Craig Levein

Scotland · Born 22 Oct 1964, Dunfermline

Full name: Craig William Levein

Biography

Born in Dunfermline, Craig started his professional playing career with Cowdenbeath before moving to Hearts for a fee of £40,000 in 1983. As a centre half, he went on to win the Young Player of the Year award in 1985 and 1986, making over 300 appearances for the Edinburgh club. During this time he was also awarded 16 caps for Scotland. Injuries hampered Craig's career and he was eventually forced into retirement in 1997. He went onto to manage his former club, Cowdenbeath, that same year and in 2000 he became the Hearts manager. He remained there for four years,…Read moreRead less
Born in Dunfermline, Craig started his professional playing career with Cowdenbeath before moving to Hearts for a fee of £40,000 in 1983. As a centre half, he went on to win the Young Player of the Year award in 1985 and 1986, making over 300 appearances for the Edinburgh club. During this time he was also awarded 16 caps for Scotland.

Injuries hampered Craig's career and he was eventually forced into retirement in 1997. He went onto to manage his former club, Cowdenbeath, that same year and in 2000 he became the Hearts manager. He remained there for four years, taking the club into Europe, before leaving for Leicester City. His spell in England was brief and before long he was back in Scotland as the Raith Rovers boss.

Following the departure of Craig Brewster from Tannadice in October 2006, Craig was appointed manager of United. Rescuing the club from relegation and taking the club to the 2008 League Cup Final, Craig transformed the club working under chairman Eddie Thompson, to such a degree that he was named as a Director at the club.

In December of 2009, Levein was tempted away from United to become the Scotland manager.

Statistics

Played
136
Won
55
Drawn
38
Lost
43
For
185
Against
160
Win rate
40.4%
Clean sheets
45
Longest winning run
6
Longest unbeaten run
10
European matches
0

Seasons

SeasonPWDLForAgainstWin %
2009-1018963261750.0%
2008-0944171413605338.6%
2007-0846191116665341.3%
2006-072810711333735.7%

Competitions

CompetitionPWDLForAgainstWin %
SPL11743373715114636.8%
Scottish Cup73139642.9%
League Cup1290325875.0%

Home and away

VenuePWDLForAgainstWin %
Home65302114866646.2%
Away68241727939135.3%
Neutral31026333.3%

Matches (136)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
15 Dec 2009 Dundee Utd 0–3 Rangers SPL2009-10 L
12 Dec 2009 Hearts 0–0 Dundee Utd SPL2009-10 D
5 Dec 2009 Dundee Utd 3–2 St Mirren SPL2009-10 W
28 Nov 2009 Motherwell 2–2 Dundee Utd SPL2009-10 D
22 Nov 2009 Dundee Utd 2–1 Celtic SPL2009-10 W
7 Nov 2009 Kilmarnock 0–2 Dundee Utd SPL2009-10 W
27 Oct 2009 St Johnstone 2–1 Dundee Utd League Cup2009-10 L
24 Oct 2009 Aberdeen 0–2 Dundee Utd SPL2009-10 W
17 Oct 2009 Dundee Utd 1–1 Hamilton SPL2009-10 D
3 Oct 2009 Hibernian 1–1 Dundee Utd SPL2009-10 D
26 Sep 2009 St Johnstone 2–3 Dundee Utd SPL2009-10 W
22 Sep 2009 Ross County 0–2 Dundee Utd League Cup2009-10 W
19 Sep 2009 Dundee Utd 0–1 Motherwell SPL2009-10 L
12 Sep 2009 Celtic 1–1 Dundee Utd SPL2009-10 D
29 Aug 2009 Dundee Utd 2–1 Falkirk SPL2009-10 W
25 Aug 2009 Alloa Athletic 0–2 Dundee Utd League Cup2009-10 W
22 Aug 2009 St Mirren 0–0 Dundee Utd SPL2009-10 D
17 Aug 2009 Dundee Utd 2–0 Hearts SPL2009-10 W
24 May 2009 Dundee Utd 0–3 Rangers SPL2008-09 L
16 May 2009 Hearts 3–0 Dundee Utd SPL2008-09 L
12 May 2009 Celtic 2–1 Dundee Utd SPL2008-09 L
7 May 2009 Dundee Utd 1–1 Aberdeen SPL2008-09 D
2 May 2009 Hibernian 1–2 Dundee Utd SPL2008-09 W
18 Apr 2009 Dundee Utd 0–0 Kilmarnock SPL2008-09 D
11 Apr 2009 Hamilton 0–1 Dundee Utd SPL2008-09 W