Craig Cathcart
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Cathcart in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Craig George Cathcart | ||
| Date of birth | 6 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Watford | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2003 | Carnmoney Colts | ||
| 2003–2005 | St Andrew's Boys' Club | ||
| 2005–2007 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Royal Antwerp (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 31 | (1) |
| 2009 | → Watford (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2010–2014 | Blackpool | 112 | (3) |
| 2014– | Watford | 68 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Northern Ireland U16 | 24 | (0) | |
| Northern Ireland U17 | 13 | (1) | |
| Northern Ireland U20 | 3 | (0) | |
| 2006–2009 | Northern Ireland U21 | 15 | (0) |
| 2010– | Northern Ireland | 24 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:24, 18 September 2016 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:24, 18 September 2016 (UTC).
Craig George Cathcart (born 6 February 1989) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Watford and the Northern Ireland national team. He has also captained his country's under-21 side.
A product of the Manchester United youth academy, Cathcart spent time on loan at Belgian club Royal Antwerp, and English Football League Championship sides Plymouth Argyle and Watford, before joining newly promoted Blackpool in 2010. Cathcart returned to Watford in July 2014 on a permanent deal.
Born in Belfast, Cathcart was spotted playing football for Glengormley High School at the age of 14, and, despite being coveted by clubs like Arsenal, Chelsea and Rangers upon winning the Northern Ireland Youth Player of the Year award in 2003, he began training at the Manchester United School of Excellence in Belfast. He signed trainee terms at Manchester United in July 2005, and turned professional on his 17th birthday in February 2006. Cathcart became a regular in the Manchester United Under-18s team, and was a member of the Under-17s team that played at the 2007 Northern Ireland Milk Cup, scoring the first goal in a 5–0 win over Liechtenstein. During the 2006–07 season, he was made captain of the United youth team that reached the FA Youth Cup Final, although he missed both legs of the final, the first through selection for the first team and the second through injury.
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