Craig Moore (footballer, born 2005)

{{Short description|Scottish footballer (born 2005)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|September|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Arbroath, Scotland

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| position = Midfielder

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| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}-2015

| youthclubs1 = Arbroath Lads Club

| youthyears2 = 2015–2023

| youthclubs2 = Dundee United

| years1 = 2021–2024

| clubs1 = Dundee United

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2023–2024

| clubs2 = → Brechin City (loan)

| caps2 = 1

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| years3 = 2024

| clubs3 = → Lochee United (loan)

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| club-update = 26 October 2024

| nationalyears1 = 2021–2022

| nationalteam1 = Scotland U17

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2022

| nationalteam2 = Scotland U18

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalteam-update = 23 September 2022

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Craig Moore (born 21 September 2005) is a Scottish professional footballer. He played for Dundee United, and also had loan spells at Brechin City and Lochee United.{{Soccerway|id=craig--moore/798239|accessdate=18 January 2022}}

Club career

Craig Moore made his professional debut for Dundee United on 18 December 2021, starting in the 1–0 away Scottish Premiership loss to Rangers, the reigning champions.{{Cite news|last=McPheat|first=Nick|date=19 Dec 2022|title=Van Bronckhorst unhappy with Rangers performance|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59618450|access-date=2022-01-18}} Having celebrated his sixteenth birthday only a few months before, he became the youngest ever footballer to start a competitive match for United, surpassing John Souttar's previous record.{{Cite web|last=McConnell|first=Alison|date=19 December 2021|title=Declan Glass applauds Craig Moore for Dundee United debut at Ibrox|url=https://www.thenational.scot/sport/19795323.declan-glass-applauds-craig-moore-dundee-united-debut-rangers/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-18|website=The National|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182727/https://www.thenational.scot/sport/19795323.declan-glass-applauds-craig-moore-dundee-united-debut-rangers/ |archive-date=18 January 2022 }}{{Cite web|last=Temple|first=Alan|date=20 December 2021|title=How Craig Moore made Dundee United history with Rangers debut|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/dundee-united/2839839/craig-moore-dundee-united-history-youngest-ever-player-john-souttar-kerr-smith-rangers-debut-tam-courts/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-18|website=The Courier|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220120923/https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/dundee-united/2839839/craig-moore-dundee-united-history-youngest-ever-player-john-souttar-kerr-smith-rangers-debut-tam-courts/ |archive-date=20 December 2021 }}

International career

Moore is a youth international for Scotland, having played with the county's under-17.

Personal life

Craig is the brother of fellow footballer, and former Dundee player, Callum Moore.{{Cite web|last=Lorimer|first=Scott|title=Forfar midfielder Callum Moore on why he turned down a contract at Dundee and watching wee brother Craig shine for Dundee United|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/2878506/forfar-callum-moore-turned-down-contract-dundee/|access-date=2022-01-19|website=The Courier|language=en-GB}}

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