Craig Shakespeare
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| Craig Shakespeare | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Craig Robert Shakespeare | |
| Date of birth | October 26, 1963 | |
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1981–89 1989–90 1990–93 1993–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000 |
Walsall Sheffield Wednesday West Bromwich Albion Grimsby Town Scunthorpe United Telford United Hednesford Town |
284 (45) 17 (0) 112 (12) 106 (10) 4 (0) 1 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2006 | West Bromwich Albion (Caretaker) | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Craig Shakespeare (born Birmingham, 26 October 1963) is a former professional footballer who went on to become a football coach. He is currently reserve team coach at West Bromwich Albion
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[edit] Playing career
In his playing days he was an attacking midfielder; he favoured his left foot and his preferred position was on the left side of midfield. He signed as an apprentice at Walsall F.C. in September 1979, turning professional in November 1981. Shakespeare rates his goal in a 2–2 League Cup draw against Chelsea in October 1984 as the best of his career.[1] In 1987–88 he helped Walsall to win promotion to Division Two via the playoffs, an achievement which he has since described as his greatest in football.[1] He played well over 350 games for the Saddlers, scoring 59 goals, and in 1989 he moved to Sheffield Wednesday, then in the First Division, for a fee of £300,000.
He spent less than a year at Hillsborough, before moving to West Bromwich Albion F.C. for £275,000. He stayed at Albion for over three years, making 128 appearances in total and becoming the team's first choice penalty taker. He scored twice from the penalty spot in Albion's first ever game in the Third Division, a 6-3 victory over Exeter City in August 1991.
Albion were promoted in 1993, but Shakespeare moved to Grimsby Town, rejoining Alan Buckley under whom he had played at Walsall. He later moved on to Scunthorpe United, and also played for three non-league clubs before retiring.
[edit] Coaching career
In 1999 he rejoined West Brom as Football in the Community Officer. In this role he was responsible for promoting football at grass roots level in the local community. He later took up his current post as Reserve Team Coach.
In October 2006, following the departure of Bryan Robson and then his assistant Nigel Pearson (who had been caretaker manager for a period of four weeks), Shakespeare was given charge of the first team for one game pending the arrival of Tony Mowbray.[2] The game was away to Crystal Palace; Albion won 2-0.[3]
[edit] Honours
[edit] Walsall
- Third Division playoff winner: 1988
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Profile on West Bromwich Albion F.C. official site
- electronicfishcake.com player profile
- Craig Shakespeare career stats at Soccerbase
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Nigel Pearson (caretaker) |
West Bromwich Albion manager 2006 (caretaker) |
Succeeded by Tony Mowbray |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shakespeare, Craig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shakespeare, Craig Robert |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 26 October 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
