Craig Winter

Craig John Winter (born 30 June 1976) is a Scottish retired footballer who made over 240 appearances in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath as a midfielder.^[3][4][5][6] He also played League football for Brechin City, Dumbarton, Raith Rovers, Forfar Athletic and East Stirlingshire.^[1][7][8][9] After retiring as a player, he entered coaching and management.^[10][11][12]

Craig Winter

Personal information
Full name	Craig John Winter[1]
Date of birth	(1976-06-30) 30 June 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth	Dunfermline, Scotland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hearts Of Beath (manager)
Youth career
	Wellwood Boys Club
	Inverkeithing United
	Lochgelly Albert Colts
	Hutchison Vale
	Hibernian
0000–1994	Raith Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2004	Cowdenbeath	286	(27)
2003–2006	Brechin City	55	(4)
2005–2007	Dumbarton	43	(6)
2007–2008	Raith Rovers	26	(0)
2008–2010	Forfar Athletic	34	(1)
2009–2012	Cowdenbeath	71	(0)
2011	→ East Stirlingshire (loan)	4	(0)
2012	Hill of Beath Hawthorn
2012	Ballingry Rovers
2012–2013	Glenrothes
Managerial career
0000–2016	Cowdenbeath U20
2016	Burntisland Shipyard
2020–	Hearts Of Beath
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cowdenbeath	1996–97[13]	Scottish Third Division	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
	1997–98[14]		27	3	2	1	0	0	1[a]	0	30	4
	1998–99[15]		25	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	27	2
	1999-00[16]		32	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	34	5
	2000–01[17]		34	6	2	1	2	0	2[a]	0	40	7
	2001–02[18]	Scottish Second Division	25	1	1	0	1	0	1[a]	0	28	1
	2002–03[19]		30	1	3	1	2	0	1[a]	0	36	2
	2003–04[20]	Scottish Third Division	21	2	3	1	2	0	1[a]	0	27	3
	Total		178	17	15	4	9	0	6	0	208	21
Brechin City	2003–04[20]	Scottish First Division	10	2	—		—		—		10	2
	2004–05[21]	Scottish Second Division	26	2	3	1	2	0	1[a]	0	32	3
	2005–06[22]	Scottish First Division	18	0	1	0	0	0	1[a]	0	20	0
	Total		54	4	4	1	2	0	2	0	62	5
Dumbarton	2005–06[22]	Scottish Second Division	12	0	—		—		—		12	0
	2006–07[23]	Scottish Third Division	30	6	2	0	0	0	1[a]	0	33	6
	Total		42	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	45	6
Raith Rovers	2007–08[24]	Scottish Second Division	24	0	2	0	2	0	1[a]	0	29	0
Forfar Athletic	2008–09[25]	Scottish Third Division	33	1	2	0	1	0	1[a]	0	37	1
	2009–10[26]		1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		34	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	39	1
Cowdenbeath	2009–10[26]	Scottish Second Division	29	0	0	0	—		3[b]	0	32	0
	2010–11[27]	Scottish First Division	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0
	2011–12[28]	Scottish Second Division	9	0	0	0	1	0	1[a]	0	11	0
	Total		246	17	15	4	10	0	10	0	281	21
East Stirlingshire (loan)	2011–12[28]	Scottish Third Division	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Career total			404	28	25	5	16	0	15	0	460	33

1. Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
2. Appearances in Scottish First Division play-offs

Honours

Cowdenbeath

• Scottish League First Division play-offs: 2009–10^[26][29]
• Scottish League Second Division: 2011–12^[28][29]
• Scottish League Third Division second-place promotion: 2000–01^[17][29]

Brechin City

• Scottish League Second Division: 2004–05^[21][30]

Individual

• Cowdenbeath Hall of Fame^[3]