Robert David Crawford (born 19 March 1993) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for USL Championship club Charleston Battery. He has previously played for Rangers, Raith Rovers, East Kilbride, FH, IFK Mariehamn, and Charleston Battery as well as spending time on loan at Greenock Morton and Alloa Athletic.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert David Crawford[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Greenock, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Charleston Battery | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2012 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Rangers | 45 | (6) |
| 2014 | → Greenock Morton (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | → Alloa Athletic (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2016 | Raith Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | East Kilbride | 3 | (2) |
| 2017–2019 | FH | 37 | (6) |
| 2019 | IFK Mariehamn | 28 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Charleston Battery | 39 | (3) |
| 2022 | Monterey Bay | 11 | (0) |
| 2022– | Charleston Battery | 40 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2023 | |||
Career
Crawford joined Rangers aged eight and played in the club's youth sides before progressing to the first team in the 2012–13 season when the club was demoted to the bottom division.[3] Despite featuring as an unused substitute in the previous season, Crawford made his professional debut on 29 July 2012 in a Challenge Cup against Brechin City.[4] He went on to score his first goal for the club on 23 September in a league match against Montrose and went on to finish the season with a total of five goals and 27 appearances.[4]
Crawford joined Greenock Morton on loan for the first part of the 2014–15 season.[5] He made his first Rangers appearance in over a year against Hearts.[4] The following season on 1 September 2015, Crawford joined Alloa Athletic on a season-long loan.[6] On 18 August 2016, Crawford had his contract with Rangers terminated.[7] He signed a short-term contract with Raith Rovers in November 2016.[8]
On 23 December 2016, it was announced that Crawford mutually terminated his contract with Raith Rovers.[9] In January 2017, Crawford played three games for Lowland Football League side East Kilbride, scoring two goals before heading to America.[10] He appeared in one pre-season game for U.S. club North Carolina FC. On 5 April 2017, he joined Icelandic champions FH.[11]
On 15 January 2019, IFK Mariehamn announced the signing of Crawford on a one-year contract.[12]
On 4 February 2020, Crawford joined USL Championship club Charleston Battery.[13]
On 1 April 2022, Crawford joined USL Championship club Monterey Bay.[14] On July 21, 2022, Crawford made the move back to Charleston Battery.[15]
Career statistics
- As of match played 25 June 2019
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rangers | 2011–12[4] | Scottish Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012–13[4] | Scottish Third Division | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 27 | 5 | ||
| 2013–14[4] | Scottish League One | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15[16] | Scottish Championship | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 45 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 57 | 7 | |||
| Greenock Morton (loan) | 2014–15[16] | Scottish League One | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Alloa Athletic (loan) | 2015–16[17] | Scottish Championship | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| Raith Rovers | 2016–17[18] | Scottish Championship | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| East Kilbride | 2016–17 | Lowland League | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | ||||
| FH | 2017[19] | Úrvalsdeild | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 2018[20] | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4[e] | 0 | 33 | 6 | ||
| Total | 37 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 8 | ||
| IFK Mariehamn | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Charleston Battery | 2020[21] | USL Championship | 15 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | |||||||
| Charleston Battery | 2021[21] | USL Championship | 24 | 2 | 24 | 2 | ||||||||
| Monterey Bay FC | 2022[21] | USL Championship | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||||||
| Charleston Battery | 2022[21] | USL Championship | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charleston Battery | 2023[21] | USL Championship | 23 | . | 3 | 1 | 26 | 1 | ||||||
| Career total | 135 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 247 | 21 | ||
Honours
- Rangers
- Scottish Third Division: 2012–13[4]
- Scottish League One: 2013–14[4]
- Greenock Morton
- Scottish League One: 2014–15[4]
Charleston Battery
- Eastern Conference Champion (Playoffs): 2023
References
External links
- Robbie Crawford at Soccerbase
- Robbie Crawford on X
- Robbie Crawford at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
- Robbie Crawford at Soccerway
