottish Cup run, which ended in a 5–1 defeat to
Hibernian. On 17 June 2011, Steven Tweed joined
Broughty Athletic a Scottish junior football club, he stayed until 17 December 2011 when he left the club. ==Personal life==