Personal information | |||
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Full name | Craig Leon Eastmond | ||
Date of birth | 9 December 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Battersea, England | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder, Right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Sutton United | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2002 | Millwall | ||
2002–2009 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2013 | Arsenal | 4 | (0) |
2011 | → Millwall (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2012 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2012 | → Colchester United (loan) | 12 | (2) |
2013–2015 | Colchester United | 49 | (5) |
2015 | Yeovil Town | 1 | (0) |
2015– | Sutton United | 54 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:15, 17 February 2017 (GMT). |
Craig Leon Eastmond (born 9 December 1990) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League club Sutton United. He is also capable of playing at right-back. A product of the Arsenal Academy who came to prominence during the 2008–09 FA Youth Cup, Eastmond would make ten first team appearances between 2009 and 2013 for Arsenal in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Champions League.
Eastmond had three loan spells away from the Gunners. He joined Millwall on loan in 2011, with whom he spent some of his early youth career. He was loaned to Wycombe Wanderers and Colchester United in 2012, and signed for Colchester on a permanent basis in 2013 following the expiry of his contract with Arsenal. He made over 50 appearances for Colchester before his release in February 2015.
Born in Battersea, London, Eastmond started his career at Millwall at the age of eight, but joined Arsenal when he was 11 years old. Although previously a right-back, when playing for the Arsenal Reserves, he was played in a central midfield position. He was a member of the team that won the 2008–09 FA Youth Cup and the 2008–09 Premier Academy League. On 30 June 2009, it was announced that Eastmond along with three other members of the double-winning youth squad had signed professional terms with the club.