Gary Caldwell

Gary Caldwell (born 12 April 1982) is a Scottish former professional footballer and coach who is the current manager of Exeter City. Caldwell played for Newcastle United, Darlington, Coventry City, Derby County, Hibernian, Celtic, Wigan Athletic and won 55 international caps for Scotland.

Gary Caldwell
Caldwell lining up for Celtic in 2009
Personal information
Full name Gary Caldwell
Date of birth (1982-04-12) 12 April 1982
Place of birth Stirling, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Exeter City (manager )
Youth career
1995–1996 Celtic Boys Club
1996–1997 Hutchison Vale
1997–2001 Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Newcastle United 0 (0)
2001Darlington (loan) 4 (0)
2002Hibernian (loan) 11 (0)
2002–2003Coventry City (loan) 36 (0)
2003Derby County (loan) 9 (0)
2004–2006 Hibernian 88 (5)
2006–2010 Celtic 106 (5)
2010–2015 Wigan Athletic 102 (6)
Total 356 (16)
International career
2001–2003 Scotland U21 19 (2)
2002–2013 Scotland 55 (2)
2002–2003 Scotland B 4 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Wigan Athletic
2017 Chesterfield
2018–2019 Partick Thistle
2022– Exeter City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Primarily considered a centre back, Caldwell was a versatile player; he was also deployed as a right back and defensive midfielder at various spells in his career. His elder brother, Steven, was also a footballer and they were at Wigan concurrently. As an international, he earned a place in the Scottish FA International Roll of Honour after gaining over 50 caps.

After retirement he went into coaching, and has managed Wigan Athletic, Chesterfield, Partick Thistle and Exeter City.

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