Craig Hill (footballer)

Craig Hill (born 1 July 1991) is a Northern Irish footballer who has played as a defender for Dundee United, Airdrie United and Ballinamallard United.

Craig Hill
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-07-01) 1 July 1991
Place of birth Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1999–2009 Ballinamallard United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Dundee United 1 (0)
2011–2012 Airdrie United 12 (0)
2012–2013 Ballinamallard United
2014 Ballinamallard United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:11, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Early life

Hill was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, where he was educated at Portora Royal School.[1] He played youth football for Ballinamallard United from the age of 6.[2]

Playing career

Club

Hill joined Scottish Premier League club Dundee United in 2009 and played regularly in the youth team. He made one first team appearance, in the May 2010 match at home to Rangers, playing the entire 90 minutes. Despite being promoted to the senior squad in 2010-11 pre-season,[3] Hill left full-time football to study at the University of Glasgow, but signed part-time with Airdrie United in January 2011.[4] After his career at the club was disrupted by a facial injury, Hill was released by Airdrie in December 2011 in order to find a club back in Northern Ireland.[5] He rejoined Ballinamallard United in January 2012[6] and helped the club win promotion to the IFA Premiership for the first time in their history.[7] Although he had previously mainly played as a central defender, he began to play regularly at right back following an injury to Mark McConkey.[2] Hill left Ballinamallard in July 2013 due to his university commitments in Scotland,[8] but rejoined the club in January 2014.[9]

International

Hill was selected for the Northern Ireland under-19 squad for the Elite Section of the 2009 Milk Cup tournament.[10]

Outside football

Hill graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2014 with a first class honours MA degree in mathematics and economics. Since then he has worked for Goldman Sachs as a senior analyst.[1]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dundee United 2009-10 Scottish Premier League 100000000010
2010–11 Scottish Premier League 000000000000
Total 100000000010
Airdrie United 2011–12 SFL Second Division 500000000050
2012–13 SFL Second Division 700020000090
Total 12000200000140
Career total 13000200000150

References
  1. "Craig Hill". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. "Team spirit the key for progressive Craig". The Impartial Reporter. Enniskillen. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. "Stevie Campbell's Youth Season Review Part 1". Dundee United FC. 12 May 2010. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  4. "Airdrie sign Hill". Scottish Football League. 20 January 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  5. "Hill departs Airdrie". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  6. "Mallards promotion push boosted by Hill return". The Impartial Reporter. Enniskillen. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  7. Baillie, Keith (12 October 2012). "Irish local heroes look to make history". The Football Ramble. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  8. "Trio leave Ferney Park". The Impartial Reporter. Enniskillen. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  9. "Hill resigns for Ballinamallard". Fermanagh Herald. Enniskillen. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  10. "Evans selected for NI Elite squad". BBC Sport. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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