Craig Bellamy

Also known as Craig Douglas Bellamy

Welsh association football manager (born 1979)

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Craig Douglas Bellamy is a Welsh association football player and coach born in Cardiff in 1979. He holds United Kingdom citizenship and speaks English as his native language. Bellamy competed as a forward for the Wales men's national association football team, including participation in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

His professional playing career spanned from 1996 to 2014. He played in the Premier League for Cardiff City F.C., Liverpool F.C., West Ham United F.C., and Manchester City F.C. Following his playing days, he served as a coach for RSCA Futures and the Wales men's national association football team.

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Key facts

2005: → Celtic (loan)
2012: Great Britain Olympic
2024: Wales
Full name: Craig Douglas Bellamy
Date of birth: ( 1979-07-13 ) 13 July 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth: Cardiff , Wales
Height: 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position: Forward
Current team: Wales (head coach)
1988 1990: Bristol Rovers
1990 1996: Norwich City
Years: Team
1996 2000: Norwich City
2000 2001: Coventry City
2001 2005: Newcastle United
2005 2006: Blackburn Rovers
2006 2007: Liverpool
2007 2009: West Ham United

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Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Position: Forward
Nationality: Wales

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Douglas
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Cardiff
Occupation: association football coach
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Participant in: 2012 Summer Olympics
Sport: association football
Member of team: United Kingdom national association football team
Position played: forward
League: Premier League
Country for sport: Wales
Mass: 67
Image: Craig Bellamy 2014.jpg
Height: 175

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Commons category: Craig Bellamy
date of birth: 1979-07-13
end of work period: 2014-00-00
start of work period: 1996-00-00
coach of sports team: Wales men's national association football team
birth name: Craig Douglas Bellamy
name in native language: Craig Bellamy

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Encyclopedic overview

Craig Douglas Bellamy (born 13 July 1979) is a Welsh football coach and former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the current head coach of Wales.

Born in Cardiff, Bellamy made his professional debut with Norwich City in 1996. He signed for Premier League side Coventry City in 2000, breaking the club's record transfer fee, but suffered relegation in his only season. He joined Newcastle United the following year where he helped the club achieve two top-four finishes during a four year spell. Bellamy fell out with manager Graeme Souness in 2005 and spent the latter part of the 2004–05 season on loan at Celtic, where he won the Scottish Cup. Bellamy returned to the Premier League later that year, playing one season with both Blackburn Rovers, where he was named the club's player of the year, and Liverpool, helping the club reach the 2007 UEFA Champions League final. In 2007 he signed for West Ham United but injury disrupted his time there and in 2009 he joined Manchester City. For the 2010–11 season, Bellamy dropped a division to the Championship to represent his boyhood club Cardiff City on a season-long loan. Bellamy returned to Liverpool the following season, winning the 2011–12 League Cup and reaching the FA Cup final, before rejoining Cardiff City permanently in 2012. He later led them to the Premier League and played one more season with the club, setting a new record by scoring for his seventh different club in the division, before retiring from playing in 2014.

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