Everything about Gary Caldwell totally explained
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Stirling
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Scotland
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Celtic
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Centre-back /
Right-back /
Central-midfielder
| youthyears = 1997–99
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Newcastle United
| years = 1999–2004
2001
2002
2002–2003
2003
2004–2006
2006–
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Newcastle United→
Darlington (loan)
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Hibernian (loan)
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Coventry City (loan)
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Derby County (loan)
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Gary Caldwell, (born
April 12 1982, in
Stirling), is a
Scotland international
football player who currently plays for
Celtic F.C.
Primarily considered a central defender, Caldwell proved extremely versatile and had been deployed as a right-back, defensive midfielder at various spells in his career. His brother
Steven plays for
Burnley and is also a defender.
Club career
Caldwell started his career with Celtic Boys Club. At 16 he went to England, alongside his elder brother
Steven at
Newcastle United. Breaking through from the reserves proved difficult, however, and in search of regular first team football, he went on loan to other clubs on several occasions:
Darlington and
Hibernian in 2001–02, then
Coventry and
Derby County the following season. In the summer of 2003 he was given a free transfer, and despite being linked with boyhood favorites Celtic, he returned to
Easter Road to sign with Hibs.
Transfer speculation continued to see him linked with a move to Celtic, and persistent rumours that he'd signed a pre-contract agreement to join the club in the summer of 2006 were finally confirmed on
January 20 2006.
International career
Since winning his first
Scotland cap in 2002, under the reign of
Berti Vogts, Caldwell had established himself as a squad, if not first team, regular. As of October 2006, he's played 23 times for his country, scoring twice.
Caldwell's international debut came in the first match of
Berti Vogts management, a 5-0 defeat to
France at the
Stade de France. Ironically, what is possibly the finest moment of his career came also against France, scoring the only goal of the game as Scotland defeated the World Cup runners up 1-0 at
Hampden Park, on
October 7,
2006 in a
Euro 2008 qualifying match.
Scotland goals
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