Craig Gordon

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Craig Gordon
Personal information
Full name	Craig Sinclair Gordon
Date of birth	December 31 1982 (1982-12-31) (age 26)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Sunderland
Number	1
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2007 2007–	Hearts Sunderland	139 (0) 028 (0)
National team2
2004–	Scotland	030 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:21, 5 January 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 17 Nov 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Craig Gordon born (December 31 1982 in Edinburgh) is sunderland's and Scotland's number one goalkeeper. He is particularly noted for being the most expensive goalkeeper in British history, as Roy Keane paid a national goalkeeper record £9 million for him from Hearts in Scotland, where he had impressed with his amazing saves in the league, international and in the UEFA Cup. At sunderland Gordon has been moderate in form and has made good saves against Torres, Vornin, Jerome, and Benjani and including a super save against Carlton Cole. However has had lows such as conceding seven at Everton, and has found it difficult to keep clean sheets, finishing the 2007/2008 season with just seven.

[edit] External links

• www.safc.com profile
• Craig Gordon career stats at Soccerbase

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