Creag Little

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Creag Little
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-04-16) 16 April 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Greenock, Scotland
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Clydebank FC
Youth career
St Mirren
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2012 Greenock Morton 6 (0)
2012Largs Thistle (loan) [1] [2] 7 (0)
2012–2019 Largs Thistle 62 (8)
20192020 Queen's Park 18 (0)
20202021 Stenhousemuir 19 (1)
20212022 Elgin City 7 (0)
20212022Darvel (loan) 0 (0)
2022 Darvel 0 (0)
International career
2009 Scotland U17 [3]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:22, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Creag Little (born 16 April 1993, in Greenock) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Darvel.

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He began his senior career with Greenock Morton, after coming through the youth system of rivals St Mirren. He has also played for Largs Thistle and Queen's Park.

Club career

Little started his career with St Mirren before transferring to Greenock Morton in the June 2011. [4]

He made his first team début from the substitutes bench in a 5–0 win over Forfar Athletic in the second round of the Challenge Cup in August 2011, replacing Stuart McCaffrey after 77 minutes. [5]

In March 2012, Little was loaned to Largs Thistle. [6] He made his début in a home 1–1 draw with Petershill. [7]

He was released by Morton in May 2012. [8] After this he made his loan spell to Largs Thistle permanent. He was sent off in his first league game of his second spell at the club, in a 1–1 draw with Kilsyth Rangers. [9]

In 2019, Little returned to senior football signing for Glasgow side Queen's Park. [10]

On 1 July 2020, Little signed for Scottish League Two side Stenhousemuir. [11]

Little then signed a two-year contract with Elgin City on 14 May 2021. [12] On 12 October 2021, Little joined West of Scotland Football League side Darvel on loan until January 2022. [13] On 11 January 2022, Little signed for Darvel on a permanent basis. [14]

International career

Little represented Scotland at under-17 level, whilst on the books of St Mirren. [15]

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References

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  2. "2011/12 goal scorers". Largs Thistle F.C. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  3. "Scotland U16 and U17". Aberdeen FC. 16 September 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  4. Newport, Andy (7 July 2011). "Ex-Saints kids switch Paisley for Greenock". Paisley Daily Express . Retrieved 11 August 2011.
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  6. "Flannigan signs". Greenock Morton F.C. 30 March 2012. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  7. "Largs Thistle 1-1 Petershill". Largs Thistle F.C. 7 April 2012. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  8. Tait, Chris (9 May 2012). "Moore wields his axe". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  9. "Largs Thistle 1 - 1 Kilsyth Rangers". Largs Thistle F.C. 18 August 2012. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  10. "Creag Little - Profile". queensparkfc.co.uk. Queen's Park F.C. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  11. "Creag Little joins Stenhousemuir FC". Stenhousemuir FC. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  12. "Signing News". Elgin City FC. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  13. "Creag Little joins Darvel on loan". Elgin City FC. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  14. "Creag Little". Elgin City FC. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  15. Tait, Chris (22 June 2011). "Little aims to go a long way". Greenock Telegraph . Retrieved 11 August 2011.

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