Born in Cardiff, Bellamy began his senior playing career with Norwich City, where he made his professional debut in 1996. term as coach: 2.00 Years: Preferred formation: 3-4-2-1: Stats . Although an hour's drive from his family home, Bellamy was swayed by the better coaching and his own playing kit. [7] At the age of five, Bellamy and his family moved to the eastern suburb Trowbridge, which is part of a council estate built in the 1960s. Jan 2010 - Present13 years 2 months. Enough of the moving and the following me round. Tottenham bid an initial 6 million and eventually agreed a fee with West Ham but Bellamy refused to hand in a transfer request when West Ham asked him to, believing the club wanted to imply he had pushed for the transfer. He scored the winning goal in the South Wales derby against Swansea City on 6 February 2011 with a long-range shot in the final minutes of the match; it was the first time Cardiff had won at their rival's ground since 1997. He is best known for being a Soccer Player. [157], Bellamy was called into the senior Wales squad in 1998 by manager Bobby Gould, who was renowned for his unusual methods. She attended and graduated from Carteret High School where she was the Head Majorette in the Band. My chest was tight because I'm asthmatic. [81] He made his debut on the opening day of the 200506 season in a 31 defeat to West Ham United but picked up a thigh strain that ruled him out for several weeks. Before the match, Souness stated Bellamy was left out because of a hamstring problem but in a post-match interview said it was because Bellamy was unwilling to play as a right-sided midfielder. Mancini had introduced double sessions, which Bellamy struggled to undertake due to his long injury history. "[176], In December 2010, Gary Speed, Bellamy's former team-mate at both Newcastle and Wales, was appointed manager of Wales. Bellamy later stated, "I just whacked him across the buttocks with the club. Craig Bellamy of Great Britain celebrates with his team mate Tom Cleverley after scoring his team's first goal during the Men's Football first round. It's been a long couple of months, I had to be patient and believe something like this could happen. Craig Bellamy reacts after coaching his 500th NRL game. He spent two years with Bristol Rovers before being spotted by a scout working for Norwich City. Station Archive Station Archive. We encourage you to research and examine these records to . Bellamy has credited Hughes with "restoring his career" during his time at Blackburn. Early in the season, manager Alan Curbishley was replaced by Gianfranco Zola but the club struggled for results. Bellamy was paired with John Polston but found the experienced defender difficult to work with and believed Polston tried to "humiliate" him. His replacement was Graeme Souness, a coach with a reputation as a disciplinarian and he quickly clashed with Bellamy. Bellamy missed most of the new manager's first year due to injury. Bellamy chose to return to Liverpool, swayed by Kenny Dalglish's presence as manager. During Bellamy's first training session with the first team, Gould was involved in a wrestling match with John Hartson that left Gould with a bloodied nose. Bellamy has been involved in numerous high-profile incidents during his career with teammates, managers and members of the public and was described by Bobby Robson as "the gobbiest footballer I've ever met". Family Life He raised three children with Claire Jansen, whom he was married to from 2006 until 2012. [140], Featuring largely as a squad player, Bellamy made regular appearances as a substitute but enjoyed a prolonged run in the first team during the Christmas period after Luis Surez was banned for racially abusing an opponent. [8], On 20 June 2006, Bellamy was the subject of a 6 million transfer bid from Liverpool, triggering a clause in his contract that obliged Blackburn to allow him permission to talk to the club. "[33], Bellamy became Coventry's record signing, joining on 16 August 2000 as a replacement for Robbie Keane. As Premier League managers shifted toward favouring strikers with a more physical presence, Bellamy adapted to a wider role, studying leading wingers such as Franck Ribry to improve his game. [155] Bellamy retired from football on 22 May 2014, saying; "I guess over the years I've become accustomed to the pain from various injuries, but for the last three to four years I've been on anti-inflammatories every day. [218] Operating in the Freetown, Bo, Kenema and Makeni regions, The Craig Bellamy Foundation League provided a national youth football framework for children; as well as on-pitch performance, points were awarded for school attendance, fair play and contributions to community projects. [197] Having earlier been interviewed for the post of Wales manager, he was given permission to apply for the vacant managerial position at EFL League One club Oxford United in February 2018. [100] He also began suffering from arthritis that required surgery; he made a brief return in October, playing two matches for Wales and one for West Ham. Lucie: No doubt Craig Bellamy is the best coach of the decade, but the longevity and multifaceted success of Wayne Bennett's career cannot be triumphed in the GOAT debate. Craig Bellamy is a Welsh international footballer