- Declan Caddell (footballer)
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Declan Caddell Personal information Date of birth 13 April 1988 Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Crusaders Number 15 Youth career 2004-2007 Heart of Midlothian Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2007- Crusaders 67 (4) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:41, 30 April 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Declan Caddell (born 13 April 1988) is a footballer from Northern Ireland who currently plays for IFA Premiership side Crusaders as a midfielder.[1]
Born in Belfast, Caddell began his career in Scotland with Edinburgh side Hearts. Released in 2007, he signed for home town club Crusaders that summer. After a slow start to his Crues career, he scored his first league goal in October 2009 against Portadown, a deft 20-yard lob over the goalkeeper.[2]
While he has largely been in and out of the first team squad during his time, he came to prominence towards the end of the 2010-11 season. With the Crues chasing a league and cup double, and after having only previously scored twice for the club, he scored 7 goals in the final 9 games, including braces against Cliftonville in the Setanta Cup,[3] and Coleraine in the league.[4] He also scored against Portadown in a 3-1 league victory,[5] and what turned out to be the decisive goal in the Irish Cup semi final, also against Portadown.[6] This put the Crues into their second Irish Cup final in two years, in which he had put the Crues ahead in the 54th minute. They eventually lost to Linfield 2-1.[7]
Honours
- Irish Cup (1): 2008-09
- County Antrim Shield (1): 2009-10
References
- ^ Welcome to Seaview - Home of the Hatchetmen
- ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Irish | Portadown 1-2 Crusaders
- ^ BBC Sport - Football - Crusaders 4-6 Cliftonville
- ^ BBC Sport - Football - Coleraine 1-3 Crusaders
- ^ BBC Sport - Crusaders 3-1 Portadown
- ^ BBC Sport - Crusaders 3-1 Portadown
- ^ BBC Sport - Crusaders 1-2 Linfield
Categories:- Living people
- 1988 births
- People from Belfast
- Association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Association football defenders
- Crusaders F.C. players
- Irish Football League players
- Northern Irish football biography stubs
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