Craig Russell

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Craig Russell, the United Kingdom forward, made 88 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 8 times, averaging 0.09 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 1996-97, with 8 goals.

Figures are from our match-by-match data, densest from 2010 onward.

Craig Stewart Russell (born 4 February 1974) is an English former footballer . He played 305 league games in a 13-year English and Scottish football career. He began his career at Sunderland , firing the "Black Cats" into the Premier League in 1995–96 as champions of the First Division . He was sold to Manchester City in November 1997. Rarely featuring at Maine Road , he was loaned out to Tranmere Rovers , Port Vale , Oxford United , and St Johnstone , before signing with St. Johnstone permanently in July 2000. He spent two full seasons in the Scottish Premier League before signing with Carlisle United in January 2003. An unused substitute in the 2003 Football League Trophy final , he moved on to Darlington in January 2004 before leaving the Football League in May 2005.Wikipedia

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Nationality
United Kingdom
Birthplace
South Shields
Born
4 Feb 1974
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Career
Sunderland A.F.C. (1992–97)Manchester City F.C. (1997–00)Tranmere Rovers F.C. (1998–98)Port Vale F.C. (1999–99)Darlington F.C. (1999–99)St Johnstone F.C. (2000–02)Oxford United F.C. (2000–00)Carlisle United F.C. (2003–04)Darlington F.C. (2004–05)
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Sunderland career (from season records)
88
Appearances
8
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Goals per season across 3 seasonsgoals per season
SeasonAppsGoalsMins
1997-98120
1996-97688
1991-9280

Appearances counted as matches started or come on as substitute. Figures from recorded season totals — we hold no match-by-match data for this era.

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