Craig Burley

Craig Burley
Personnel
Surname	Craig William Burley
birthday	September 24, 1971
place of birth	Ayr ,  Scotland
size	185 cm
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1989-1997	Chelsea FC	113 0(7)
1997-1999	Celtic Glasgow	64 (20)
1999-2003	Derby County	73 (10)
2003	Dundee FC	2 0(0)
2004	Preston North End	4 0(0)
2004	Walsall FC	5 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1995-2003	Scotland	46 0(3)
1 Only league games are given.

Craig William Burley (born September 24, 1971 in Ayr , Scotland ) is a former Scottish football player .

Career

Craig Burley moved up to the senior squad of Chelsea FC from London in 1989 , but only made his debut in April 1991 in the 7-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest . Under coach Glenn Hoddle , the Scot became a regular player and midfield player in the "Blues" , with whom he won the 1997 FA Cup . In 1995 he was nominated for the national team for the first time and was part of the squad at the European Championship the following year .

Chelsea's new head coach Ruud Gullit did not plan with Burley and therefore sold him to the Scottish top club Celtic Glasgow in the summer of 1997 for £ 2.5million . In the Celtic jersey, Burley was in top form and played a key role in winning the 1998 championship. After his debut season, he was voted Scotland's Footballer of the Year . In the same year he went to the World Cup in France , where he and his team were eliminated in the preliminary round and he scored the equalizer in the group game against eventual world champions France. In December 1999 he returned to England for a £ 3 million transfer and signed a four-year deal with Derby County . With the club he had to relegate to the First Division at the end of the 2001/02 season .

Between 2003 and 2004 he ended his career at Dundee FC , Preston North End and Walsall FC . After his playing days, Burley became a sports expert at ESPN and the BBC and works on broadcasts of the Premier League. He is also active as a commentator for the sports channel ESPN.

Trivia

Since January 2015, Burley has had a tattoo of the head of Fernando Torres from Atlético Madrid after he lost the bet that he would not score in the game against city rivals Real Madrid .

Web links

• Craig Burley in the database of the Scottish Football Association (English)
• Craig Burley in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Craig Burley in the database of weltfussball.de
• Craig Burley in The Celtic Wiki (English)
• Mission statistics in the overview

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Craig Burley. In: Sporting-Heroes.net. Retrieved November 12, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Craig Burley: I'm amazed when people call me a traitor to Celtic. (No longer available online.) In: thescottishsun.co.uk. April 13, 2016, archived from the original on November 12, 2016 ; accessed on November 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ ^{A b c} Paulina Cuevas: Craig Burley. In: espnmediazone.com. October 6, 2015, accessed November 12, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Has ex-Chelsea footballer Craig Burley actually just gotten a tattoo of Fernando Torres? (No longer available online.) In: tv3.ie. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016 ; accessed on November 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ Andrew Bucholtz: ESPN's Craig Burley loses his mind over Pep Guardiola and expected goals. In: awfulannouncing.com. May 4, 2016, accessed November 12, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Benjamin Newman: Ex Celtic & Chelsea player Craig Burley gets a Fernando Torres tattoo after losing a bet [Video] - 101 Great Goals. In: 101greatgoals.com. January 21, 2015, accessed November 12, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Elliott Bretland: Burley forced to get Torres tattoo after losing bet… but is it real? In: dailymail.co.uk. January 21, 2015, accessed November 12, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Steve O'Rourke: Did Craig Burley really get a Fernando Torres tattoo after losing a bet? In: the42.ie. November 12, 2016, accessed November 12, 2016 .