Craig Levein

Craig Levein
	Levein as manager of Scotland in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Craig William Levein
Date of birth	22 October 1964
Place of birth	Dunfermline, Scotland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	St Johnstone (manager)
Youth career
0000	Lochore Welfare
Senior career*
Years	Team
1981–1983	Cowdenbeath
1983–1997	Heart of Midlothian
Total
International career
1990–1994	Scotland
Managerial career
1997–2000	Cowdenbeath
2000–2004	Heart of Midlothian
2004–2006	Leicester City
2006	Raith Rovers
2006–2009	Dundee United
2009–2012	Scotland
2017–2019	Heart of Midlothian
2023–	St Johnstone
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Craig William Levein (born 22 October 1964) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Scotland			League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1981–82	Cowdenbeath	Scottish Second Division	60	0	?		?		—		60+	0
1982–83
1983–84
1983–84	Heart of Midlothian	Scottish Premier Division	22	0	2	0	0	0	—		21	0
1984–85			36	1	4	0	5	1	2	0	47	2
1985–86			33	2	5	0	3	0	—		41	2
1986–87			12	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	15	0
1987–88			21	0	0	0	0	0	—		21	0
1988–89			9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
1989–90			35	0	3	0	3	0	—		41	0
1990–91			33	4	0	0	3	0	4	0	40	4
1991–92			36	2	4	0	3	0	—		43	2
1992–93			37	3	3	0	3	0	3	1	46	4
1993–94			30	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	37	3
1994–95			24	0	4	0	2	0	—		30	0
1995–96			1	0	0	0	2	0	—		3	0
Total			329	15	30	0	27	1	15	1	401	17
Career total			389	15	30+	0	27+	1	15	1	461+	17

International appearances

Scotland national team^[3]
Year	Apps	Goals
1990	6	0
1991	2	0
1992	1	0
1993	3	0
1994	4	0
Total	16	0

Managerial record

As of match played 11 November 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record					Ref
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %	Ref
Cowdenbeath	November 1997	1 December 2000	127	46	26	55	036.22
Heart of Midlothian	1 December 2000	29 October 2004	170	74	41	55	043.53
Leicester City	29 October 2004	25 January 2006	72	20	26	26	027.78
Raith Rovers	5 September 2006	30 October 2006	7	1	3	3	014.29
Dundee United	30 October 2006	23 December 2009	137	55	40	42	040.15
Scotland	23 December 2009	5 November 2012	24	10	5	9	041.67
Heart of Midlothian	28 August 2017	31 October 2019	106	42	28	36	039.62
St Johnstone	5 November 2023		2	1	1	0	050.00
Total			645	249	170	226	038.60	—

Honours

Player

Hearts

Scottish Cup runner-up: 1985–86
Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year: 1985, 1986

Manager

Dundee United

SPL Manager of the Month: November 2006,^[4] March 2007, October 2007, November 2009
Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2007–08

Hearts

SPL Manager of the Month: December 2001, April 2003
Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month: August 2018^[5]
Scottish Cup runner-up: 2018–19

References

↑ The Tartan Special Scottish Football League Review 1995/96. PPL Sport & Leisure. 1995. p. 16. ISBN 9-780861-089659.
1 2 "Craig Levein: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
↑ "Levein, Craig". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
↑ "Levein named manager of the month". BBC Sport. 2 December 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
↑ McLauchlin, Brian (20 September 2018). "Craig Levein: Hearts' 'hunger' mirrors 1986 title-challenging team I played in". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

[1] The Tartan Special Scottish Football League Review 1995/96. PPL Sport & Leisure. 1995. p. 16. ISBN 9-780861-089659.

[worldfootball-2] 1 2 "Craig Levein: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 25 December 2019.

[3] "Levein, Craig". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

[4] "Levein named manager of the month". BBC Sport. 2 December 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

[5] McLauchlin, Brian (20 September 2018). "Craig Levein: Hearts' 'hunger' mirrors 1986 title-challenging team I played in". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

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