Craig Gordon was born in Edinburgh on 31 December 1982 (age 43), and built his career as an imposing 6ft 4in (1.93m) Scottish goalkeeper. Hearts were his main club in the early part of his senior career, with a loan spell at Cowdenbeath in 2001-02 giving him 12 league appearances and useful first-team grounding.
That Cowdenbeath spell matters because goalkeepers do not usually develop by theory alone. Gordon returned to Hearts with senior football behind him, and his career soon became tied closely to the Edinburgh club.
Celtic brought him in during July 2014, a significant move for a goalkeeper who had already been well established in Scotland. He spent six years at Celtic before leaving in July 2020 for Hearts, making it a return to the club where his senior career had taken shape.
Gordon is listed as Hearts’ number 1, with his current market value around £21,000 according to Transfermarkt. His career has run through Hearts, a formative loan at Cowdenbeath, a substantial spell at Celtic, and then back to Hearts.
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