Craig Reid (footballer, born 1986)

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Craig Reid
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-02-26) 26 February 1986
Place of birth Irvine, Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
TASS Thistle B.C.
2002–2007 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Celtic 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Stirling Albion (loan) 13 (0)
2008–2012 Queen of the South 113 (1)
2012–2014 Greenock Morton 48 (0)
2014–2016 Motherwell 34 (1)
2015–2016 → St Mirren (loan) 6 (0)
2016 Dunfermline Athletic 12 (0)
2016 Keflavík 11 (0)
National team
– Scotland U17
– Scotland U18
– Scotland U19

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:14, 3 November 2016 (UTC).


Craig Reid (born 26 February 1986) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender, and is able to play at either right back or centre half.

Early life

Craig attended Ardrossan Academy.

Club career

Celtic

Reid started his career as a youth player with Celtic from 2002 until 2007 but never made a first team appearance, after signing from Ardrossan boys club TASS Thistle.[1] Celtic loaned him out to Stirling Albion during the first half of the 2007–08 season to gain some first team experience. Reid played in 13 league matches during his time at Forthbank Stadium.

Queen of the South

Reid signed for Dumfries side Queen of the South in the January 2008 transfer window.[2] Queens progressed to the 2008 Scottish Cup Final, but Reid was unable to play because he was cup-tied having played for Stirling Albion in a previous round of the competition. Reid played for the Palmerston club in both legs of the Uefa Cup Qualifiers against Danish side FC Nordsjælland.

Reid established himself in the first team of the Palmerston Park side during the 2009–10 season. He signed a new two-year contract extension with Queens on 23 April 2010. [3] Reid's first senior goal was the opener in the Challenge Cup semi final 2–1 win away at Peterhead on Saturday 9 October 2010 when he lashed home a loose ball inside the box.[4]

On 23 April 2011, before the home match versus Cowdenbeath, Davie Rae presented Reid with a trophy in recognition of his century of appearances for the first team.[5] Reid, however, did not complete the match due to receiving a red card.[6]

Greenock Morton

On 16 July 2012, Reid signed for Greenock Morton on a one-year deal.[7] HIs contract expired in May 2013. Reid played as a trialist on 24 July 2013 for Coventry City as they lost 2–0 to Fleetwood Town.[8] On 18 October 2013, Reid re-signed for Morton until January 2014.[9] He left the club upon expiry of his contract.

Motherwell

After training with the club during pre-season, Reid signed for Motherwell until the end of the season, on 21 February 2014.[10] Reid made a major contribution by scoring the winning goal, in injury time, of the final fixture of the season to secure second place ahead of rivals Aberdeen.[11] On 28 May 2014, he signed a new two-year contract with the club.[12] In October 2015, Reid signed an emergency three-month loan with St Mirren.[13][14] He returned to Motherwell at the end of his loan on 2 January 2016.[15][16]

Dunfermline Athletic

On 1 February 2016, Reid left Motherwell by mutual consent,[17] signing the following day for Scottish League One side Dunfermline Athletic until the end of the 2015–16 season.[18] Reid briefly played with and worked under Pars manager Allan Johnston whilst at Queen of the South.[19] After achieving promotion to the Scottish Championship, Reid was released at the end of the 2015–16 season having made 12 appearances for Dunfermline.[20]

Keflavík

In July 2016, Reid signed for Iceland First Division side Keflavík,[21] becoming the clubs third Scottish signing of the 2016 season after Marc McAusland.[22] and Stuart Carswell[21] also joined the club. Reid left Keflavík at the end of the 2016 season after his contract with the club was not renewed.[23]

International career

Reid played at under-17, under-18 and under-19 level for Scotland.[1]

Career statistics

As of 24 August 2016[24]
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 2007–08 Scottish Premier League 0000000000
Stirling Albion (loan) 2007–08 Scottish Division One 130100000140
Queen of the South 2008–09 150000000150
2009–10 320003020370
2010–11 320102000350
2011–12 260303010330
Total 10504080301200
Greenock Morton 2012–13 Scottish Division One 300302010360
2013–14 Scottish Championship 90101000110
Total 390403010470
Motherwell 2013–14 Scottish Premiership 141000000141
2014–15 200101020240
2015–16 0000000000
Total 341101020381
St Mirren (loan) 2015–16 Scottish Championship 6000001070
Dunfermline Athletic 2015–16 Scottish League One 120000000120
Keflavík 2016 1. deild karla 110000000110
Career totals 2201100120702491

Honours

Club

Celtic
Dunfermline Athletic
Greenock Morton
Queen of the South

References

  1. 1 2 "Craig Reid Q&A". gpfootball.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Reid joins Queens from Celtic". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 February 2008.
  3. ↑ http://www.qosfc.com/HeadlineNews/ViewFullStory/tabid/151/selectmoduleid/498/ArticleID/1192/reftab/36/Default.aspx
  4. ↑ "Peterhead 1 – 2 Queen of the South" www.qosfc.com
  5. ↑ "Century up for Reid" www.qosfc.com 28 Apr 2011
  6. ↑ "Queen Of The South 2 – 2 Cowdenbeath" www.qosfc.com 23 April 2011
  7. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (16 July 2012). "Three new players on the books". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  8. ↑ Crowley, Kieran (24 July 2013). "Trialists impressed tonight". Coventry City F.C. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Signing News – Craig Reid". Greenock Morton F.C. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Motherwell sign Craig Reid". Motherwell F.C. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "Motherwell clinch second spot from Dons". BBC. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "TV: Reid signs two-year deal". Motherwell F.C. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "Loan Signing: Craig Reid". 30 October 2015. Archived from the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  14. ↑ Macpherson, Graeme (30 October 2015). "St Mirren sign Craig Reid from Motherwell on emergency loan". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Post Match Quotes – Alex Rae (02/01/2016)". St Mirren Official website. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Luke Conlan and Craig Reid". St Mirren Official website. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Defender Craig Reid departs". Motherwell F.C. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  18. ↑ "Craig Reid joins Dunfermline". dafc.co.uk. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  19. ↑ Hart, Ross (2 February 2016). "Former Motherwell and Queen of the South defender Craig Reid joins Dunfermline Athletic until the end of the season". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  20. ↑ "DAFC First team player update". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  21. 1 2 "Annar Skoti í Keflavík (Staðfest)" [Another shot in Keflavik (AP)] (in Icelandic). 15 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  22. ↑ "Keflavík fær skoskan leikmann (Staðfest)" [Keflavik able Scottish player (Verified)] (in Icelandic). 1 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  23. ↑ "Tveir Skotar fara frá Keflavík - Óvíst með Magnús Þóri" [Two Scots go from Keflavik - Uncertain with Ásmundsson] (in Icelandic). 23 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  24. ↑ Craig Reid career statistics at Soccerbase
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