Tommy Craig
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Thomas Craig | |
| Date of birth | 21 November 1950 | |
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Charleroi (Coach) | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1967–1968 1968–1974 1974–1977 1977–1979 1979–1981 1981–1984 1984–1985 |
Aberdeen Sheffield Wednesday Newcastle United Aston Villa Swansea City Carlisle United Hibernian Total |
45 (8) 214 (38) 124 (22) 27 (2) 52 (9) 98 (10) 11 (0) 571 (89) |
| National team | ||
| 1976 | Scotland | 1 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Thomas "Tommy" Craig (born 21 November 1950 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a football coach and former player. His most recent job was as a coach at the Scottish Premier League club Hibernian.
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[edit] Playing career
Craig was a talented midfielder who started his playing career at Aberdeen. In 1969 Sheffield Wednesday paid £100,000 for his services, a club record transfer fee at the time, as well as a British record for a teenager. Craig was a favourite with the fans during his time at Hillsborough and was seen by many as the highlight of what was a poor Sheffield Wednesday team. Craig scored 37 league goals for Wednesday, including many from the penalty spot. During his time at the club, Wednesday were relegated from the top flight following Craig's first full season, and they continued to struggle in Division Two, finally being relegated again shortly after he left for Newcastle United in 1974.
After leaving Newcastle he went on to join Ron Saunders' Aston Villa, however, his relatively unsuccessful stay was short lived as Saunders was clearing the decks in order to turn Villa into the Championship and European Cup winning force of the early 1980s. He was capped once by Scotland, against Switzerland in 1976. He subsequently moved on to Swansea City, Carlisle United and Hibernian before becoming a coach.
[edit] Coaching
After retiring as a player, Craig was made assistant manager to John Blackley at Hibernian. He was then Billy McNeill's assistant manager at Celtic, where they won the championship in their centenary year. A spell at Aberdeen as assistant to Roy Aitken followed, before he took up the coaching role of Scotland's Under-21 team.
Craig spent time as a first team coach of FA Premier League football club Newcastle United, until he was released in September 2006.[1] He was then chosen by John Collins to be his assistant at Hibernian. Following Collins' resignation, Craig acted as the caretaker manager for four games, but he left the club following the appointment of Mixu Paatelainen as manager.[2] Craig joined Charleroi as assistant coach to John Collins in December 2008.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Tommy Craig - Statement | Newcastle United | News | Latest News | Latest News
- ^ Craig leaves Hibs, STV, 11 February 2008.
- ^ Le RCSC a un nouvel entraîneur., R. Charleroi S.C., 15 December 2008. (French)
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