Craig Moore

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For the Australian radio presenter, see Craig Moore (radio presenter).

For the notable photographer, see Craig Moore (photographer).

Personal information
Craig Moore
Full name	Craig Andrew Moore
Date of birth	December 12, 1975 (age 31)
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.85 m
Nickname	Crocodile Dundee
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Newcastle United
Number	18
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1993–98 1998–99 1999–2005 2005 2005–present	Rangers Crystal Palace Rangers Borussia Monchengladbach Newcastle United	065 (4) 023 (3) 108 (10) 013 (1) 021 (0)
National team**
1995–present	Australia	037 (3)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:00, 22 November 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 29 October 2006 (UTC).

Craig Andrew Moore (born December 12, 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales), is a defender from Australia, who plays for the Australia national football team and Newcastle United.

Moore, a product of the Rangers youth system, became an important player in Rangers' defence up until 2004 (although he did spend most of the 1998/99 season at Crystal Palace, where he was also highly successful, despite the Eagles' relegation).

Moore was the captain of the "Olyroos", the Australian Olympic Football Team at the 2004 Olympics at Athens, Greece, when they managed to reach the quarter-finals. However, his involvement angered Rangers manager Alex McLeish as it forced him to miss the start of the Scottish league season. As a result Moore was stripped of the club captaincy and was forced to the fringes of the team and was sold to Borussia Mönchengladbach in January 2005 where he teamed up with former Rangers manager Dick Advocaat.

However Advocaat was sacked after a short time in charge and Moore left the German club after a falling out with club management.

On July 30, 2005 he signed a two year deal at Newcastle United to play for the first time in the English Premiership.

Moore made his competitive Newcastle debut on March 22nd 2006 against Chelsea in the FA Cup Quarter-Finals, becoming the first Australian to play for Newcastle. His actual first game came at home to Yeading in which he scored one of five goals.

Moore represented Australia in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He scored a penalty kick against Croatia in the 39th minute of the Croatia vs Australia game, enabling Australia to progress to the second round.

[edit] Childhood

When Craig Moore was a child, he attended the public school Crawford Public School in Doonside, NSW. He became the school captain of the school and has his name on the honour roll.

	Australia squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Schwarzer \| 2 Neill \| 3 Moore \| 4 Cahill \| 5 Čulina \| 6 Popović \| 7 Emerton \| 8 Skoko \| 9 Viduka \| 10 Kewell \| 11 Lazaridis \| 12 Čović \| 13 Grella \| 14 Chipperfield \| 15 Aloisi \| 16 Beauchamp \| 17 Thompson \| 18 Kalac \| 19 Kennedy \| 20 Wilkshire \| 21 Sterjovski \| 22 Milligan \| 23 Bresciano \| Coach: Hiddink