Nate Craft

{{short description|American soccer player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Nate Craft

| fullname =

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|3|28}}

| birth_place = Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}

| currentclub = Michigan Bucks

| clubnumber = 20

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2003–2005

| years2 = 2006–2008

| years3 = 2006–2008

| years4 = 2009–

| clubs1 = Michigan Bucks

| clubs2 = Rochester Rhinos

| clubs3 = Detroit Ignition (indoor)

| clubs4 = Michigan Bucks

| caps1 = 31

| caps2 = 44

| caps3 = 65

| caps4 = 1

| goals1 = 1

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 3

| goals4 = 0

| pcupdate = December 13, 2009

| ntupdate =

}}

Nate Craft (born March 28, 1977, in Royal Oak, Michigan) is a U.S. soccer defender with the Michigan Bucks in the USL Premier Development League

Craft spent several years playing recreational soccer while working as a factory manager. In 2003, he joined the Michigan Bucks of the Premier Development League. His excellent play brought him to the attention of the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division. He signed with the Rhinos in the spring of 2006 and has remained with the team since then. In the fall of 2006, he joined the Detroit Ignition of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He was named to the 2006-2007 All Rookie Team, helping lead the Ignition to the MISL Championship match where they fell to the Philadelphia KiXX.{{Cite web |url=http://www.misl.net/news/?id=5006&cat=1 |title=2006-2007 MISL Season Awards |access-date=August 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423213152/http://www.misl.net/news/?cat=1&id=5006 |archive-date=April 23, 2007 |url-status=dead }}

In 2009, Craft again returned to play for the Michigan Bucks.[http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2009/22344.html#STATS 2009 Michigan Bucks PDL stats] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808153703/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2009/22344.html |date=August 8, 2010 }}