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Tony Caig
Personal information
Full name	Antony Caig
Date of birth	11 April 1974 (1974-04-11) (age 35)
Place of birth	Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1999 1999–2001 2000–2001 2001 2001–2003 2003–2006 2004 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009 2009–	Carlisle United Blackpool → Charlton Athletic (loan) Charlton Athletic Hibernian Newcastle United → Barnsley (loan) Vancouver Whitecaps Gretna Houston Dynamo Chesterfield Workington	244 (0) 049 (0) 000 (0) 001 (0) 014 (0) 000 (0) 003 (0) 039 (0) 007 (0) 007 (0) 000 (0) 017 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 October 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Antony Caig, known as Tony Caig, (born on 11 April 1974 in Cleator Moor, Cumbria) is an English semi- professional football goalkeeper who is currently signed to both Workington A.F.C. as a goalkeeper and also to Carlisle United as their goalkeeping coach.

[edit] Professional career

Caig made his name playing for Carlisle United from 1992 to 1998, the highlight of this time being the penalty saves in the LDV Vans Trophy at Wembley against Colchester United in 1997. However, the following year he was controversially allowed to leave by club owner Michael Knighton for a £5,000 fee just before the mid-season transfer deadline. He had made 244 league appearances for the club.

He then played for Blackpool between 1999 and 2001, but was never able to establish himself as a regular in the first team. He made 49 league appearancs in his two year stint at Bloomfield Road, during which time he was sent on loan to Charlton Athletic, before signing for them permanently in 2001. However, he was to make just one league appearance for them before moving to Scotland later that same year to join Scottish Premier League (SPL) club Hibernian. Again though he was not a regular starter and made just 14 league appearances in two years at the club.

In 2003 he move back to England and joined Premier League club Newcastle United. However, he spent three years at St James' Park without making a start, including a short loan spell at Barnsley and in 2006 he signed for USL First Division club, Vancouver Whitecaps in Canada on 13 April 2006.^[1] He made his first appearance for them on 14 May 2006. With the Whitecaps he won the 2006 USL First Division Championship, when they beat Rochester Raging Rhinos 2–0 in the Play-offs Final. He also kept eleven clean sheets, and in doing so broke Mike Franks' record of ten clean sheets in 2003.

On 20 June 2007, the Whitecaps announced that Caig would be returning to England for personal reasons despite having signed with the Whitecaps through the end of the season.^[1] He had played a total of 39 games for the Whitecaps. He signed on amateur terms with SPL club Gretna in October 2007 after a long running transfer saga and went on to play for them seven times in the league.

He then moved to Houston Dynamo in January 2008, where he was to serve as the backup to Pat Onstad. He made his Dynamo debut on 6 April 2008 as a substitute after Onstad was injured. He conceded three goals and also made three second-half saves in a 3–3 draw against FC Dallas. Due to Onstad's injury, Caig played again on 9 April in the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup semi-final 2nd leg against Costa Rican club Deportivo Saprissa. He conceded three goals again, the first a deflected shot from Armando Alonso and the third when Jairo Arrieta rounded Caig outside the penalty area when he came out to challenge for the ball, as Houston went out of the competition 3–0 on aggregate.^[2] After the 2008 season, Houston opted not to pick up the option on Caig's contract.^{[citation needed]}

On 10 March 2009 he returned to England to sign for Chesterfield on a short term deal. After leaving Chesterfield, Caig signed a deal to join Workington A.F.C. in the Blue Square North.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Tony Caig career stats at Soccerbase