Craig Bellamy

Craig Douglas Bellamy (born 13 July 1979) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a forward and is current assistant manager at Championship side Burnley.

Craig Bellamy

Bellamy attending a Cardiff City match in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Craig Douglas Bellamy[1]
Date of birth	(1979-07-13) 13 July 1979 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Burnley (Assistant Manager)
Youth career
1988–1990	Bristol Rovers
1990–1996	Norwich City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2000	Norwich City	84	(32)
2000–2001	Coventry City	34	(6)
2001–2005	Newcastle United	93	(28)
2005	→ Celtic (loan)	12	(7)
2005–2006	Blackburn Rovers	27	(13)
2006–2007	Liverpool	27	(7)
2007–2009	West Ham United	24	(7)
2009–2011	Manchester City	40	(12)
2010–2011	→ Cardiff City (loan)	35	(11)
2011–2012	Liverpool	27	(6)
2012–2014	Cardiff City	55	(6)
Total		458	(135)
International career
1995–1997	Wales U18	9	(6)
1997–1998	Wales U21	8	(1)
1998–2013	Wales	78	(19)
2012	Great Britain Olympic (O.P.)	5	(1)
Managerial career
2019–2021	Anderlecht (U21)
2022–	Burnley (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Norwich City	1996–97[3]	First Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	1997–98[4]	First Division	36	13	1	0	1	0	—		38	13
	1998–99[5]	First Division	40	17	0	0	5	2	—		45	19
	1999–2000[6]	First Division	4	2	0	0	0	0	—		4	2
	2000–01[7]	First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		84	32	1	0	6	2	0	0	91	34
Coventry City	2000–01[7]	Premier League	34	6	2	1	3	1	—		39	8
Newcastle United	2001–02[8]	Premier League	27	9	3	0	3	4	6[a]	1	39	14
	2002–03[9]	Premier League	29	7	1	0	0	0	6[b]	2	36	9
	2003–04[10]	Premier League	16	5	0	0	0	0	8[c]	5	24	10
	2004–05[11]	Premier League	21	7	1	0	2	0	5[d]	3	29	10
	Total		93	28	5	0	5	4	25	11	128	43
Celtic (loan)	2004–05[11]	Scottish Premier League	12	7	3	2	0	0	—		15	9
Blackburn Rovers	2005–06[12]	Premier League	27	13	1	2	4	2	—		32	17
Liverpool	2006–07[13]	Premier League	27	7	0	0	2	0	12[b]	2	41	9
West Ham United	2007–08[14]	Premier League	8	2	0	0	1	2	—		9	4
	2008–09[15]	Premier League	16	5	1	0	0	0	—		17	5
	Total		24	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	26	9
Manchester City	2008–09[15]	Premier League	8	2	0	0	0	0	3[d]	2	11	4
	2009–10[16]	Premier League	32	10	3	1	5	0	—		40	11
	Total		40	12	3	1	5	0	3	2	51	15
Cardiff City (loan)	2010–11[17]	Championship	35	11	0	0	0	0	—		35	11
Liverpool	2011–12[18]	Premier League	27	6	3	1	6	2	—		36	9
Cardiff City	2012–13[19]	Championship	33	4	0	0	0	0	—		33	4
	2013–14[20]	Premier League	22	2	0	0	0	0	—		22	2
	Total		90	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	90	17
Career total			458	135	19	7	32	13	40	15	549	170

1. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. One appearance in Champions League, seven appearances and five goals in UEFA Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[21] National team Year Apps Goals Wales 1998 4 2 1999 3 0 2000 3 0 2001 5 1 2002 3 2 2003 5 1 2004 7 1 2005 4 2 2006 7 2 2007 8 4 2008 5 1 2009 4 1 2010 2 1 2011 7 1 2012 3 0 2013 8 0 Total 78 19

Scores and results list Wales' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bellamy goal. List of international goals scored by Craig Bellamy No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 3 June 1998 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta  Malta 1–0 3–0 Friendly 2 10 October 1998 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark  Denmark 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2000 Qual. 3 5 September 2001 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Norway 2–1 2–3 2002 World Cup Qual. 4 13 February 2002 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Argentina 1–0 1–1 Friendly 5 16 October 2002 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Italy 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2004 Qual. 6 29 March 2003 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Azerbaijan 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2004 Qual. 7 18 August 2004 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Latvia 2–0 2–0 Friendly 8 9 February 2005 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Hungary 1–0 2–0 Friendly 9 2–0 10 11 October 2006 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Cyprus 3–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2008 Qual. 11 14 November 2006 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, Wales  Liechtenstein 3–0 4–0 Friendly 12 26 May 2007 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, Wales  New Zealand 1–1 2–2 Friendly 13 2–2 14 12 September 2007 Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia  Slovakia 2–1 5–2 UEFA Euro 2008 Qual. 15 3–1 16 19 November 2008 Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark  Denmark 1–0 1–0 Friendly 17 10 October 2009 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland  Finland 1–1 1–2 2010 World Cup Qual. 18 11 August 2010 Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales  Luxembourg 5–1 5–1 Friendly 19 12 November 2011 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Norway 2–0 4–1 Friendly

Appearances and goals by national team and year[22] National team Year Apps Goals Great Britain Olympic team 2012 5 1 Total 5 1

Scores and results list Great Britain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bellamy goal. List of international goals scored by Craig Bellamy No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1[23] 26 July 2012 Old Trafford, Manchester, England  Senegal 1–0 1–1 2012 Summer Olympics

Honours

Celtic^[24]

• Scottish Cup: 2004–05

Liverpool^[24]

• Football League Cup: 2011–12
• FA Community Shield: 2006
• FA Cup runner-up: 2011–12
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2006–07

Cardiff City^[24]

• Football League Championship: 2012–13

Individual

• PFA Young Player of the Year Award: 2001–02^[25]
• Blackburn Rovers Player of the Season: 2005–06^[26]
• Welsh Footballer of the Year Award: 2007^[27]
• Premier League Goal of the Month: April 2006,^[28] September 2009^[29]