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Craig Gordon
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Scottish association football player (born 1982)
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Craig Sinclair Gordon is a Scottish association football player born in Edinburgh on December 31, 1982. He holds United Kingdom citizenship and speaks English. Gordon plays as a goalkeeper, wearing the number 1 shirt.
He has been a member of several teams, including Sunderland A.F.C., Cowdenbeath F.C., Heart of Midlothian F.C., and Celtic F.C. His professional career began in 2000. He has competed in the Premier League and represents Scotland in sport.
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Key facts
- 2004
- Scotland
- 2020
- Heart of Midlothian
- Full name
- Craig Sinclair Gordon
- Date of birth
- ( 1982-12-31 ) 31 December 1982 (age 43)
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh , Scotland
- Height
- 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- Current team
- Heart of Midlothian
- 2000 2003
- Heart of Midlothian
- Years
- Team
- 2001 2007
- Heart of Midlothian
- 2001 2002
- → Cowdenbeath (loan)
- 2007 2012
- Sunderland
- 2014 2020
- Celtic
- 2002 2003
- Scotland U21
- 2003 2005
- Scotland B
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Heart of Midlothian
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- Nationality
- Scotland
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Gordon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Scotland B national football team
- Position played
- goalkeeper
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Scotland
- Mass
- 83
- Image
- Craig S Gordon.jpg
- Height
- 193
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Craig Gordon
- date of birth
- 1982-12-31
- sport number
- 1
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- birth name
- Craig Sinclair Gordon
- name in native language
- Craig Gordon
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Encyclopedic overview
Craig Sinclair Gordon (born 31 December 1982) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian and the Scotland national team.
Gordon started his career with Currie Boys before joining Heart of Midlothian. He spent time on loan at Cowdenbeath (in 2001–02), before establishing himself as Hearts' first-choice keeper between 2003 and 2007, winning the Scottish Cup in 2005–06. English Premier League club Sunderland bought him in 2007 for £9 million (then the British transfer record fee for a goalkeeper).
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