Craig Coyle
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Craig Coyle | ||
| Date of birth | 6 September 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1999 | Salvesen B.C. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Raith Rovers | 6 | (0) |
| 2001–2005 | Greenock Morton | 119 | (0) |
| 2005 | Arbroath | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Berwick Rangers | 13 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Linlithgow Rose | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Penicuik Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | Hamilton Academical | 0 | (0) |
| 2016-2017 | Penicuik Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:50, 9 April 2014 (UTC) | |||
Craig Coyle (born 6 September 1980 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former footballer that played as a goalkeeper in the Scottish Football League for Raith Rovers, Greenock Morton, Arbroath, Berwick Rangers and is goalkeeper coach since 2012 at Hamilton Academical.
Career
[edit]Coyle started his career at Raith Rovers playing seven times for the club. In August 2001, he signed for Greenock Morton.[1]
In March 2005, Coyle was released by Morton and signed for Arbroath until the end of the 2004–05 season.[2] At the end of the season he joined Third Division club Berwick Rangers.[3]
After leaving Berwick in 2006, Coyle joined the junior ranks moving to Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic[4] in the town of Bonnyrigg in Midlothian, where he won the Scottish Junior Football East Region Super League in the 2008–09 season.[5]
He then signed for Linlithgow Rose after leaving Bonnyrigg,[6] but decided to retire at the end of 2009.[7]
Coyle recently achieved his Goalkeeping Licence Diploma from the SFA.
He is now the goalkeeper coach at Hamilton Academical and was registered as a player in April 2014 as emergency cover for Kevin Cuthbert and Blair Currie.
References
[edit]- ^ "Morton set for survival party". The Scotsman. 4 August 2001. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ "Coyle leaves Ton to join Arbroath". BBC Sport. 24 March 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ "Double signing made by Berwick". BBC Sport. 19 July 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ "Rose add to squad with new keeper". The Scotsman. 10 July 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ "Blow to Bonnyrigg Rose's championship hopes". Midlothian Advertiser. 5 February 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "Flannery set for Bo'ness". The Scotsman. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ "Coyle calls it quits as glove affair with game ends". The Scotsman. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
External links
[edit]- Craig Coyle at Soccerbase
- Scottish men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Raith Rovers F.C. players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Arbroath F.C. players
- Berwick Rangers F.C. players
- Bonnyrigg Rose F.C. players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Footballers from Edinburgh
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Linlithgow Rose F.C. players
- Penicuik Athletic F.C. players
- 21st-century Scottish sportsmen