Craig Watson (footballer, born 1995)

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Craig Watson
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 (age 29) [1]
Place of birth Fraserburgh, Scotland [2]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Airdrieonians
Number 16
Youth career
Park Villa
2005–2012 Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2017 Hamilton Academical 11 (0)
2015–2016 → Arbroath (loan) 20 (2)
2017–2021 East Fife 83 (6)
2021– Airdrieonians 76 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:58, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Craig Watson (born 13 February 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder [3] for Scottish Championship club Airdrieonians.

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Career

Watson moved from Park Villa in Govan to Hamilton Academical as a youth player. [2] He signed a professional contract with the club in 2012, [4] and made his senior debut on 28 April 2012, in a 5–1 defeat against Ross County in the Scottish First Division, [5] just a year after suffering a potentially career-threatening injury. [6] In April 2013, Watson signed a two-year extension to his contract. [7] In April 2015 he signed a new contract with the club, until the summer of 2017. [8]

In September 2015, Watson moved on loan to Arbroath until January 2016. This loan spell was later extended until the end of the season. [9]

Watson left Hamilton at the end of the 2016–17 season. [10] He then signed for East Fife. [11] Watson made his debut for the club in the League Cup against Peterhead on 15 July 2017. [12] He signed a new contract with the club in June 2018 [13] and departed in May 2021 for Airdrieonians. [14] [15]

Career statistics

[16]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hamilton Academical 2011–12 [17] Scottish First Division 1000000010
2012–13 [18] 0000000000
2013–14 [19] Scottish Championship 5000000050
2014–15 [20] Scottish Premiership 2000100030
2015–16 [21] 1000000010
2016–17 [22] 2020000040
Total110201000140
Arbroath (loan) 2015–16 [21] Scottish League Two 202300000232
East Fife 2017–18 [23] Scottish League One 22110401 [lower-alpha 1] 0281
2018–19 [24] 23431404 [lower-alpha 1] 0345
2019–20 [25] 18111301 [lower-alpha 1] 0232
2020–21 [26] 200213000251
Total83673140601109
Airdrieonians 2021–22 [27] Scottish League One 11000401 [lower-alpha 1] 0160
Career total12471231907016311
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in the Scottish Challenge Cup

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References

  1. ↑ "Fixtures 2012/13". Hamilton Academical F.C. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 Craig Stewart (6 December 2013). "Watson delighted to take in a game". SPFL. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Profile". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Academy Players Turn Professional". Hamilton Academical F.C. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Ross County 5–1 Hamilton". BBC Sport. 28 April 2012.
  6. ↑ Andrew McGilvray (3 May 2012). "Youngster makes first-team debut a year after suffering career-threatening injury". Hamilton Advertiser. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Watson extends contract". Hamilton Academical F.C. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Hamilton Academical: Six players sign new deals at Hamilton". BBC Sport. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Linn commits future to Arbroath | SPFL". spfl.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Popular duo depart". Hamilton Academical F.C. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Latest new signings". East Fife FC. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Peterhead v East Fife". BBC. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "Jonathan Court and Craig Watson Sign On". East Fife F.C. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Craig Watson agrees terms". airdrie.
  15. ↑ McGilvray, Andy (29 May 2021). "Ex-Accies star snapped up by Airdrie". Daily Record.
  16. ↑ Craig Watson at Soccerbase
  17. ↑ "Games played by Craig Watson in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Craig Watson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Craig Watson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Craig Watson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by Craig Watson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Craig Watson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Craig Watson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Craig Watson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Craig Watson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Craig Watson in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Craig Watson in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.


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