Craig Curran
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Craig Carl Curran | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Ross County | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tranmere Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2010 | Tranmere Rovers | 97 | (14) |
| 2010–2012 | Carlisle United | 57 | (8) |
| 2012 | → Morecambe (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Rochdale | 4 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Chester (loan) | 11 | (7) |
| 2013 | → Limerick (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | Limerick | 17 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Nuneaton | 13 | (1) |
| 2015– | Ross County | 68 | (17) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:32, 28 April 2017 (UTC). |
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Craig Carl Curran (born 23 August 1989) is an English football player currently playing for Scottish club Ross County. Curran plays as a striker, who operate in midfield or attack.
Born in Liverpool, England, Curran grew up in Liverpool and was educated at the Liverpool Blue Coat School. By April 2006, Curran signed his first professional contract with the club, keeping him until 2007. Curran is a product of the Youth system at Tranmere and was top scorer for the Reserves in the 2006–2007 season.
Initially not ready for first team football, a comment was made by Ronnie Moore, Curran finally made his first appearance for Tranmere Rovers on Saturday 13 January 2007 coming on as an 84th-minute substitute in the 3–2 loss to Bristol City. He scored with his first ever senior touch at Prenton Park against Brighton & Hove Albion on Monday 9 April 2007. The goal was also Curran's first ever senior goal.
On 5 May 2007, Prenton Park was taken by storm as Curran scored three times in the first 36 minutes to record his first hat-trick for the club. The feat also broke a record set by Tranmere legend Dixie Dean as the youngest ever player to score a hat-trick in a Rovers' shirt. The record was originally set on 25 October 1924. He finished his first ever season with four goals in four appearances, with only two of them being starts.
Just eight days before the start of the 2007–08 season, Curran signed a contract with Tranmere Rovers, keeping him until 2010. Curran then scored two goals in two games against Carlisle United on 8 September 2007 and Luton Town on 14 September 2007 But during the early part of the 2007–08 season he has been used sparingly by manager Ronnie Moore, being limited to a handful of starts, although he has made regular appearances from the bench. On 10 November 2007 he was sent off for the first time in his senior career, during an FA Cup First Round match away at Chesterfield. He picked up two bookings after coming on as a late substitution, one for delaying the restart of play (preventing a free kick being taken) and the second for a foul on a Chesterfield player. Curran ended his 2007–08 season, with forty appearance and scoring two times in all competitions.
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