Craig Levein

Craig William Levein (born 22 October 1964) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.

Craig Levein
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Levein as manager of Scotland in 2012
Personal information
Full nameCraig William Levein[1]
Date of birth (1964-10-22) 22 October 1964 (age 59)[2]
Place of birthDunfermline, Scotland
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
St Johnstone (manager)
Youth career
0000Lochore Welfare
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1983Cowdenbeath60(0)
1983–1997Heart of Midlothian326(15)
Total386(15)
National team
1990–1994Scotland16(0)
Teams managed
1997–2000Cowdenbeath
2000–2004Heart of Midlothian
2004–2006Leicester City
2006Raith Rovers
2006–2009Dundee United
2009–2012Scotland
2017–2019Heart of Midlothian
2023–St Johnstone
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1981–82 Cowdenbeath Scottish Second Division 60 0 ? ? 60+ 0
1982–83
1983–84
Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premier Division 22 0 2 0 0 0 21 0
1984–85 36 1 4 0 5 1 2 0 47 2
1985–86 33 2 5 0 3 0 41 2
1986–87 12 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15 0
1987–88 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1988–89 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1989–90 35 0 3 0 3 0 41 0
1990–91 33 4 0 0 3 0 4 0 40 4
1991–92 36 2 4 0 3 0 43 2
1992–93 37 3 3 0 3 0 3 1 46 4
1993–94 30 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 37 3
1994–95 24 0 4 0 2 0 30 0
1995–96 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
Total 329 15 30 0 27 1 15 1 401 17
Career total 389 15 30+ 0 27+ 1 15 1 461+ 17

International appearances

Scotland national team[3]
Year Apps Goals
1990 6 0
1991 2 0
1992 1 0
1993 3 0
1994 4 0
Total 16 0

Managerial record

As of match played 11 November 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
P W D L Win %
Cowdenbeath November 1997 1 December 2000 127 46 26 55 36.22
Heart of Midlothian 1 December 2000 29 October 2004 170 74 41 55 43.53
Leicester City 29 October 2004 25 January 2006 72 20 26 26 27.78
Raith Rovers 5 September 2006 30 October 2006 7 1 3 3 14.29
Dundee United 30 October 2006 23 December 2009 137 55 40 42 40.15
Scotland 23 December 2009 5 November 2012 24 10 5 9 41.67
Heart of Midlothian 28 August 2017 31 October 2019 106 42 28 36 39.62
St Johnstone 5 November 2023 2 1 1 0 50.00
Total 645 249 170 226 38.60

Honours

Player

Hearts

Manager

Dundee United
Hearts

References

  1. The Tartan Special Scottish Football League Review 1995/96. PPL Sport & Leisure. 1995. p. 16. ISBN 9-780861-089659.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Craig Levein: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  3. Levein, Craig at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. "Levein named manager of the month". BBC Sport. 2 December 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  5. McLauchlin, Brian (20 September 2018). "Craig Levein: Hearts' 'hunger' mirrors 1986 title-challenging team I played in". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2018.