Steven Caldwell (born 12 September 1980 in Stirling, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer. He plays as a defender for Burnley and the Scotland national team.

[edit] Career

Caldwell began his career in England with Premier League club Newcastle United, along with his younger brother Gary. He was released by Newcastle in 2004, having previously been loaned out to Blackpool, Bradford City and Leeds United, where he scored once in the league against Blackburn Rovers.^[1] At Newcastle he made 28 league appearances, and scored twice against Bradford City in the League Cup^[2] and Middlesbrough in the league.^[3] Once released by Newcastle, he joined local rivals Sunderland.

Caldwell is known for his whole hearted approach to the game and the solid partnership he formed with Gary Breen whilst they both played for Sunderland. On 23 April 2005, he scored Sunderland's winning goal against Leicester City to send his team back to the Premiership.

An injury-plagued season saw Caldwell fall out of favour at Sunderland and the centre half rarely featured in Roy Keane's first team when fit. He was linked with a move away from the club - with Sunderland accepting bids from Championship rivals Burnley and Coventry City. Caldwell signed for Burnley for £400,000 with just 9 minutes of the transfer window remaining. He was shortly thereafter named club captain and endeared himself to the team's fans with his uncompromising tackling and commitment.

[edit] National team caps

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.

Caps	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Scored	Location
01 (00)	2001-04-25	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium, Bydgoszcz	Poland	1–1	International Match	0
02 (00)	2003-02-12	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Republic of Ireland	0–2	International Match	0
03 (00)	2004-02-18	Millenium Stadium, Cardiff	Wales	0–4	International Match	0
04 (00)	2004-05-30	Easter Road, Edinburgh	Trinidad and Tobago	4–1	International Match	0
05 (00)	2004-10-13	Republican Stadium, Chişinău	Moldova	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	0
06 (00)	2005-08-17	Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium, Graz	Austria	2–2	International Match	0
07 (00)	2005-10-12	Arena Petrol, Celje	Slovenia	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	0
08 (00)	2005-11-12	Hampden Park, Glasgow	United States	1–1	International Match	0
09 (00)	2006-03-01	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Switzerland	1–3	International Match	0
10 (00)	2009-08-12	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Norway	0–4	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	0

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Steven Caldwell profile at burnleyfootballclub.com
• Steven Caldwell profile at bradfordcityfc.co.uk
• Steven Caldwell career stats at Soccerbase
• Official Sunderland FC Profile

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