Craig Moore
Personal information
Full name	Craig Andrew Moore
Date of birth	12 December 1975 (1975-12-12) (age 33)
Place of birth	Canterbury, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre Back
Club information
Current club	Brisbane Roar
Number	4
Youth career
1991 1992–1993	North Star AIS
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1998 1998–1999 1999–2005 2005 2005–2007 2007–	Rangers Crystal Palace Rangers Borussia Mönchengladbach Newcastle United Brisbane Roar	073 00(4) 023 00(3) 102 0(10) 013 00(1) 031 00(0) 057 00(3)
National team2
1991 1992–1993 1996 1995–	Australia U-17 Australia U-20 Australia U-23 Australia	008 00(0) 024 00(0) 011 00(1) 046 00(3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 August 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Craig Andrew Moore (born 12 December 1975 in Canterbury, New South Wales), is an Australian football defender who plays for Brisbane Roar.

[edit] Club career

[edit] Rangers

Upon leaving the Australian Institute of Sport, Moore joined Rangers youth system and went on to became an important player in teams defence up until 2004, (although he did spend most of the 1998–99 season at Crystal Palace. Despite being regarded as a success in London as the the Eagles' fought relegation, he returned to Rangers after Palace defaulted on transfer payments.^[1]

Moore was the captain of the "Olyroos", the Australian Olympic Football Team at the 2004 Olympics at Athens, Greece, when they managed to reach the quarter-finals. However, his involvement angered Rangers manager Alex McLeish as it forced him to miss the start of the Scottish league season. As a result Moore was stripped of the club captaincy and was forced to the fringes of the team.

[edit] Borussia Möochengladbach

Moore was given a free transfer and joined Borussia Mönchengladbach in January 2005, where he teamed up with former Rangers manager Dick Advocaat. When Advocaat was sacked after a short time in charge, Moore left the German club after falling out with the club management.

[edit] Newcastle United

On 30 July 2005 he signed a two year deal at Newcastle United to play for the first time in the English Premiership.

Moore made his competitive Newcastle debut on 22 March 2006 against Chelsea in the FA Cup Quarter-Finals, becoming the first Australian to play for Newcastle. His actual first game came at home to Yeading in which he scored one of five goals. Injuries ruined Moore's Newcastle career, and he only made 8 premiership appearances in the 2005-06 season. Moore was then injured in November 2006 and was ruled out for several months. He returned but struggled to get back into the team, with Peter Ramage, Steven Taylor, and Titus Bramble keeping him out. After Titus Bramble's dip in form, Moore returned to the first team. Moore made 17 premiership appearances in the 2006-07 season.

On 16 May 2007 it was announced that Moore's contract would not be renewed, and he was released by the club. He made 31 appearances for Newcastle.

[edit] Brisbane Roar

It was rumoured on 25 July 2007 that Moore had signed with Queensland Roar (now Brisbane Roar) in his native home state of Queensland, Australia, to become the Roar's Marquee signing for the 2007/2008 Hyundai A-League Season and the 2008-2009 season.^[2][3]

This was confirmed with an announcement by Queensland and Moore on 25 July 2007 with Moore signing to be Queensland's marquee player for 2 years.

Moore's career with the Roar did not start well. He was sent off in the 69th minute in the first game of the season against Adelaide United for a second yellow card. Although Queensland were trailing at the time 2-1 came back to level the score at 2-2 and hold on for a draw.^[4][5] He scored his first goal for the Roar in their 2008/2009 season round four clash with Perth Glory. Queensland went on to win 3-0.

[edit] International career

Moore represented the Socceroos in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He scored a penalty kick against Croatia in the 39th minute of the game, enabling Australia to progress to the second round. As of 2008, he has made 40 appearances for Australia, scoring three goals. Moore announced his international retirement on 6 February 2008 after Australia's 3-0 win over Qatar in their first FIFA World Cup Qualifier at Telstra Dome. Craig has recently put his hand up for International call ups in September 2008. On 1 October 2008, Australian coach Pim Verbeek announced that Moore was part of the 35 man squad for the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers.

[edit] International goals

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Result	Competition	Scored
23 February 2000	Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	3-0	Won	Friendly	1 (1)
13 November 2001	Melbourne, Australia	France	1-1	Draw	Friendly	1 (2)
22 June 2006	Stuttgart, Germany	Croatia	2-2	Draw	2006 FIFA World Cup	1 (3)

[edit] Personal life

Moore has two children the boy Dylan and the girl Chloe.^{[citation needed]}

On the 12 November 2008, it was announced Moore had been diagnosed with, and undergone surgery for, testicular cancer. Doctors soon discovered it was detected early enough to treat. On 22 December, Moore was given the all-clear.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Honours

With Rangers FC:

• SPL Championship: 1994–1995, 1995–1996, 1996–1997, 1999–2000, 2002–2003
• Scottish Cup: 1995–1996, 1999–2000, 2001–2002, 2002–2003
• Scottish League Cup: 1996–1997, 2001–2002, 2002–2003

Personal Honours:

• Queensland Roar Gary Wilkins Medal: 2007-2008, 2008-2009
• Queensland Roar Player's Player of the Year: 2007-2008, 2008-2009
• Queensland Roar Member's Player of the Year: 2008-2009

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Queensland Roar profile
• Oz Football profile
• Craig Moore career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Australia squad – 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Schwarzer • 2 Muscat • 3 Moore • 4 Okon • 5 T. Vidmar • 6 Popovic • 7 Skoko • 8 Lazaridis • 9 Aloisi • 10 Emerton • 11 Zdrilic • 12 Bolton • 13 Bresciano • 14 Murphy • 15 Foxe • 16 Horvat • 17 Corica • 18 Chipperfield • 19 A. Vidmar • 20 Zane • 21 Thompson • 22 Sterjovski • 23 Jurić • Coach: Farina

v • d • e Australia squad – 2004 Summer Olympics 1 Jones • 2 North • 3 Cansdell-Sherriff • 4 Moore • 5 McKain • 6 Madaschi • 7 Elrich • 8 Wilkshire • 9 Aloisi • 10 Cahill • 11 Brosque • 12 Tarka • 13 Valeri • 14 Holman • 15 Danze • 16 Dilevski • 17 Griffiths • 18 Galeković • Coach: Farina

v • d • e Australia squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Schwarzer • 2 Muscat • 3 Moore • 4 Neill • 5 T. Vidmar • 6 Popovic • 7 Emerton • 8 Skoko • 9 Viduka • 10 Cahill • 11 Chipperfield • 12 Petkovic • 13 Wilkshire • 14 Colosimo • 15 Aloisi • 16 Zdrilic • 17 McKain • 18 Kalac • 19 Čulina • 20 Miličević • 21 Elrich • 22 Thompson • 23 Sterjovski • Coach: Farina

v • d • e Australia squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Schwarzer • 2 Neill • 3 Moore • 4 Cahill • 5 Čulina • 6 Popovic • 7 Emerton • 8 Skoko • 9 Viduka • 10 Kewell • 11 Lazaridis • 12 Čović • 13 Grella • 14 Chipperfield • 15 Aloisi • 16 Beauchamp • 17 Thompson • 18 Kalac • 19 Kennedy • 20 Wilkshire • 21 Sterjovski • 22 Milligan • 23 Bresciano • Coach: Hiddink