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Craig Bellamy, Wales footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Craig Bellamy
Craig Bellamy
Wales
13 July 1979
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Craig Bellamy is a Welsh football coach and former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the current head coach of Wales.

Born in Cardiff, Bellamy made his professional debut with Norwich City in 1996. He signed for Premier League side Coventry City in 2000, breaking the club's record transfer fee, but suffered relegation in his only season. He joined Newcastle United the following year where he helped the club achieve two top-four finishes during a four year spell. Bellamy fell out with manager Graeme Souness in 2005 and spent the latter part of the 2004–05 season on loan at Celtic, where he won the Scottish Cup. Bellamy returned to the Premier League later that year, playing one season with both Blackburn Rovers, where he was named the club's player of the year, and Liverpool, helping the club reach the 2007 UEFA Champions League final. In 2007 he signed for West Ham United but injury disrupted his time there and in 2009 he joined Manchester City. For the 2010–11 season, Bellamy dropped a division to the Championship to represent his boyhood club Cardiff City on a season-long loan. Bellamy returned to Liverpool the following season, winning the 2011–12 League Cup and reaching the FA Cup final, before rejoining Cardiff City permanently in 2012. He later led them to the Premier League and played one more season with the club, setting a new record by scoring for his seventh different club in the division, before retiring from playing in 2014.

Having represented Wales at several youth levels, in 1998 at the age of 18, Bellamy made his senior debut for Wales against Jamaica. Over the next fifteen years, Bellamy gained 78 caps for his country and scored 19 goals. He was the captain of the side from 2007 to 2011, when he stepped down from the role due to recurring injuries. Bellamy retired from international football following the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. He was also a member of the Great Britain Olympic team at the 2012 Olympics in London, appearing five times and scoring once.

Bellamy has been involved in numerous high-profile incidents during his career with teammates, managers and members of the public and was described by Bobby Robson as \"a great player wrapped round an unusual and volatile character\". Outside football, he has been a patron of several charities and started his own organisation, The Craig Bellamy Foundation, in Sierra Leone to provide schooling and football coaching to disadvantaged children.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Bellamy attending a Cardiff City match in 2014
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Craig Douglas Bellamy
Date of birth: (1979-07-13) 13 July 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth: Cardiff, Wales
Height: 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position: Forward
⚽ Team information:
Current team: Wales (head coach)
⚽ Youth career:
1988–1990: Bristol Rovers
1990–1996: Norwich City
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000: Norwich City 84 (32)
2000–2001: Coventry City 34 (6)
2001–2005: Newcastle United 93 (28)
2005: → Celtic (loan) 12 (7)
2005–2006: Blackburn Rovers 27 (13)
2006–2007: Liverpool 27 (7)
2007–2009: West Ham United 24 (7)
2009–2011: Manchester City 40 (12)
2010–2011: → Cardiff City (loan) 35 (11)
2011–2012: Liverpool 27 (6)
2012–2014: Cardiff City 55 (6)
Total: 458 (135)
⚽ International career:
1995–1997: Wales U18 9 (6)
1997–1998: Wales U21 8 (1)
1998–2013: Wales 78 (19)
2012: Great Britain Olympic 5 (1)
⚽ Managerial career:
2024–: Wales
: * Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Channel Image Craig Bellamy's 18 goals for Liverpool FC
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Channel Image Craig Bellamy | All 42 goals for Newcastle United
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Channel Image Graig Bellamy ◉ All 19 Goals for Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Channel Image 7 Players Who Dared To FIGHT Craig Bellamy
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Channel Image Craig Bellamy spoke about his disapproval of the Canada celebrations after a 1-0 defeat
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Channel Image Craig Bellamy’s SHOCKING Transformation: Football’s Explosive Star to Wales Head Coach
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Channel Image Craig Bellamy on his golf club celebration & his relationship with John Arne Riise
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Channel Image Craig Bellamy vs Man City CC semi
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Channel Image Craig Bellamy - West Ham
9 years ago • 10.58K views
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