Craig Allardyce

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Craig Allardyce
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Personal information
Full name Craig Samuel Allardyce
Date of birth June 9, 1975 (1975-06-09) (age 33)
Place of birth    Bolton, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Turton (manager)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1993–1994
1994
1994
1994–1997
1998
1998
1998
1998–2000
2000		 Preston North End
Macclesfield Town
Northwich Victoria
Blackpool
Chesterfield
Peterborough United
Welling United
Mansfield Town
Boston United		 01 (0)


01 (0)
01 (0)
04 (0)
03 (0)
10 (0)
03 (1)   
Teams managed
2007– Turton

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Craig Samuel Allardyce (born June 9, 1975) is a retired footballer, football agent and manager from Bolton, England. He is the son of former player and former manager, Sam Allardyce. Craig is the manager of non-league Turton.

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[edit] Footballing career

[edit] Playing career

Allardyce had a journeyman career, playing for 8 clubs in 7 years. He started his career in 1993 with Preston North End and left the club in 1994, to join Macclesfield Town, Northwich Victoria, Blackpool, Chesterfield, Peterborough United, Welling United and Mansfield Town, before joining Boston United to end his career in 2000.

[edit] Career as football agent

After his retirement at 25, Allardyce became a football agent.

[edit] Corruption allegations

Main article: 2006 allegations of corruption in English football

On September 19, 2006 Allardyce, and his father Sam were implicated in a BBC Panorama documentary for taking "bungs" (backhanders) from agents for signing certain players. Two agents, Teni Yerima and Peter Harrison, were secretly filmed, each separately claiming that they had paid Sam Allardyce through Craig. Sam Allardyce denies ever taking, or asking for, a bung.[1]

The final report of the Stevens inquiry published in June 2007 expressed concerns regarding the involvement of Allardyce in a number of transactions. “The inquiry remains concerned at the conflict of interest that it believes existed between Craig Allardyce, his father Sam Allardyce - the then manager at Bolton - and the club itself.”[2]

[edit] Managerial career

In December 2007 he took on a joint-manager role of the West Lancashire Football League club Turton[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Agents claim manager was bribed", BBC News, 2006-09-19. Retrieved on 2007-06-17. 
  2. ^ "What Stevens said about each club", www.telegraph.co.uk, 2007-06-16. Retrieved on 2007-06-17. 
  3. ^ Craig looking to follow in Big Sam's footsteps. The Lancashire Telegraph, first published 19 December 2007.

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NAME Allardyce, Craig Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allardyce, Craig
SHORT DESCRIPTION Football (soccer) player, agent & manager
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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