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Craig Jonathan Short (born 25 June 1968 in Bridlington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a former football player who played as a central-defender. ==Playing career== After attending Amotherby primary school and Lady Lumley's School (Pickering) along with his brother Chris, he started his professional career at Pickering Town in the 1986–87 season. In October the following year they moved to Scarborough together, and in June 1989, Notts County together. However, as his brother was dogged by injury, Craig managed to ascend to greater things. After 4 seasons for Notts County he moved to Derby County at the beginning of the 1992–93 season. He signed for £2.5million – a record for a club outside the top flight, and the highest fee for a defender at the time. He had been subject of a similarly high bid for ambitious Premier League side Blackburn Rovers, but opted to join Derby instead. He completed more than 100 competitive games for both Derby and his next club, Everton who he joined three seasons later. He left the Merseyside club in 1999, joining Blackburn Rovers for £1.7 million – seven years after they had first tried to buy him. Short endeared himself to the Rovers' faithful by scoring 2 goals in a 5–0 drubbing of deadly local rivals Burnley in the 2000–01 season and being a mainstay in the team which won promotion and established itself back in the top flight. However, he missed the 2002 League Cup final against Tottenham Hotspur through suspension, a match which Blackburn won 2–1. He did gain European experience in the following season, playing 2 games in the UEFA Cup. In the 2002–03 season, his cult status at Rovers was assured with a 96th-minute equaliser with local rivals Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium. On another occasion, after a 4–0 victory away to Birmingham City on 6 December 2003, manager Graeme Souness labelled Short the "perfect professional" after outplaying City striker Christophe Dugarry, who was sent off for elbowing Short.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Souness keen to keep Short )〕 In his final league game for Rovers on 7 May 2005 against Fulham, Short was handed the captain's armband by then manager Mark Hughes. However, in an out of character incident, he was sent off for violent conduct against Fulham's Luis Boa Morte after the Portuguese striker dangerously fouled Lucas Neill and Short pushed Boa Morte in the chest. He did however lead the team out for one final time a few weeks later in Tony Parkes' testimonial match, who was also leaving the club. In the summer of 2005 he was allowed to move on to Sheffield United and was an important member of United's successful promotion campaign. He signed a one-year contract but only made two League Cup appearances that season. He was released at the end of the 2006–07 season and retired from football.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gillespie offered new Blades deal )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Craig Short」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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