Craig Curran

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Craig Curran
Full name	Craig Curran
Date of birth	August 23, 1989 (1989-08-23) (age 18)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Tranmere Rovers
Number	25
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-	Tranmere Rovers	39 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22/7/2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Craig Curran (born 23 August 1989) is an English football player. He currently plays for Tranmere Rovers, where he wears the number 25 shirt. He plays as a centre forward and scored 15 goals for the Tranmere Rovers reserve team during the 2006/2007 season.

Curran made his first appearance for Tranmere Rovers on Saturday 13 January 2007 coming on as an 84th minute substitute in the 3-2 loss to Bristol City.

He scored with his first ever senior touch at Prenton Park against Brighton & Hove Albion on Monday 9 April 2007. The goal was also Craig's first ever senior goal.

On May 5, 2007, Prenton Park was taken by storm as Curran scored 3 times in the first 36 minutes to record his first hat-trick for the club. The feat also broke a record set by Tranmere legend Dixie Dean as the youngest ever player to score a hat-trick in a Rovers' shirt. The record was originally set on the 25 October 1924. He finished his first ever season with 4 goals in 4 appearances, with only 2 of them being starts.

During the early part of the 2007-08 season he has been used sparingly by manager Ronnie Moore, being limited to a handful of starts, although he has made regular appearances from the bench. On 10th November 2007 he was sent off for the first time in his senior career, during an FA Cup First Round match away at Chesterfield. He picked up two bookings after coming on as a late substitution, one for dissent (preventing a free kick being taken) and the second for a foul on a Chesterfield player.

Curran is a product of the Youth system at Tranmere and was top scorer for the Reserves in the 2006 - 2007 season.

Curran grew up in Liverpool and was educated at the Liverpool Blue Coat School.

v • d • e Tranmere Rovers F.C. – current squad

1 Coyne • 3 Tremarco • 4 McLaren • 5 Cansdell-Sheriff • 6 Kay • 8 Zola • 9 I. Moore • 10 Greenacre • 11 Ahmed • 12 Jennings • 14 Chorley • 15 Goodison • 17 Taylor • 19 Davies • 20 Henry • 23 Shuker • 24 Achterberg • 25 Curran • 26 Holmes • Manager: R. Moore