41 Facts About Craig Moore

Craig Andrew Moore was born on 12 December 1975 and is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Craig Moore became an important player at the centre of Rangers defence up until 2004 over two spells.

In international football, Craig Moore has made over 50 appearances for the Australia national team, including at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups in Germany and South Africa.

Craig Moore was born in Canterbury, New South Wales and raised in Doonside, New South Wales.

Craig Moore played junior football with Brisbane club North Star after his family relocated north when he was thirteen, before a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport.

Craig Moore is mobile and clever, although his aggressive style of play tends to earn him more bookings than any of us would wish.

Craig Moore joined Rangers youth system from the Australian Institute of Sport in 1993 and was assigned to the development squad for a year.

Craig Moore continued to make himself available in the first team under the management of Walter Smith.

However, Craig Moore suffered an injury that saw sidelined for a month.

On 31 March 1999, Craig Moore returned to Rangers after the South London club defaulted on transfer payments.

Craig Moore helped the club qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage by beating FC Haka and Parma.

Craig Moore's performance was praised by manager Advocaat, who believed to be "the only Rangers player who performed anywhere close to personal equilibrium" and justified his action on choosing him over Colin Hendry.

However, Craig Moore suffered a knee injury and was eventually sidelined for seven months.

Craig Moore spent months at training in order to regain his fitness while recovering from a knee injury.

Craig Moore started in the club's first five matches of the season, including a victories against NK Maribor in the second round of the UEFA Champions League qualifier that send Rangers through to the next round.

Craig Moore helped the club's defence kept six consecutive clean sheets in the league between 25 August 2002 and 28 September 2002.

However during that time, Craig Moore found himself in an injury on two occasions in the first two months in the season, but managed to recovery quickly.

Craig Moore then scored two goals in two matches between 27 October 2002 and 2 November 2002 against Kilmarnock and Dundee.

However, his involvement in the "Olyroos", the Australian Olympic Football team, angered Rangers manager McLeish as it forced him to miss the start of the Scottish league season, resulting in Craig Moore being stripped of the club's captaincy and was placed on a transfer list.

Craig Moore's move to Blackburn Rovers collapsed after failing a medical.

Craig Moore won twelve major honours with Rangers including five league championships and a domestic treble in 2003.

On 30 July 2005, Craig Moore signed a two-year deal at Newcastle United to play for the first time in the Premier League.

However, Craig Moore was then injured with a torn hamstring in November 2006 and was ruled out for several months.

Craig Moore returned but he struggled to get back into the team, with Peter Ramage, Steven Taylor, and Bramble keeping him out.

Craig Moore helped Queensland Roar finished fourth place in the league to qualify for the Final series.

Craig Moore helped the club finished third place to qualify for the Final series .

Craig Moore left the Roar in December 2009, after falling out with the coach Ange Postecoglou and wanting a move to Europe to increase his chances of 2010 FIFA World Cup selection.

Craig Moore later denied there had been an off-field incident, stating he had left over fears that he could experience burnout or serious injury, endangering his 2010 World Cup place, had he stayed at the Greek side, having played 15 games in all, 13 of those in just five weeks, on top of his games at the Roar earlier in the season.

Craig Moore signed for Queensland State League club Brisbane Strikers to maintain match fitness ahead of the 2010 World Cup, but Football Federation Australia requested his attendance in Socceroos camp just before he was set to make his Strikers debut.

Craig Moore put on the red jersey of Sydney United in a farewell testimonial for former Socceroos and AC Milan goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac in July 2010 against Newcastle Jets.

Craig Moore spent the 2011 season, playing for Werribee City before quietly announcing his retirement from professional football.

Craig Moore then pursued a new career by becoming a football agent.

Craig Moore was called up to the "Olyroos" squad, the Australian Olympic Football team at the 2004 Olympics at Athens, Greece and was named the captain for the tournament.

Craig Moore played all three matches for the Socceroos, as the national team were eliminated in the group stage.

In May 2006, Craig Moore represented the Socceroos in the FIFA World Cup, which was the first time since 1974 that the national team last played in the tournament.

Craig Moore played two matches in the World Cup against Germany and Ghana.

Craig Moore retired from international football after the 2010 World Cup.

In November 2008, Craig Moore was diagnosed with, and underwent surgery for, testicular cancer.

In January 2005, Craig Moore was questioned by police on an accusation on racially abusing a taxi driver on New Year's Day but he did not face charges after questioning.

On 16 September 2010, Craig Moore was arrested in Dubai after being in alterations with a taxi driver.

In December 2008, Craig Moore was fined for lodging bets totalling $600 on two matches involving A-League teams with betting exchange Betfair.