Craig Gordon

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Craig Gordon
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Craig Gordon (2006)
Personnel
Surname Craig Anthony Gordon
birthday December 31, 1982
place of birth Edinburgh ,  Scotland
size 193 cm
position goalkeeper
Juniors
Years station
Tynecastle Boys Club
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1999-2007 Heart of Midlothian 139 (0)
2007–2012 Sunderland AFC 88 (0)
2014-2020 Celtic Glasgow 147 (0)
2020– Heart of Midlothian 0 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2004-2018 Scotland 54 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 29, 2020

Craig Anthony Gordon (born December 31, 1982 in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish football player . He plays the goalkeeper position at Heart of Midlothian .

Career

society

Craig Gordon began his career in the youth division of Heart of Midlothian, Scotland . He went through all youth teams until he signed a professional contract in October 1999. He made his debut at the age of 19 in October 2002 in a league game against FC Livingston . From then on it didn't take long and he had pushed the previous goalkeeper Tepi Moilanen out of the Hearts' box and later even became team captain. In total, Gordon, who is a big fan of Hearts himself , played 139 league games for the Edinburgh club . In the 2001/02 season, Gordon was loaned to the then fourth division club FC Cowdenbeath between October and December . In August 2007 he moved to the English Premier League club AFC Sunderland for £ 9 million . This made him the most expensive British goalkeeper to date. In July 2014, Gordon signed a two-year contract with Celtic Glasgow . At the end of the season he won the Scottish Championship and the League Cup with Celtic . Before the start of the new 2015/16 season , Gordon prematurely extended his contract to 2018.

At the end of January 2017, media reported unanimously that Craig Gordon had received an offer from Premier League top club Chelsea . There he is to inherit the willing Asmir Begović and the substitute goalkeeper of Thibaut Courtois . On January 29, 2017, Brendan Rodgers confirmed such an offer from Chelsea, but stressed that he would reject the contract offer.

National team

Gordon was appointed to the Scottish national football team for the first time in 2004 and has since played 52 international matches.

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Celtic sign Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon. BBC Sport, July 3, 2014, accessed July 3, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Goalkeeper Craig Gordon extends Celtic deal to 2018. BBC Sport, July 29, 2015, accessed August 1, 2015 .
  3. ↑ PA Sport: Celtic warn Chelsea off goalkeeper Craig Gordon - report , ESPN . January 28, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017. 
personal data
SURNAME Gordon, Craig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gordon, Craig Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh, Scotland