Craig Lindfield

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Craig Lindfield
Personal information
Full name Craig Lindfield
Date of birth September 7, 1988 (1988-09-07) (age 19)
Place of birth    Wirral, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Liverpool
Number 38
Youth clubs
1996–2006 Liverpool
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2006–
2007
2008		 Liverpool
→ Notts County (loan)
→ Chester City (loan)		 0 (0)
3 (1)
7 (0)   
National team2
2006– England U-19 7 (3)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 1 March 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 23 October 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Craig Lindfield (born September 7, 1988 on the Wirral) is a young footballer currently playing for Liverpool. Lindfield is a striker who was part of Liverpool's FA Youth Cup winning side of 2006, scoring 7 goals in the competition. He has had Football League experience in loan spells with Notts County and Chester City.

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[edit] Biography

Lindfield attended Calday Grange Grammar School from 2000-2005 on the Wirral, and played cricket for his local club Upton CC. Lindfield is a distant relative of Rap star MC Hammer

[edit] Academy

Lindfield joined the Liverpool Academy in 1996 aged 8, and worked his way up through the clubs youth teams.

In 2006/7, Lindfield scored 3 goals, including 2 in front of the Kop at Anfield[1]) in the 7–3 aggregate score against Newcastle in the semi final of the 2006-2007 FA Youth Cup to secure a place in Liverpool's second consecutive final appearance.

When Liverpool reached the final of the FA Youth Cup in 2007 for the second consecutive season, they faced arch rivals Manchester United. Lindfield scored the opener in the first leg which they lost 2-1. In the return leg, held at Old Trafford on the evening of the 26th April 2007, Liverpool won 4–3 on penalties when the score stood at 2-2 on aggregate after extra time. Craig scored the second penalty in the penalty shoot-out at the Stretford End, bringing his goal tally to 12 in all Youth Cup games.

With an undefeated 12 rounds of the knockout competition, Liverpool became only the fifth side to retain the FA Youth Cup trophy. Lindfield along with several other members of the team entered a select group of players to own two FA Youth Cup Winners medals.

[edit] Senior career

The triumph brought to an end a chapter in Craig's life as one of Steve Heighways "Dream Team" where he was a member of the academy for 10 years.

In the summer of 2006 he was promoted from the LFC academy to the reserve first team squad. On 22 July 2006, Lindfield made his debut for Liverpool's senior team in a pre-season friendly against Crewe Alexandra, as pictured above. He scored the only goal as the Reds triumphed 1–0.

On 1 November 2007 he joined Notts County on a month's loan[2], and on the 3rd November 2007 he scored 23 minutes into his league debut against Accrington Stanley which ended in a 2–0 win to the Pies. He made four appearances before returning to Liverpool at the end of the loan period. On 18 January 2008 he returned to League Two when he joined Chester City in a one-month loan deal [3]. His debut for the club came as a substitute the following day, in a 1–0 loss to his former loan club Notts County, with his final game coming against the same opponents the following month. He then returned to Liverpool.

Part of the Dallas Cup winning side of 2008, tournament top scorer with 6 goals.

[edit] International career

Lindfield received England U19 international recognition when he was selected for the international friendly v Holland on the 5 September 2006 held at the Bescot Stadium, Walsall. He also represented his country in the friendly international tournament held in Austria in October 2006, scoring two goals against Austria in a 3-3 draw on the 9 October 2006.

[edit] Honours

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lindfield scores twice as Reds reach Youth final for second consecutive year theFA.com, 29 March 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2007.
  2. ^ Johnson added to Magpies backroom news.bbc.co.uk, 1 November 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Anfield striker comes to City", Chester City Official Website, 2008-01-18. Retrieved on 2008-01-18. 

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Persondata
NAME Lindfield, Craig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindfield, Craig
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1988-9-7
PLACE OF BIRTH Wirral, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH