Stephen Craigan
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephen James Craigan | ||
Date of birth | 29 October 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Newtownards, Northern Ireland | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1995 | Blantyre Victoria | ||
1995–2000 | Motherwell | 22 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Partick Thistle | 106 | (1) |
2003–2012 | Motherwell | 292 | (5) |
Total | 417 | (6) | |
International career‡ | |||
2003 |
Northern Ireland B | 1 | (0[1]) |
2003–2011 | Northern Ireland | 54 | (0[1]) |
Managerial career | |||
2009 | Motherwell (caretaker) | ||
2015 | Motherwell (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:51, 13 May 2012 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:09, 19 July 2011 (UTC) |
Stephen James Craigan (born 29 October 1976)
Club career
A boyhood
Since then, Craigan has been an integral part of Motherwell's steady progress in the league. Craigan has since gone on to become Motherwell's most capped player. He works for BBC Radio Scotland, also commentated on some European matches for Setanta Sports and ESPN. Craigan is a regular pundit on Sky Sports News Radio, rounding up the weekly hot topics in the Scottish Premiership.[3]
In January 2008, Craigan was made club captain of Motherwell, taking over from Phil O'Donnell, who died after collapsing on the pitch during a match against Dundee United on 29 December 2007.
In June 2009, Craigan was appointed the player-
On 9 June 2011, Craigan signed a new one-year contract at Motherwell.[7] Craigan was awarded a testimonial match, against his former club Partick Thistle. He scored the only goal of the game, on 13 July 2011.[8] On 9 May 2012, Craigan announced that he would retire after Motherwell's last game of the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League season.[9]
On 29 October 2021, it was announced that Craigan was to be inducted into the Motherwell F.C. Hall of Fame.[10]
International career
Craigan is Motherwell's record cap holder, having received 54 caps for Northern Ireland while playing for the club. Craigan played in their 1–0 victory against England in September 2005 and the 3–2 win over Spain a year later. He captained his country on their end of season tour in 2010 against Turkey and Chile and continued as captain against Montenegro on 11 August 2010. His 50th cap came in a surprise victory away to Slovenia on 3 September 2010, in their first game of the Euro 2012 campaign.[1][11] On 19 July 2011, Craigan announced his retirement from International football, earning 54 caps, the last of those coming against Slovenia.[12]
Coaching career
Craigan has made steady strides into management. As well as being caretaker manager for Motherwell in 2009,[4] he was named assistant manager of the Northern Ireland Under-19 squad on 11 October 2012. He also continued working as a football pundit for radio and television.[3] In July 2015, Craigan was appointed manager of Motherwell's under-20 team.[13][14] After manager Ian Baraclough left the club in September, Craigan was put in temporary control of the first team.[15][16]
Media career
Since
Career statistics
- As of 13 May 2012
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other[17] | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Motherwell | |||||||||||
1997–98 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
1998–99 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
1999–2000
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
Partick Thistle | |||||||||||
2000–01 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
2001–02 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
2002–03 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
Total | 106 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 125 | 1 | |
Motherwell | |||||||||||
2003–04 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | |
2004–05 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4 | |
2005–06 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
2006–07 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
2007–08 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
2008–09 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
2009–10 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
2010–11 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 1 | |
2011–12 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
Total | 292 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 341 | 10 | |
Motherwell Total | 318 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 357 | 10 | |
Career Total | 424 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 486 | 11 |
International
- As of August 2011[18]
Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|
2003 | 3 | 0 |
2004 | 7 | 0 |
2005 | 8 | 0 |
2006 | 8 | 0 |
2007 | 7 | 0 |
2008 | 5 | 0 |
2009 | 7 | 0 |
2010 | 7 | 0 |
2011 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 54 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b c Stephen Craigan – International Career, Irish Football Association
- ^ Note that some sources state his birth date as 21 October 1976
- ^ a b c "STEPHEN CRAIGAN DELIGHTED WITH U19 ROLE". Irish FA. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Motherwell confirm Gannon as boss". BBC Sport. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ "Stephen Craigan praises former manager Mark McGhee". BBC Sport. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ "Motherwell 3-0 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ "Stephen Craigan to stay with Motherwell". BBC Sport. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ^ "Motherwell 1 – 0 Partick Thistle". Motherwell F.C. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Motherwell captain Stephen Craigan to retire". BBC Sport. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ "Stephen Craigan to join Hall of Fame". motherwellfc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ Northern Ireland captain Stephen Craigan hits half Century of caps, Daily Record
- ^ "Stephen Craigan retires from Northern Ireland duty". BBC Sport. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ McGarry, Graeme (10 July 2015). "Former Rangers star Johansson quits Motherwell post and Craigan takes over". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- Evening Times. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "Ian Baraclough: Motherwell part with manager after nine months". BBC Sport. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Applicants for Motherwell job as Kenny Shiels declares interest". BBC Sport. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- Europa League.
- ^ NI games played by Stephen Craigan, NIfootball
External links
- Stephen Craigan profile at Motherwell FC official website
- Stephen Craigan at Soccerbase