Craig Smart (footballer, born 1975)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Craig Smart | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Dunfermline, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993-1995 | Dunfermline | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995-1997 | Livingston | 48 | (1) |
| 1997-1998 | Newry City | ||
| 1998-1999 | Brechin | 30 | (1) |
| Hill of Beath Hawthorn | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Craig Smart (born 23 March 1978) is a Scottish footballer who played as a midfielder for Livingston.[1]
Club career[edit]
He started his career in the youth ranks of Dunfermline, but failed to make a single first team appearance for the club.
In 1995, Smart signed for Livingston who had just renamed and relocated to West Lothian. He was part of the side that won the 1995–96 Scottish Third Division. The midfielder appeared 48 times for Livi before leaving the club in 1997.[2][3][4]
Smart left Scotland in 1997 to sign for Newry City F.C. in Northern Ireland. The spell lasted just a season before he returned to Scotland to sign for Brechin City F.C.[5][6]
After leaving the City, Smart signed for Hill of Beath Hawthorn.
International career[edit]
Smart received an offer of a call up to the India national football team in 1996. He was eligible to represent the Blue Tigers as his grandfather was born in India. He did not accept the offer to represent India.[7]
Honours[edit]
Livingston
References[edit]
- ^ "Craig Smart". Neil Brown.
- ^ "We've proved we can be title shockers; LIVINGSTON v BERWICK". Daily Record. 1 January 1997.
- ^ "SEASON 1995 - 1996". Tackety Bits.
- ^ "Leishman sees his objective achieved". The Herald. 15 April 1996.
- ^ "Brechin City 0 Clydebank 1". Bankies Archive. 10 January 1998.
- ^ "BELL'S DIVISION 2; BRECHIN v FORFAR". Daily Record. 25 April 1998.
- ^ "Blue Tigers Eye Lion Craig". West Lothian Courier. 24 March 2016.
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- Men's association football defenders
- Livingston F.C. players
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
- Brechin City F.C. players
- Newry City F.C. players
- Hill of Beath Hawthorn F.C. players
- Footballers from Dunfermline
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