Craig Levein
Scottish association football player and manager (born 1964)
Craig William Levein (born 22 October 1964) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.
![]() Levein as manager of Scotland in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Craig William Levein[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 22 October 1964||
Place of birth | Dunfermline, Scotland | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | St Johnstone (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Lochore Welfare | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1983 | Cowdenbeath | 60 | (0) |
1983–1997 | Heart of Midlothian | 326 | (15) |
Total | 386 | (15) | |
National team | |||
1990–1994 | Scotland | 16 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1997–2000 | Cowdenbeath | ||
2000–2004 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
2004–2006 | Leicester City | ||
2006 | Raith Rovers | ||
2006–2009 | Dundee United | ||
2009–2012 | Scotland | ||
2017–2019 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
2023– | St Johnstone | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Career statistics
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changeClub performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
1981–82 | Cowdenbeath | Scottish Second Division | 60 | 0 | ? | ? | — | 60+ | 0 | |||
1982–83 | ||||||||||||
1983–84 | ||||||||||||
Heart of Midlothian | Scottish Premier Division | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
1984–85 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 2 | ||
1985–86 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 41 | 2 | |||
1986–87 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
1987–88 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |||
1988–89 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
1989–90 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | |||
1990–91 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 4 | ||
1991–92 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 43 | 2 | |||
1992–93 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 4 | ||
1993–94 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 3 | ||
1994–95 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |||
1995–96 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 329 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 401 | 17 | ||
Career total | 389 | 15 | 30+ | 0 | 27+ | 1 | 15 | 1 | 461+ | 17 |
International appearances
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1990 | 6 | 0 |
1991 | 2 | 0 |
1992 | 1 | 0 |
1993 | 3 | 0 |
1994 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 16 | 0 |
Managerial record
change- As of match played 11 November 2023
Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Cowdenbeath | November 1997 | 1 December 2000 | 127 | 46 | 26 | 55 | 36.22 | |
Heart of Midlothian | 1 December 2000 | 29 October 2004 | 170 | 74 | 41 | 55 | 43.53 | |
Leicester City | 29 October 2004 | 25 January 2006 | 72 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 27.78 | |
Raith Rovers | 5 September 2006 | 30 October 2006 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14.29 | |
Dundee United | 30 October 2006 | 23 December 2009 | 137 | 55 | 40 | 42 | 40.15 | |
Scotland | 23 December 2009 | 5 November 2012 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 41.67 | |
Heart of Midlothian | 28 August 2017 | 31 October 2019 | 106 | 42 | 28 | 36 | 39.62 | |
St Johnstone | 5 November 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
Total | 645 | 249 | 170 | 226 | 38.60 | — |
Honours
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change- Hearts
- Scottish Cup runner-up: 1985–86
- Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year: 1985, 1986
Manager
change- Dundee United
- SPL Manager of the Month: November 2006,[4] March 2007, October 2007, November 2009
- Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2007–08
- Hearts
- SPL Manager of the Month: December 2001, April 2003
- Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month: August 2018[5]
- Scottish Cup runner-up: 2018–19
References
change- ↑ The Tartan Special Scottish Football League Review 1995/96. PPL Sport & Leisure. 1995. p. 16. ISBN 9-780861-089659.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Craig Levein: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ↑ "Levein, Craig". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ↑ "Levein named manager of the month". BBC Sport. 2 December 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ↑ McLauchlin, Brian (20 September 2018). "Craig Levein: Hearts' 'hunger' mirrors 1986 title-challenging team I played in". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2018.