Craig Levein
Full name: Craig William Levein |
Birthdate: 22.10.1964 |
Birthplace: Dunfermline, Fife |
Joined from: Heart of Midlothian |
Nationality: Scotland |
Honours: None |
Other clubs as manager: Cowdenbeath, Heart of Midlothian, Raith Rovers, Dundee United |
Serving Period: 31.10.2004 - 25.01.2006 |
Games: 70 |
Wins: 20 |
Draws: 25 |
Losses: 25 |
Manager Profile |
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The Scot impressed enough north of the border with Hearts to see the Foxes offer him the job of manager in October 2004. His time in charge of Hearts, where he spent most of his time as a player, was highly successful. He guided them two two successive third-placed finishes in the SPL and guided them into Europe. In doing so, he was the first Hearts manager to take the club into successful European competition since the 1960s.
Leicester looked at his qualities and brought him south to the Walkers Stadium in 2004 with the hope that he'd replicate his good showing with the Edinburgh club. Levein brought many of his former Hearts players, and Scottish players in general, to the club, most of whom had little impact.
He was given time to build his squad in the 2004-05 campaign but after a poor start to the following season, which saw City third from bottom in the Championship, he was sacked in January 2006.
His failure with Leicester saw him move back north of the border with Raith Rovers before he did relatively well with Dundee United, enough to see him become the Scotland manager in December 2009.
As a player Levein was born in Dunfermline but spent his youth career with Lochore Welfare before playing for Cowdenbeath between 1981-83. He played over 300 matches for Hearts between 1983-1997 as a defender and went on to manager them.
Competition | Total | Won | Draw | Lost | F | A | Win % |
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League | 60 | 13 | 24 | 23 | 61 | 70 | 21.67% |
FA Cup | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 66.67% |
League Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 75% |
Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
All matches | 70 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 78 | 80 | 28.57% |
All matches(70)
Player | Club | Fee | Date | |
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Stuart Taylor | Arsenal | On loan | 18.11.2004 | |
Alan Maybury | Heart of Midlothian | Unknown | 06.01.2005 | |
Mark de Vries | Heart of Midlothian | Unknown | 06.01.2005 | |
Lars Hirschfeld | Dundee United | Unknown | 29.01.2005 | |
Stephen Hughes | Rangers | £100,000 | 31.01.2005 | |
Patrick McCarthy | Manchester City | £100,000 | 03.03.2005 | |
Darren Kenton | Southampton | On loan | 03.03.2005 | |
Stefan Moore | Aston Villa | On loan | 11.03.2005 | |
Patrick Kisnorbo | Heart of Midlothian | Unknown | 27.04.2005 | |
Paul Henderson | Bradford City | Free | 26.05.2005 | |
Momo Sylla | Celtic | Free | 01.06.2005 | |
Robert Douglas | Celtic | Free | 06.06.2005 | |
Nils-Eric Johansson | Blackburn Rovers | Free | 06.07.2005 | |
Patrik Gerrbrand | Hammarby | Unknown | 15.07.2005 | |
Peter Gilbert | Plymouth Argyle | £200,000 | 26.07.2005 | |
Elvis Hammond | Fulham | On loan | 05.08.2005 | |
Joe Hamill | Heart of Midlothian | Unknown | 11.08.2005 | |
Elvis Hammond | Fulham | £250,000 | 31.08.2005 | |
Iain Hume | Tranmere Rovers | £500,000 | 31.08.2005 | |
Ryan Smith | Arsenal | On loan | 30.09.2005 | |
Matt Fryatt | Walsall | Unknown | 09.01.2006 |
Player | Club | Fee | Date | |
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Tomi Petrescu | Released | Free | 17.11.2004 | |
Nathan Blake | Leeds United | On loan | 31.12.2004 | |
Trevor Benjamin | Northampton Town | On loan | 31.12.2004 | |
Trevor Benjamin | Northampton Town | Free | 19.01.2005 | |
Martin Keown | Reading | Free | 28.01.2005 | |
Matt Elliott | Retired | Free | 31.01.2005 | |
James Scowcroft | Ipswich Town | On loan | 14.02.2005 | |
Kevin Pressman | Leeds United | Free | 25.02.2005 | |
Ian Walker | Released | Free | 06.05.2005 | |
Nikos Dabizas | Released | Free | 09.05.2005 | |
Nathan Blake | Released | Free | 09.05.2005 | |
James Scowcroft | Released | Free | 09.05.2005 | |
Lars Hirschfeld | Released | Free | 17.05.2005 | |
Lilian Nalis | Sheffield United | Free | 17.05.2005 | |
Stephen Dawson | Mansfield Town | Free | 28.06.2005 | |
Peter Canero | Released | Free | July 2005 | |
Jordan Stewart | Watford | £125,000 | 01.07.2005 | |
Matt Heath | Coventry City | Unknown | 08.07.2005 | |
Chris Makin | Reading | Unknown | 21.07.2005 | |
Keith Gillespie | Sheffield United | Unknown | 05.08.2005 | |
Chris O'Grady | Rushden & Diamonds | On loan | 18.08.2005 | |
David Connolly | Wigan Athletic | £2,000,000 | 31.08.2005 | |
Tommy Wright | Blackpool | On loan | 31.08.2005 | |
Peter Gilbert | Sheffield Wednesday | On loan | 24.11.2005 | |
Conrad Logan | Boston United | On loan | 24.12.2005 | |
Tommy Wright | Barnsley | £50,000 | 01.01.2006 | |
Peter Gilbert | Sheffield Wednesday | Free | 05.01.2006 |