Craig Allardyce
Personal information
Full name	Craig Samuel Allardyce
Date of birth	9 June 1975 (1975-06-09) (age 34)
Place of birth	Bolton, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Turton (manager)
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1994 1994 1994 1994–1997 1998 1998 1998 1998–2000 2000	Preston North End Macclesfield Town Northwich Victoria Blackpool Chesterfield Peterborough United Welling United Mansfield Town Boston United	01 (0) 01 (0) 01 (0) 04 (0) 03 (0) 10 (0) 03 (1)
Teams managed
2007–	Turton
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Craig Samuel Allardyce (born 9 June 1975) is a retired footballer, football agent and current manager from Bolton, England. He is the son of former player and current manager, Sam Allardyce. He is the manager of non-League club Turton.

[edit] Footballing career

[edit] Playing career

Allardyce had a journeyman career, playing for eight clubs in seven years. He started his career in 1993 with Preston North End and left the club in 1994, to join Macclesfield Town, Northwich Victoria, Blackpool, Chesterfield, Peterborough United, Welling United and Mansfield Town, before joining Boston United to end his career in 2000.

[edit] Career as a football agent

After his retirement at 25, Allardyce became a football agent.

[edit] Corruption allegations

On 19 September 2006, Allardyce, and his father Sam, were implicated in a BBC Panorama documentary for taking "bungs" from agents if they signed certain players. Two agents, Teni Yerima and Peter Harrison, were secretly filmed, each separately claiming that they had paid Sam Allardyce through Craig. Sam denies ever taking, or asking for, a bung.^[1]

The final report of the Stevens inquiry, published in June 2007, expressed concerns regarding the involvement of Allardyce in a number of transactions. "The inquiry remains concerned at the conflict of interest that it believes existed between Craig Allardyce, his father Sam Allardyce - the then manager at Bolton - and the club itself."^[2]

[edit] Managerial career

In December 2007 Allardyce took on a joint-managerial role of the West Lancashire Football League club Turton.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Craig Allardyce career stats at Soccerbase