Craig Henderson

Craig Henderson

Personal information
Full name	Craig Charles Glendinning Henderson [1]
Date of birth	(1987-06-24) 24 June 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1994–2002	Stokes Valley
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	Dartmouth Big Green	50	(17)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	Western Suburbs FC
2004–2005	Team Wellington	7	(2)
2010–2014	Mjällby AIF	37	(7)
2014–2015	Stabæk	6	(1)
2015	→ Mjøndalen (loan)	7	(1)
2016–2017	GAIS	19	(0)
2017	Indy Eleven	18	(2)
International career‡
2003	New Zealand U17
2007	New Zealand U20	12	(2)
2006–2007	New Zealand U23	8	(1)
2013	New Zealand	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:10, 8 April 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2013

Craig Charles Glendinning Henderson (born 24 June 1987) is a New Zealand footballer who last played for Indy Eleven as a midfielder. His hometown is Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt. He attended Taita College, Lower Hutt where he was Head Boy, Dux and Sportsman of the Year in 2004.

Career

Dartmouth College

Henderson completed his Dartmouth College football career with 67 games played, starting 53 of those. He tallied 53 career points on 20 goals and 13 assists and scored eight game-winners. Henderson earned All-Ivy and All-Northeast second team honors his senior year despite an injury that held him to just 11 games played that fall. After being named the unanimous Ivy Player of the Year and an All-America selection in 2008, Henderson was cut down just nine games into this season. As a senior, he posted 12 points on four goals and four assists. ^[2]

Club

Move to Sweden

In August 2009, Henderson spent a week training with the Swedish top team Kalmar FF. ^[3] Although he was not signed by Kalmar, he made a good impression and in an interview post Henderson's trial, a Kalmar FF spokesperson mentioned the possibility of signing Henderson in future. ^[4]

Mjällby AIF

In December 2009 Henderson signed a three-year contract with the Swedish 1st Division Club, Mjällby AIF, who were promoted from the Swedish 2nd Division at the conclusion of the preceding season. He began his appointment with the club in January 2010. Specific terms of the contract are undisclosed, but include a signing bonus, salary and other stipends. ^[2]

On 26 February 2010, Henderson suffered a knee injury in pre-season training with Mjällby AIF which prevented him from making his All Whites debut against Mexico the following week. ^[5] A scan later revealed a ruptured Anterior cruciate ligament which required surgery, keeping Henderson out of all football for six to eight months, ending his hopes of representing New Zealand at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. ^[6] After several setbacks with his injury he finally got to make his league debut in August 2012 against IFK Göteborg. ^[7]

Stabæk

In February 2015, Henderson signed for Norwegian Tippeligaen side Stabæk Fotball. ^[8]

After over a year out injured, Henderson made his return with Stabæk's second team in July 2015. ^{[9] [10]} Going on to join Mjøndalen IF on loan for the remainder of the 2015 season in August. ^[11]

Indy Eleven

In February 2017, NASL team Indy Eleven announced the signing of Henderson for the 2017 season. ^[12]

International career

Henderson has achieved national representation in all age-grade teams including the New Zealand national under-23 football team who participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. ^[13] He played in all of New Zealand's qualifying matches and in New Zealand's three group matches against China (1-1), Brazil (0-5) and Belgium (0-1).

Henderson also competed at the 2007 FIFA Under 20 World Cup with captain and fellow Dartmouth College teammate Dan Keat.

On 9 February 2010, Henderson was officially selected in a 17-strong New Zealand squad to face Mexico in an International friendly in Los Angeles on 3 March 2010, ^[14] however, a knee injury sustained while training with his club side one week from the game ruled him out of the match.

Henderson received a further All Whites callup on 17 May 2011, as part of a 23-man squad to play friendlies against Mexico and Australia in June. ^[15]

After returning from his long term injury and getting plenty of playing time for his club team, Henderson finally made his debut for the senior New Zealand team on 15 October 2013 in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago. ^[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 August 2015 ^{[17] [18]}

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mjällby	2010	Allsvenskan	0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
	2011		0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
	2012		12	2	1	0	-		-		13	2
	2013		25	5	1	0	-		-		26	5
	Total		37	7	2	0	-	-	-	-	39	7
Stabæk	2014	Tippeligaen	6	1	2	0	-		-		8	1
	2015		0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
	Total		6	1	2	0	-	-	-	-	8	1
Mjøndalen	2015	Tippeligaen	1	1	0	0	-		-		1	1
	Total		1	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	1	1
Career total			44	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	48	9

International

As of match played 19 November 2013 ^[18]

New Zealand
Year	Apps	Goals
2013	2	0
Total	2	0

References

1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
2. "Dartmouth's Craig Henderson Signs With Swedish Professional Club".
3. "Craig Henderson guests Kalmar FF".
4. "Kalmar FF starts working on new players".
5. "Auckland pair join All Whites".
6. "Midfielder's World Cup hopes dashed by injury".
7. "Förlust för Mjällby mot Göteborg". Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
8. "Stabæk henter landslagsspiller". www.nettavisen.no/ (in Norwegian). nettavisen. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
9. "Startet for første gang på 441 dager" (6 July 2015). www.budstikka.no/ (in Norwegian). Budstikka. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
10. "Slo naboene". www.stabak.no/ (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
11. "Henderson til Mjøndalen". www.stabak.no (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
12. "Midfield Bolstered with Newcomer Craig Henderson, Returnee Daniel Keller". www.indyeleven.com. Indy Eleven. Archived from the original (15 February 2017) on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
13. "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
14. "All Whites team for Cup warm-up named". Stuff.co.nz . NZPA. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
15. "Uncapped duo in new All Whites squad". Stuff.co.nz . 17 May 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
16. https://int.soccerway.com/news/2013/October/16/international-friendly-trinidad-and-tobago-0-new-zealand-0/n242489/ ^{[ dead link ‍]}
17. "C.Henderson". uk.soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
18. "Craig Henderson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

External links

• Craig Henderson – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Craig Henderson profile at NZ Football
• http://www.barometern.se/sporten/kalmar_ff/kalmar-ff-borjar-jobba-med-nya-brasseforwards(1638330).gm
• http://www.maif.se/aktuellt_lasmer.lasso?id=4973&menu=10&menu2=27
• Craig Henderson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
• Craig Henderson at Soccerway