Craig Wight

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Craig Wight
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-07-24) 24 July 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002 LW Blue Raiders 13 (0)
2004–2005 Cumberland Phoenix
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2002 Arbroath 41 (0)
2006–2007 Livingston 18 (0)
2007–2008 Arbroath 15 (0)
2008 East Fife 11 (0)
2011–2012 Raith Rovers 0 (0)
2012–2014 Cowdenbeath 2 (0)
2014–2015 Berwick Rangers 0 (0)
2016–2017 Mariehamn 0 (0)
2016 → FC Åland (loan) 1 (0)
2018 Stirling Albion 5 (0)
Managerial career
2008 LW Blue Raiders (assistant)
2012–2014 Cowdenbeath (goalkeeping coach)
2014–2015 Berwick Rangers (goalkeeping coach)
2016–2017 FC Åland (assistant)
2016 FC Åland (interim)
2018 Stirling Albion (goalkeeping coach)
2018–2020 Carlisle United (goalkeeping coach)
2020–2022 Yeovil Town (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Craig Wight (born 24 July 1978) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. [1]

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Club career

Wight started his career with Arbroath in 1997, before leaving in 2002. [2] He spent time at the Kentucky-based Lindsey Wilson College [3] and Tennessee-based Cumberland University in America, [4] before returning to Scotland to play for Livingston. He then returned to Arbroath in 2007, [5] before joining East Fife in the January 2008 transfer market. [6]

After a short career break, in which he returned to the Lindsey Wilson College to assume the position of assistant manager, [7] Wight returned with First Division side Raith Rovers, but failed to make an appearance before joining fellow First Division side Cowdenbeath, initially as a goalkeeping coach. [8] Wight made two appearances during his time with the Cowdenbeath-based side.

After a short spell with lower division side Berwick Rangers as a player-goalkeeping coach, [9] Wight moved to Finland to join Veikkausliiga side IFK Mariehamn in 2016, while also working as a goalkeeping coach and assistant manager for Kakkonen side FC Åland. [10] He was named interim manager for the end of the 2016 season. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Craig Wight". IFK Mariehamn (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Footballers back in the job market". The Guardian. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Cumulative Season Statistics". Lindsey Athletics. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Craig Wight". Cumberland Athletics. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Keeper Wight returns to Arbroath". BBC Sport. 15 August 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Division Three January moves". BBC Sport. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "2008 Men's Soccer Coaches". Lindsey Athletics. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "IRN-BRU SFL First Division Championship.......Hopes, aspirations and challengers". SPFL. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Gold signs for Berwick". SPFL. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Craig Wight ny målvakt i IFK efter åländskt fotbollssamarbete". IFK Mariehamn (in Swedish). 24 February 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Den ofrivillige tränaren". Nya Åland (in Swedish). 2 September 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2017.


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