Craig James Brown Brewster was born on 13 December 1966 and is a Scottish former professional footballer, turned coach.
30 Facts About Craig Brewster
1.
2.
Craig Brewster made his name in a long playing career as a striker for numerous clubs in Scotland, particularly Forfar Athletic, Raith Rovers, Dundee United and Dunfermline Athletic.
3.
Craig Brewster had a successful spell with Ionikos in Greece.
4.
Craig Brewster was reappointed manager of Inverness CT for a second time in August 2007, but Brewster was sacked by Inverness in January 2009.
5.
Craig Brewster then worked as assistant manager to Derek Adams at Ross County, but left the club in December 2010.
6.
Craig Brewster was appointed coach at Crawley Town in May 2011 and twice became caretaker manager of the club in 2012.
7.
Craig Brewster was born in Stobswell, Dundee and grew up a Dundee United supporter.
8.
Craig Brewster signed for the club as a schoolboy, but was not offered professional terms by then manager Jim McLean.
9.
Unable to find a senior club, Craig Brewster dropped into junior football with Dundee side Stobswell for a while, before signing for Forfar Athletic in 1985.
10.
Craig Brewster enjoyed some of the most consistent form of his career playing alongside Stevie Crawford, who had a been a youngster at Raith during Brewster's time there.
11.
Craig Brewster linked up again with Jimmy Calderwood, who had been his manager at Dunfermline.
12.
Craig Brewster made his debut for Aberdeen as a substitute in a goalless draw with Hibernian on 2 January 2007, and he scored his first goal for Aberdeen with a header in a Scottish Cup tie against the same opponents eight days later.
13.
Craig Brewster then suffered a dislocated shoulder in a draw against Inverness.
14.
Doubts were cast over his playing future, but Craig Brewster returned in early March and he signed a six-month extension to his Aberdeen contract in May 2007.
15.
Craig Brewster only played in two league games for Inverness in his second spell with that club, scoring the winning goal in a SPL match against Hearts.
16.
Craig Brewster helped to establish the club in the Scottish Premier League after John Robertson had left to take the position at Hearts.
17.
Craig Brewster returned to management with Inverness in August 2007, after previous manager Charlie Christie had resigned.
18.
Craig Brewster stuck to a tough but unpopular stance regarding player discipline and contracts.
19.
Craig Brewster was sacked on 19 January 2009 following a run of seven consecutive league defeats, that left the team bottom of the league.
20.
Craig Brewster was appointed assistant manager of Ross County, working with manager Derek Adams.
21.
Craig Brewster left the club in December 2010, soon after Willie McStay had replaced Adams as manager.
22.
Craig Brewster was appointed caretaker manager on 9 April 2012, after the departure of Evans, until the end of the season.
23.
Craig Brewster guided the club to promotion to Football League One with three wins from their last six games.
24.
Craig Brewster was retained as a coach when Sean O'Driscoll was appointed manager in May 2012.
25.
Craig Brewster was again placed in caretaker charge, along with Steve Coppell, after O'Driscoll left in July 2012.
26.
Craig Brewster worked for Darren Freeman, but Freeman was sacked as manager in January 2014.
27.
Craig Brewster was replaced as assistant by Paul Wotton, with Kevin Nancekivell stepping up to the first team coaching team.
28.
Craig Brewster later expressed his sadness and surprise at being released by the club.
29.
On 25 November 2019, Craig Brewster was appointed sporting director of Horsham.
30.
On 1 July 2021, Craig Brewster was appointed Head of Youth Development at Horsham.