Craig Wighton

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Craig Wighton
Personnel
Surname Craig Ross Wighton
birthday July 27, 1997
place of birth Dundee ,  Scotland
size 185 cm
position striker
Juniors
Years station
0000–2013 Dundee FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2013-2018 Dundee FC 83 (7)
2014-2015 →  Brechin City  (loan) 4 (2)
2015-2016 →  Raith Rovers  (loan) 16 (1)
2018– Heart of Midlothian 19 (0)
2020 →  FC Arbroath  (loan) 5 (3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2012 Scotland U15 1 (0)
2012 Scotland U16 1 (0)
2013-2014 Scotland U17 11 (5)
2015-2016 Scotland U19 5 (0)
2017 Scotland U20 5 (1)
2016-2018 Scotland U21 6 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 4, 2020

Craig Ross Wighton (born July 27, 1997 in Dundee ) is a Scottish football player .

Career

society

In his childhood and youth, Craig Wighton played for Dundee FC . On his sixteenth birthday he signed his first professional contract. Shortly afterwards, he made the jump to the first team. He made his debut in October 2013 against Cowdenbeath FC after being substituted on for Craig Beattie in the 81st minute . In his second competitive game against FC Dumbarton in the same month, he was the youngest player in the club's history to score at the age of 16, 3 months and 13 days. At the end of the season , Wighton managed to move up to the first division with the team. The young striker was involved with two goals in thirteen league games. In the following two seasons, Wighton was loaned to Brechin City and the Raith Rovers . After his return to Dundee, the talent was regularly used in the professional squad under Paul Hartley . In June 2016, the 18-year-old signed a new three-year contract. In August 2018, Wighton was signed by Heart of Midlothian .

National team

Craig Wighton has played for Scotland since the U-15 . The greatest success with the U-17 was reaching the semi-finals at the 2014 European Championship .

successes

with FC Dundee:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dundee striker Craig Wighton joins Brechin City on loan. BBC Sport, December 19, 2014, accessed March 15, 2017 .
  2. ^ Craig Wighton, Dundee forward joins Raith Rovers on loan. BBC Sport, June 23, 2015, accessed March 15, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Craig Wighton: Dundee striker signs new three-year deal. BBC Sport, June 18, 2016, accessed March 15, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Scotland Under-17s reach European Championship semi-final. BBC Sport, May 15, 2014, accessed March 15, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Wighton, Craig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wighton, Craig Ross (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Dundee , Scotland