Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephen Crawford[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 9 January 1974||
Place of birth | Dunfermline,[1] Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1996 | Raith Rovers | 115 | (22) |
1996–1997 | Millwall | 42 | (11) |
1997–2000 | Hibernian | 73 | (23) |
1999–2000 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 25 | (16) |
2000–2004 | Dunfermline Athletic | 144 | (47) |
2004–2005 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | (6) |
2005 | Dundee United | 21 | (3) |
2005–2006 | Aberdeen | 34 | (8) |
2006–2008 | Dunfermline Athletic | 59 | (8) |
2008–2011 | East Fife | 50 | (10) |
2011 | Cowdenbeath | 18 | (2) |
2011 | Forfar Athletic | 11 | (2) |
Total | 618 | (158) | |
International career | |||
1995–2004 | Scotland | 25 | (4) |
Managerial career | |||
2009–2010 | East Fife (player/manager) | ||
2019–2021 | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
2021–2022 | East Fife | ||
2023-2024 | Rosyth | ||
2024 | Cowdenbeath (interim) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stephen Crawford (born 9 January 1974) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the interim manager of Lowland League club Cowdenbeath.
Crawford started his career with Raith Rovers, with whom he won the 1994 Scottish League Cup final and played in the UEFA Cup. This earned him a move to English football with Millwall, but Crawford returned to Scotland after just one year. He had a mixed spell with Hibernian, suffering relegation but then winning promotion. Crawford then had the most productive spell of his career with Dunfermline Athletic, during which time he became a Scotland regular, amassing 25 caps in total. Crawford played in three Scottish Cup Finals (two for Dunfermline and one for Dundee United) in the mid-2000s, losing all three to Celtic. Crawford's stint with Dundee United came after a short-lived return to English football with Plymouth Argyle.
After short spells with Aberdeen and Dunfermline Athletic, Crawford signed for lower division club East Fife in 2008. He served East Fife as player/manager for just over a year before resigning as manager in October 2010.[2] After stints as an assistant manager at Falkirk, Hearts and Milton Keynes Dons, he managed Dunfermline Athletic for two years. After a second spell as East Fife manager, Crawford joined Dundee United as assistant manager in September 2022 but that spell didn't last at Tannadice and both Crawford and Fox was sacked.
In August 2023 he became manager of Rosyth as he replaced outgoing head coach Greig Denham who resigned at the east of Scotland outfits.