Craig Levein

Scottish association football player and manager (born 1964)

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.

Craig Levein
Levein as manager of Scotland in 2012
Personal information
Full name Craig William Levein[1]
Date of birth (1964-10-22) 22 October 1964 (age 59)[2]
Place of birth Dunfermline, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
St Johnstone (manager)
Youth career
0000 Lochore Welfare
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1983 Cowdenbeath 60 (0)
1983–1997 Heart of Midlothian 326 (15)
Total 386 (15)
National team
1990–1994 Scotland 16 (0)
Teams managed
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics change

Club change

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
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 change

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 change

As of match played 11 November 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
P W D L Win %
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 change

Player change

Hearts

Manager change

Dundee United
Hearts

References change

  1. The Tartan Special Scottish Football League Review 1995/96. PPL Sport & Leisure. 1995. p. 16. ISBN 9-780861-089659.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "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.