Tom Craddock
Craddock playing for Oxford United in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Thomas Craddock | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Darlington, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Spennymoor Town | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2005 | Middlesbrough | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2009 | Middlesbrough | 4 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Wrexham (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Hartlepool United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Luton Town (loan) | 4 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Luton Town | 70 | (31) |
| 2010–2013 | Oxford United | 80 | (26) |
| 2013–2015 | Portsmouth | 9 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Guiseley | 30 | (2) |
| 2016– | Spennymoor Town | 4 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:39, 5 October 2016 (UTC). |
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Thomas "Tom" Craddock (born 14 October 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays for Spennymoor Town as a striker.
Born in Darlington, County Durham, Craddock came through the youth system at Middlesbrough since joining the academy from Darlington Spraire Lads when he was eleven years old, and was a member of their FA Youth Cup winning side in 2003–04. While at the academy, Craddock suffered a serious shoulder injury, but managed to overcome the injury and started out as attacker role and then switched to defense role before reverting back to attacker role. On 12 March 2005, Craddock signed his first professional contract with the club.
He made his first team debut for the club as a substitute in the final game of the 2005–06 season against Fulham, having already scored 20 goals for the reserve team. On 16 June 2006, Craddock signed a contract with the club, keeping him until 2008.
He joined Wrexham on a month's loan from 25 October 2006. He scored the winning goal on his debut for the team; however, the next day it was discovered he had suffered a knee injury, ruling him out for six weeks. After being sidelined for weeks, Craddock scored on his return for the club's reserve match against Leeds United Reserve on 29 November 2006.
In the 2007-08 season, Craddock made a handful of first team appearance at Middlesbrough following a crisis of striker's injury and made two more league appearance for the club. However, Craddock suffered a hernia injury that resulted him having two operation and upon return, his first team opportunities was further limited. On 13 February 2008, Craddock joined League One side Hartlepool United on a month's loan. Craddock made his Hartlepool United debut three days later, where he played 26 minutes, in a 1-1 draw against Cheltenham Town. After making four appearance, Craddock's loan spell with the club came to an end on 18 March 2008 following a one-month loan.
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