| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Craig Anthony Lindfield | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Wirral, Merseyside, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Accrington Stanley | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2006 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2009 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Notts County (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Chester City (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2009 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| 2010 | Macclesfield Town | 18 | (2) |
| 2010– | Accrington Stanley | 35 | (3) |
| 2010 | → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | England U19 | 7 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:58, 3 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Craig Anthony Lindfield (born 7 September 1988 in Wirral, Merseyside) is an English footballer who plays as a striker. He is currently playing for Accrington Stanley.
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Lindfield attended Brookdale Primary School from 1993 to 2000 and then Calday Grange Grammar School between 2000 and 2005, and played cricket for his local club Upton CC.
He joined the Liverpool Academy in 1996 aged 8, and worked his way up through the club's youth teams. In 2005/6 he won the FA Youth Cup for the first time as a 17 year old when Liverpool beat Manchester City 3-2 on aggregate, finishing the competition as Liverpools leading goal scorer in the competition. In 2006/7, he scored 3 goals, including 2 in front of the Kop at Anfield 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[1]
In the final they faced arch rivals Manchester United. He scored the opener in the first leg which they lost 2-1.[2] In the return leg, held at Old Trafford on 26 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 12 Youth Cup games.[3]
In the summer of 2006 he was promoted from the academy to the first team squad. On 22 July 2006, he made his debut for Liverpool's senior team in a pre-season friendly against Crewe. He scored the only goal as the Reds triumphed 1–0.
On 1 November 2007 he joined Notts County on a month's loan,[4] and on the 3 November 2007 he scored 23 minutes into his league debut against Accrington Stanley which ended in a 2–0 win to the Magpies.[5] He made four appearances before returning to Liverpool at the end of the loan period.[6] On 18 January 2008 he returned to League Two when he joined Chester City in a one-month loan deal.[7] His debut for the club came as a substitute the following day, in a 1–0 loss to his former loan club Notts County,[8] with his final game coming against the same opponents the following month.[9] He then returned to Liverpool.
On 22 August 2008 he joined Bournemouth on an initial one month loan deal[10] and on 30 August on his full debut he scored against Port Vale.[11] His loan was extended until the end of 2008.[12] In January 2009 he gained further Football League experience when he went on loan to Accrington Stanley,[13] where he scored his first goal for the club on 28 February in a league match against Aldershot Town.[14]
He was a member of Liverpool's 2008 Dallas Cup winning side, returning from the USA as the tournament's top scorer with 6 goals.[15] In July 2009 he had a double hernia operation and on the 11 August 2009 his contract with Liverpool was terminated by mutual consent[16] He subsequently had trials with Carlisle United[17] and Morecambe[18] before training with Accrington Stanley and later with Macclesfield Town.[19]
He then joined Macclesfield Town in December 2009 on a short-term deal,[20] scoring first goal for the Silkmen in a 2-2 draw on his home debut against Morecambe on 26 January 2010[21] After some impressive performances his contract was extended until the end of the season on 26 February 2010.[22] He was released by the club, along with ten other players at the end of the 2009/10 season.[23]
He signed for Accrington Stanley in June 2010 on a one year contract.[24] His first goal for Stanley in his second spell with the club came on 10 August 2010 when he scored the extra-time winning goal in a League Cup match to knock Doncaster Rovers out of the competition.[25] After suffering a knee injury in late August, on 26 November 2010 he signed a short term loan deal with Kidderminster Harriers in an attempt to gain match fitness.[26] He made his debut for the club on 30 November in a Football Conference match against York City were he came on for the last 12 minutes.[27] All subsequent football league games were postponed due to the weather and he returned to Accrington on 23 December 2010.[28] In the 2011-12 season he scored his first league goal as Accrington Stanley beat Dagenham & Redbridge 3-0 and received the man of the match from the sponsors.[29]
Lindfield received England U19 international recognition when he was called up[30] and then selected for the international friendly against Holland on 5 September 2006 held at the Bescot Stadium, Walsall.[31] 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 9 October 2006.[32]
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