Craig Stuart Sives (born 9 April 1986) is a Scottish professional association football player who currently plays for Shamrock Rovers in the League of Ireland Premier Division.
Sives attended Oxgangs Primary School and Firrhill High School, and played for youth club Hutchison Vale, before signing for boyhood favourites Hearts in June 2002. After impressing in the clubs under 19 and reserve teams, the towering centre back was given his debut in th...
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Craig Stuart Sives (born 9 April 1986) is a Scottish professional association football player who currently plays for Shamrock Rovers in the League of Ireland Premier Division.
Sives attended Oxgangs Primary School and Firrhill High School, and played for youth club Hutchison Vale, before signing for boyhood favourites Hearts in June 2002. After impressing in the clubs under 19 and reserve teams, the towering centre back was given his debut in the 2004 Festival Cup against Hibernian, scoring the opening goal in a 3–1 win. He made two league starts in the 2004–05 season, but he did not make any appearances during 2005–06 because of a serious back injury.
Sives signed a 5 year contract in July 2006 and spent the 2006–07 season on loan with Partick Thistle in order to gain further experience. Despite a good start to his Thistle career, he was again sidelined by injury in early November 2006 when a pubic bone injury suffered incapacitated him for four months. It later transpired that he...
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