Paul Caddis

Paul Caddis
Caddis with Birmingham City in 2016
Personal information
Full name Paul McLean Caddis[1]
Date of birth (1988-04-19) 19 April 1988 (age 36)[2]
Place of birth Irvine, Scotland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Right back, midfielder
Team information
Current team
Hereford (manager)
Youth career
Ayrshire Rangers
Rangers
Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Celtic 17 (0)
2009Dundee United (loan) 11 (0)
2010–2013 Swindon Town 77 (5)
2012–2013Birmingham City (loan) 27 (0)
2013–2017 Birmingham City 122 (15)
2017 Bury 13 (0)
2017–2018 Blackburn Rovers 14 (0)
2018–2019 Bradford City 27 (1)
2019–2021 Swindon Town 45 (1)
Total 353 (22)
International career
2007 Scotland U19 1 (0)
2008–2010 Scotland U21 13 (0)
2016 Scotland 1 (0)
Managerial career
2023– Hereford
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul McLean Caddis (born 19 April 1988) is a Scottish football coach and former professional footballer who is manager of National League North side Hereford. Caddis played in more than 350 professional matches at club level and represented his country at youth and senior levels. Having predominantly played as either a right back or right winger, he could also play as a left back or anywhere across the midfield, due to his versatility and his ability with both feet. He has played for both Celtic and Swindon Town in all positions, apart from striker and goalkeeper.

Caddis started his career with Scottish Premier League club Celtic. He broke into the first team during the 2007–08 season, but never managed to hold down a starting place over the next few years. He spent the second half of the 2008–09 season on loan to Dundee United. Caddis was sold to English League One club Swindon Town in August 2010. He spent the 2012–13 season on loan to Birmingham City, joined the club on a permanent contract in September 2013, and in the final match of that season, he scored the stoppage-time goal that saved the team from relegation from the Championship.

After three-and-a-half seasons in his second spell with Birmingham, his contract was cancelled by mutual consent in January 2017. A short spell with Bury of League One preceded a season with Blackburn Rovers and seven months with Bradford City. He rejoined Swindon Town in November 2019, played his last match in 2021, and announced his retirement a year later.

Caddis played regularly for the Scotland under-21 team and also captained the side. He made his full international debut for Scotland in 2016.

Having joined Fleetwood Town as an academy coach in 2021, he was then appointed as manager of Hereford in April 2023, in his first managerial role.

  1. ^ "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Player profiles: Paul Caddis". Birmingham City F.C. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2016.