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Craig Short 
Personal information Full name Craig Jonathan Short Date of birth 25 June 1968 Place of birth Bridlington, England Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Playing position Defender Youth career 1986–1987 Pickering Town Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1987–1989 Scarborough 63 (7) 1989–1992 Notts County 128 (6) 1992–1995 Derby County 118 (9) 1995–1999 Everton 99 (4) 1999–2005 Blackburn Rovers 134 (4) 2005–2007 Sheffield United 23 (0) 2009 Ferencváros 0 (0) Total 565 (30) Teams managed 2009–2010 Ferencváros 2010 Notts County * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:56, 22 September 2006 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Craig Jonathan Short (born 25 June 1968 in Bridlington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a former football player who played as a central-defender. He was most recently the manager of Notts County.[1]
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Playing career
After attending Amotherby primary school and Lady Lumley's School (Pickering) along with his brother Chris, he started his professional career at Pickering Town in the 1986-87 season. In October the following year they moved to Scarborough together, and in June 1989, Notts County together. However, as his brother was dogged by injury, Craig managed to ascend to greater things.
After 4 seasons for Notts County he moved to Derby County at the beginning of the 1992-93 season. He signed for £2.5million - a record for a club outside the top flight, and the highest fee for a defender at the time. He had been subject of a similarly high bid for ambitious Premier League side Blackburn Rovers, but opted to join Derby instead.
He completed more than 100 competitive games for both Derby and his next club, Everton who he joined three seasons later. He left the Merseyside club in 1999, joining Blackburn Rovers for £1.7 million - seven years after they had first tried to buy him.
Short endeared himself to the Rovers' faithful by scoring 2 goals in a 5-0 drubbing of deadly local rivals Burnley in the 2000-01 season and being a mainstay in the team which won promotion and established itself back in the top flight.
However, he missed the 2002 League Cup final against Tottenham Hotspur through suspension, a match which Blackburn won 2-1. He did gain European experience in the following season, playing 2 games in the UEFA Cup.
He missed out on three months of play in both of the following seasons, but did enough for the team to ensure his signing of a new contract beyond the 2004-05 season. In the summer of 2005 he was allowed to move on to Sheffield United and was an important member of United's successful promotion campaign. He signed a one-year contract but only made two League Cup appearances that season. He was released at the end of the 2006-07 season and retired from football.[2]
Retirement
After retirement, Short returned to his sailing business on Windermere, teaching sailing to the public and corporate teams, and delivering boats to their owners. He was featured on Sky Sports series "Where are they now".[3]
Return to football
In September 2008, it was announced that Short had joined Sheffield United's sister club, Ferencvaros, as a player-coach to Bobby Davison. He played his first and only game for Ferencvaros on 29 October 2008, in the League Cup against Fehérvár. He was named on the starting line-up for the game.
On 30 November 2009 Ferencvaros officially signed Short as new manager, however he left the Hungarian club because he doesn't have the UEFA PRO-licence required in the Hungarian first division.[4]
On 4 June 2010 he was appointed as the new manager of Notts County.[5] He was sacked on 24 October 2010.[6]
After a break from football, Short returned as Head Of Recruitment for Derby County's academy.[7]
Career Statistics
Manager
- As of 23 October 2010
Team Country From To Record G W D L Win % Ferencváros 
30 November 2009 May 2010 21 9 7 5 42.86 Notts County 
4 June 2010 24 October 2010 18 8 1 9 44.44 Total 39 17 8 14 43.59 References
- ^ http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10426~2064811,00.html
- ^ Gillespie offered new Blades deal
- ^ "Where are they now? Craig Short". London: The Observer. 2008-04-20. http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2275155,00.html. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ "Short named Ferencvaros manager". BBC News. 2 December 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8355740.stm. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ "New Manager confirmed". Notts County fc official website. 4 June 2010. http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10426~2064811,00.html. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Short sacked by Magpies". Sky Sports. 24 October 2010. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11768_6465597,00.html.
- ^ http://www.dcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10270~2441900,00.html
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Awards and achievements Preceded by
Martin TaylorDerby County Player of the Year
1994-1995Succeeded by
Dean Yates1992–93 Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year GK: Luděk Mikloško · DF: David Kerslake · DF: Craig Short · DF: Colin Cooper · DF: John Beresford · MF: Lee Clark · MF: Micky Hazard · MF: Martin Allen · FW: John Aldridge · FW: Guy Whittingham · FW: Gavin Peacock1994–95 Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year GK: Shaka Hislop · DF: Neil Cox · DF: Alan Stubbs · DF: Craig Short · DF: Ben Thatcher · MF: Jason McAteer · MF: Alex Rae · MF: Jamie Pollock · FW: Jan Åge Fjørtoft · FW: John Hendrie · FW: John AldridgeDerby County F.C. – Player of the Year 1969: McFarland • 1970: O'Hare • 1971: Mackay • 1972: Todd • 1973: Hector • 1974: Webster • 1975: Daniel • 1976: George • 1977: James • 1978: Langan • 1979: S. Powell • 1980: Buckley • 1981: Jones • 1982: Buckley • 1983: Cherry • 1984: Gemmill • 1985: Davison • 1986: MacLaren • 1987: Williams • 1988: Forsyth • 1989: Wright • 1990: Wright • 1991: Saunders • 1992: McMinn • 1993: Gabbiadini • 1994: Taylor • 1995: Short • 1996: Yates • 1997: C. Powell • 1998: Baiano • 1999: Laursen • 2000: Poom • 2001: Riggott • 2002: Higginbotham • 2003: Kinkladze • 2004: Mawéné • 2005: Idiakez • 2006: Smith • 2007: Howard • 2008: The Fans • 2009: Hulse • 2010: Barker • 2011: Brayford
Notts County F.C. – managers (c) caretakerBrowne (1883–93) · Featherstone (1893) · Harris (1893–1913) · Fisher (1913–27) · Henshall (1927–34) · Jones (1934–35) · Pratt (1935) · Smith (1935–36) · McMullan (1936–39) · Parkes (1938–39) · Towers (1939–42) · Womack (1942–43) · Buckley (1944–46) · Stollery (1946–49) · Houghton (1949–53) · Poyser (1953–57) · Lawton (1957–58) · Hill (1958–61) · Coleman (1961–63) · Lowe (1963–65) · Coleman (1965–66) · Burkitt (1966–67) · Beattie (1967) · Gray (1967–68) · Wheeler (1968–69) · Sirrel (1969–75) · Fenton (1975–77) · Sirrel (1977–82) · Wilkinson (1982–83) · Lloyd (1983–84) · Barker (1984–85) · Sirrel (1985–87) · Barnwell (1987–88) · Warnock (1989–93) · Walker (1993–94) · Slade (1994–95) · Kendall (1995) · Nicol (1995) · Murphy (1995–96) · Allardyce (1997–99) · Brazil (1999–2000) · Scott (2000–01) · Brazil (2001–02) · Dearden (2002–04) · Mills (2004) · Richardson (2004–05) · Thordarson (2005–06) · Thompson (2006–07) · McParland (2007–09) · Johnson and Kevan (2009c) · Backe (2009) · Kevan (2009c–10) · Cotterill (2010) · Short (2010) · Ince (2010–11) · Heggs (2011c) · Allen (2011–)
Categories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Bridlington
- English footballers
- Scarborough F.C. players
- Notts County F.C. players
- Derby County F.C. players
- Everton F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Premier League players
- The Football League players
- English football managers
- Ferencváros TC managers
- Notts County F.C. managers
- Pickering Town F.C. players
- The Football League managers
- Derby County F.C. non-playing staff
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