Craig Gardner

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Craig Gardner
Personal information
Date of birth November 25, 1985
Place of birth Solihull, England
Height 5'10
Position Midfield
Club information
Current club Aston Villa
Number 26
Youth clubs
Aston Villa
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
2005- Aston Villa 9 (0)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of August 28, 2006.

Craig Gardner (born November 25, 1986 in Solihull, Birmingham) is an English footballer, who plays for the English Premiership club Aston Villa F.C. as a midfielder.

He turned professional on January 31, 2005.

Gardner made his Premiership debut on December 26, 2005, when he came on as a substitute for Steven Davis against Everton F.C. at Villa Park. Gardner also netted his first goal for the senior side, the 2nd goal in the 2-0 victory over Hull City.

[edit] Statistics

  • 2004/05 - Reserve side: 7 appearances - 2 goals
Youth: 17 appearances - 6 goals
  • 2003/04 - U17: 27 appearances - 16 goals
U19: 2 appearances - 1 goal

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Aston Villa F.C. - Current Squad

1 Sørensen | 2 Delaney | 3 Samuel | 4 Mellberg | 5 Laursen | 6 Barry | 8 McCann | 9 Ángel | 10 Baroš | 11 Petrov | 12 Davis | 13 Taylor | 14 Djemba-Djemba | 15 Agbonlahor | 16 Bouma | 17 Whittingham | 18 Hughes | 19 Ridgewell | 20 Sutton | 21 Cahill | 22 Moore | 25 Olejnik | 26 Gardner | 27 Osbourne | 31 Agathe | -- Király | -- Williams | Manager: O'Neill