Craig Bellamy

This weeks player profile is on the Hammers striker Craig Bellamy. Craig is now 29 and was born in Cardiff he is currently at West Ham and playing international football for Wales.

He started off his carreer in the Bristol Rovers acadamy then moved then he went to Norwich but spent a short spell at Bradford Park Avenue after making 2 apps scoring one goal in the 1995-96 season then he moved to Norwich again. He made 84 apps scoring 32 goals in 4 seasons. He then moved to Coventry in 2000 but left in 2001 after playing 34 apps scoring 6 goals. That then secured him a move to the Toon army and he spent 4 years there making 93 apps scoring 28 goals. He went out on loan to Celtic in 2005 and made 12 apps scoring 7 goals. Then he moved to Blackburn Rovers but yet again only spent one year there playing 27 games scoring 13 goals. He then went onto Liverpool and played in 27 games scoring 7 goals in just one season. He is now at West Ham after joining in 2007 but has only made 15 apps scoring 3 goals due to bad injury problems.

But he has not just been succesful on the pitch in England but his international performances have been pretty good aswell. He has made no fewer than 53 full international apps scoirng 13 goals. He made his debut in the 97-98 season in a freindly against Jamaica. Bellamy is the current Wales captain.

So all together he hasnt had a bad carrer so far and has been around a few clubs but he seems to be happy at West Ham and seems to be getting back to full fitness now which is relief to all you Hammers out there.