Owen Archdeacon

Owen Archdeacon

Personal information
Full name	Owen Archdeacon
Date of birth	4 March 1966 (1966-03-04)
Place of birth	Greenock, Scotland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender/Midfielder
Youth career
	Gourock United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1989	Celtic	76	(6)
1989–1996	Barnsley	233	(23)
1996–1997	Carlisle United	58	(6)
1997–1999	Greenock Morton	61	(2)
–	Total	428	(37)
National team
1987	Scotland U-21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Owen Archdeacon (born 4 March 1966 in Greenock) is a Scottish former footballer.

Club career

Archdeacon began his career with local side Gourock United before signing for Celtic in August 1982. A versatile player, he was usually employed at left back, although he was equally happy anywhere in defence. An injury dented his confidence however and he became a peripheral figure at Celtic Park in his last few seasons. Whilst at Celtic he made a single appearance for the Scottish under-21 team in a 1987 game against West Germany.

In July 1989 he moved to Barnsley for £80,000 and became a fixture for the Yorkshire club in the following seasons. He left the club in 1996 to join Carlisle United and was a regular member of the team during a season and a half there. Late in 1997 former Celtic team-mate Billy Stark paid £100,000 to take him to Greenock Morton and Archdeacon played for his home town side until his retirement in 1999.

Retirement

Since retiring Archdeacon has turned out for the Celtic legends team. His son Mark Archdeacon is currently under contract with Brechin City after leaving Motherwell in the summer of 2010.

Honours

with Carlisle United

• Football League Trophy winner: 1997

External links

• Owen Archdeacon career stats at Soccerbase