Craig Cathcart

Craig Cathcart in the jersey from Blackpool ( 2010)

Craig George Cathcart ( born February 6, 1989 in Belfast ) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays in the position of central defender and is currently at FC Blackpool under contract.

Career

Manchester United

Craig Cathcart moved in 2005 into the youth academy of Manchester United and played in the aftermath of the different youth teams. Since its potential for use were very low in the first team, the club gave him in 2007 at Royal Antwerp in the Belgian second division. The following season he spent a season on loan at Plymouth Argyle in the Football League Championship 2008 /09. Cathcart has distinguished himself as a regular for the English second division and reached with his team just to avoid relegation. He spent the next season in the second English top flight, this time on loan at Watford FC. In three months from September to December 2009, he graduated twelve league games in the Football League Championship 2009/10. As his prospects were no better in Manchester after his return, he joined the upcoming season for Blackpool FC.

Blackpool FC

Blackpool had also spent last season in the second English League and achieved there a complete surprise promotion to the Premier League. After a sixth place in the regular season, the team had only turned off Nottingham Forest in the play-offs before was beaten in the final in Wembley Cardiff City. Cathcart was able to celebrate the 2010/11 so that on 14 August 2010 in a 4-0 away win at Wigan Athletic made ​​his debut in the Premier League. Also in the following years came Cathcart used regularly and contributed his part to the good start of the season his new team.

In the National Team

His debut for the Northern Ireland national team gave Cathcart 3 September 2010 in a 1-0 win over Slovenia in qualifying for the European Football Championship in 2012.

In 2007 he was part of the squad at the UEFA European CAF Meridian Cup.