Ian Craney

Ian Craney
Personal information
Full name	Ian Thomas William Craney
Date of birth	21 July 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Conwy Borough
Youth career
1995–2001	Everton
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2004	Altrincham
2004–2007	Accrington Stanley
2006–2007	→ Swansea City (loan)
2007–2008	Swansea City
2007–2008	→ Accrington Stanley (loan)
2008	Accrington Stanley
2008–2010	Huddersfield Town
2009–2010	→ Morecambe (loan)
2010–2011	Fleetwood Town
2010–2011	→ Accrington Stanley (loan)
2011–2012	Accrington Stanley
2012–2013	Rochdale
2013	AFC Telford United
2013–2014	Stockport County
2014	→Stafford Rangers (loan)
2014–	Conwy Borough
International career‡
	England C
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:56, 4 February 2016 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 April 2010

Ian Thomas William Craney (born 21 July 1982 in Liverpool) is an English professional footballer who plays as a Midfielder.

He has most notably had five spells with Accrington Stanley during his career, the latest ending at the end of the 2011–12 season. He has also played in the Football League with Swansea City, Huddersfield Town, Morecambe and Rochdale, as well as spells in Non-league with Altrincham and Fleetwood Town.

Club career

After starting his career as a junior at Everton, he got his first break in senior football at Conference National side Altrincham, before moving to Accrington Stanley in 2004. He then signed a permanent deal at Swansea City on 9 January 2007 for £150,000 from Accrington Stanley having been on loan since 23 November 2006. He returned to Accrington in early 2008, after an initial loan spell.

Fellow League Two side Morecambe saw two bids rejected for the midfielder in July 2008. But just two games into the 2008-09 season, Accrington accepted an undisclosed fee from League 1 side Huddersfield Town for the midfielder. He took up the vacant number 5 shirt following the sale of David Mirfin to Scunthorpe United. He made his Town debut in their 3–1 defeat by Milton Keynes Dons at the Galpharm Stadium on 23 August 2008. His first goal for the Terriers was the winning goal in their 2–1 win over Cheltenham Town at Whaddon Road on 6 September 2008.

Whilst playing for his previous club, Accrington Stanley, he was an England National Game XI international.

On 22 July 2009, Craney joined Football League Two side Morecambe on a season-long loan along with teammate Phil Jevons. He got his first goal for the Shrimps in their 5–2 defeat by Burton Albion on 15 August 2009. Injury cut short half of Craney's season, and he returned to the Galpharm on 20 April 2010. The following day, his contract at Huddersfield was terminated.^{[citation needed]}

He joined Fleetwood Town for the 2010/11 season. On 25 November 2010 he rejoined former club Accrington Stanley for a third spell, on a short-term loan deal until the start of 2011. He returned to Fleetwood Town on 7 January as the clubs failed to agree an extension to his loan deal. On 31 January he rejoined Stanley on a permanent basis, for his third full-time spell with the club. He was released at the end of the 2011–12 season and in July 2012 he began training with Grimsby Town. In August 2012 he joined Rochdale but was released in January 2013 after making seven appearances in all competitions.

He then joined AFC Telford United on 5 February 2013 for the rest of the season. He was also the first signing under the new manager Mark Cooper. On 2 May 2013 he was released by the club.

On 31 May 2013 he joined Stockport County on a free transfer,^[1] but fell out of favour and joined Stafford Rangers for the remainder of the season on 17 January 2014.^[2]

At the expiry of his Stockport contract, Craney joined Conwy Borough of the Cymru Alliance league on 7 July 2014.^[3]

International career

Whilst playing for his previous club, Accrington Stanley, he was an England National Game XI international.

Honours

Conference National (V): 2006

References

^ "Two More". 31 May 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
^ "Rangers Borrow Craney". 17 January 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
^ "Conwy Borough FC announce Craney capture". 7 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

External links

Ian Craney at Soccerbase

[1] "Two More". 31 May 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

[2] "Rangers Borrow Craney". 17 January 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

[3] "Conwy Borough FC announce Craney capture". 7 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

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