Louis Crayton

Personal information
Full name	Louis Crayton
Date of birth	October 26, 1977 (1977-10-26) (age 32)
Place of birth	Monrovia, Liberia
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
1995–1997	St. Joseph Warriors	33 0(0)
1997–1998	Lucerne	04 0(0)
1998–2000	Grasshopper	03 0(0)
2000	Schaffhausen	13 0(0)
2001	Wangen bei Olten	06 0(0)
2001–2002	YF Juventus	15 0(0)
2002–2003	Zug	13 0(4)
2003–2005	Concordia Basel	44 0(0)
2005–2008	Basel	12 0(0)
2008–2009	D.C. United	18 0(0)
National team‡
1999–2008	Liberia	36 0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March, 2009

Louis Crayton (born October 26, 1977 in Monrovia) is a Liberian soccer player, currently without a club.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Professional 1.2 International 2 Personal 3 Honors 3.1 Basel 3.2 D.C. United 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Professional

Crayton started his career playing for St. Joseph Warriors in Liberia before moving to his first Swiss club, Lucerne, in 1997. He left the club in 1998 to spend two seasons at Grasshoppers Zürich until 2000 before going on to spend one half-season apiece at FC Schaffhausen and FC Wangen bei Olten in 2000 and 2001. He then moved to YF Juventus and spent the entire 2001-02 season with the club before going on to spend the entire 2002-03 season at Zug.

In the summer of 2003, he moved to Concordia Basel, and spent two seasons with the club before joining their cross-town rivals FC Basel in July 2005. However, he spent his entire first season with Basel on the bench as a backup for their first-choice keeper at the time, Pascal Zuberbühler, who played in all of the club's competitive matches that season. Crayton finally made his competitive debut for Basel in July 2006, when he made two appearances in both Swiss Super League and UEFA Cup qualification. He also played one match in the UEFA Cup group stage in November 2006 due to a red-card suspension of the first-choice keeper Franco Costanzo.

On August 7, 2008, Basel announced they were allowing Crayton to move to Major League Soccer^[1], and on August 15, 2008 Crayton had signed with D.C. United. He made his first start against Chicago Fire on August 16, 2008, and secured his first MLS shutout in the process. During the 2009 season, Crayton has been caught in a three-way competition with Josh Wicks and Milos Kocic for the starting goalkeeper position for United. It appeared that Crayton would get the starting spot in goal for the 2009 season however a hip injury along with Crayton's high salary proved to much for DC which resulted in Crayton's contract to be terminated ^[2].

[edit] International

Crayton made his international debut for Liberia in a 2000 African Cup of Nations qualifying match against Tunisia. Crayton went on to represented his country 36 times, often serving as captain, before announcing his retirement from international play in May 2008.

In addition to his national team appearances, Crayton has also played in two FIFA World All-Star games, in South Africa in 1999, and in Hong Kong in 2008.

[edit] Personal

Having spent so much time playing for various clubs in Switzerland between 1997 and 2008, Crayton now also holds Swiss citizenship.

[edit] Honors

[edit] Basel

• Swiss Super League (2): 2005, 2008
• Swiss Cup (2): 2007, 2008
• Uhren Cup (2): 2006, 2008

[edit] D.C. United

• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (1): 2008

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• MLS player profile
• Profile at Weltfussball.de (German)
• footballdatabase.com profile
• United signs Liberian 'keeper Crayton