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Jody Craddock
Personal information
Full name	Jody Darryl Craddock
Date of birth	25 July 1975 (1975-07-25) (age 34)
Place of birth	Redditch, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number	6
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–1993 1993–1997 1997–2003 1999 2003– 2007	Christchurch Cambridge United Sunderland → Sheffield United (loan) Wolverhampton Wanderers → Stoke City (loan)	145 0(4) 146 0(2) 010 0(0) 175 (11) 004 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Jody Darryl Craddock (born 25 July 1975) is an English football defender, currently signed to Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Sunderland 1.3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Early career

Born in Redditch, Craddock started his career at non-league Christchurch before earning a move to third tier Cambridge United in August 1993 on a free transfer. He made his league debut on 11 December 1993 in a 0–0 draw with Stockport County.

[edit] Sunderland

After four seasons at Cambridge, his talent was noted by Sunderland and he joined for £300,000 in August 1997. His second season with the Mackems saw him help them to promotion to the top level, however, he ended up spending part of their first Premier League campaign on loan at Sheffield United.

[edit] Wolverhampton Wanderers

When Sunderland were relegated after four seasons in the Premier League in 2003, Craddock was sold to newly-promoted Wolves for £1.75million to replace the injured Joleon Lescott at centre back.^[1] He has remained with the club since and was made captain at the start of the 2006/07 season by new manager Mick McCarthy. He found himself sent to Stoke City on loan in August 2007 though, but this spell was cut short through the emergency 24 hour clause the following month.^[2]

His 2008/09 season was interrupted when he broke a metatarsal in his foot in just the second league game, ruling him out for several months. After months of rehabilitation, Craddock was on the verge of a loan move, however injuries and loans meant that he stayed with the club. After a poor run of form for Richard Stearman, Craddock found himself once again in Wolves first team, where he remained as the side went on to win the division and a return to the Premier League. He lifted the Championship trophy after the final game against Doncaster Rovers. On 30 October 2009, he scored 2 goals against Stoke City, and secured Wolverhampton 2-2 after they had been behind 2-0 in the first half. Again, 8 November, he scored, this time against Arsenal FC in the 4-1 defeat in which he reduced to 4-1.

He is signed to the club until Summer 2010.^[3]

[edit] Honours

• Football League First Division/Championship (II): 1999, 2009

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official club site profile
• Jody Craddock career stats at Soccerbase
• Craddock Art

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Persondata
NAME	Craddock, Jody Darryl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Craddock, Jody
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	1975-7-25
PLACE OF BIRTH	Redditch, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH