Craig Forrest
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Craig Lorne Forrest | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1997 | Ipswich Town | 263 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | → Colchester United (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Chelsea (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1997–2002 | West Ham United | 30 | (0) |
| Total | 307 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988–2002 | Canada | 56 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Craig Lorne Forrest (born 20 September 1967) is a Canadian former professional soccer player and sports commentator.
As a player he was a goalkeeper from 1985 until 2002, playing his entire career in England. He made Premier League appearances for Ipswich Town, Chelsea and West Ham United, whilst also spending time on loan in the Football League with Colchester United. He holds the unfortunate record of letting in the most goals in a Premier League game when Ipswich were beaten 9–0 by Manchester United in March 1995. He made 56 international appearances, representing Canada. In 2012 as part of the Canadian Soccer Association's centennial celebration, he was named to the all-time Canada XI men's team.
Born and raised in British Columbia, Forrest joined English league side Ipswich Town in 1984 and remained with the club until 1997, making 263 league appearances. Forrest saw his first first-team action with 11 appearances on loan to Colchester United in the 1987–88 season. From 1988–89 through to 1996–97, Forrest was in the Ipswich Town goal, including during the 1991–92 season when the club won promotion to the newly established Premier League by winning the old Football League Second Division. Forrest was ever-present that season. He was also one of only 13 foreign players to play on the opening weekend of the FA Premier League along with John Jensen, Jan Stejskal, Anders Limpar, Peter Schmeichel, Andrei Kanchelskis, Robert Warzycha, Eric Cantona, Ronnie Rosenthal, Michel Vonk, Gunnar Halle, Roland Nilsson and Hans Segers. He was the unfortunate goalkeeper on the receiving end of the heaviest Premiership defeat in history when Ipswich lost 9–0 to Manchester United at Old Trafford in March 1995.
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