who signed for Cardiff City for a second time in August 2012. In 2007 he signed for West Ham United but injury disrupted his time there and in 2009 he joined Manchester City. Left to cherish his memories are his loving siblings: Donna McAndrews, Randolph Bellamy, Jr., Sharon Ahmed and Patrick Thomas, loving. Bellamy travelled to Norwich by train on Saturday afternoons, then played a youth match on Sunday morning before returning to Cardiff. Craig Douglas Bellamy: Date of Birth: Jul 13, 1979: Place of Birth: Cardiff : Age: 43: Citizenship: Wales Avg. The smart money says it will be around Easter when Craig Bellamy officially announces the end of his 21-year reign at Melbourne. Once Uncle Bobby Robson had left he went fucking nuts. I felt undermined by the mess with Fashanu. [4], Bellamy's father was a keen football fan who supported Cardiff City and Bellamy's first experience of professional football was watching a Football League Fourth Division match between Cardiff and Newport County during the 198788 season, which the home side won 40. On his return, Bellamy scored with a 20-yard (18m) free kick against Leeds United; Cardiff won the game 21. [33][34], As Newcastle stalled over a bid, Coventry City offered a club-record 6 million to sign Bellamy, which Norwich accepted. Former Newcastle United striker Craig Bellamy has said that his critics helped to fuel his game in what he calls the 'peak' of his career on Tyneside. [159][161] At the end of the 199798 season, Bellamy was included in a squad for friendlies against Malta and Tunisia, scoring his first international goal during a 30 victory against the former on 3 June 1998. Bellamy's mother worked as a cleaner and his . We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. [27][30] In a pre-season friendly against Southend United prior to the following season, Bellamy ruptured his cruciate ligaments in an innocuous challenge with an opposition defender and was ruled out for between six and eight months. [50] Newcastle's title challenge gradually faded and Bellamy missed most of the season's final months after tearing a tendon during a match against Sunderland. He also owns Cardiff Combat MMA gym. He loved surprising his family and making them laugh. [170] Toshack praised Bellamy following the victory, stating, "Craig has been excellent. Craig Bellamy (born 3 October 1959), also known by the nickname of "Bellyache", is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Melbourne Storm in the NRL and a former player. [18][19] Each apprentice was assigned to a senior player for whom they performed basic tasks such as cleaning boots or making tea. He is known as one of the greatest coaches in NRL history. Bellamy credits playing against older children as making him "into a better player very quickly". [12][17] The club invited Bellamy to a trial match in Somerset where he impressed and was asked to travel with the side to compete in the Dana Cup, an international youth football tournament held in Hjrring, Denmark. Craig Bellamy I surround myself with family. [116], In August 2010, Bellamy stated that he feared that he would be omitted from Manchester City's 25-man squad for the 201011 Premier League season and hinted at retirement. Outside football, he has been a patron of several charities and started his own organisation, The Craig Bellamy Foundation, in Sierra Leone to provide schooling and football coaching to disadvantaged children. [69] On the final day of the season, Celtic led rivals Rangers by two points heading into the team's final fixture against Motherwell but suffered a defeat that, coupled with a Rangers win over Hibernian, cost them the title. [22], Bellamy signed his first professional contract with Norwich when he turned 16, earning 250 a week, with the option to renegotiate after ten first-team appearances. . He later led them to the Premier League; the first time in more than fifty years that Cardiff had played in the top tier of English football. [57] He finished the 200203 season with nine goals in 37 appearances as Newcastle finished in third position. [72] Bellamy was told to apologise to Souness but refused to do so and was subsequently excluded from first-team training. [189], His former Wales, Blackburn and Manchester City manager Mark Hughes said he loved having Bellamy on his teams because of "the intensity he brings" and "his desire to affect the game every single time he plays". Before his passing in 1987, she was married to the late Jesse Edward Bellamy, Sr. for 37 years. This led to him asking officials at Norwich to claim he was injured, sparing him from being named in the side. Norwich, however, won 32 following a late-injury-time goal. O casal tem trs filhos, filhos de Ellis, que atualmente um membro do sistema de desenvolvimento da juventude em Newport County , e Cameron e filha Lexie. Skip Ancestry main menu Main Menu. Craig Douglas Bellamy was born on 13 July 1979 at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff,[3] the second of three boys born to Douglas and Angela Bellamy. [130] Instead, his former Norwich teammate Malky Mackay was appointed and did not confirm whether he would attempt to sign Bellamy. For the 201011 season, Bellamy dropped a division to the Championship to represent his boyhood club Cardiff City on a season-long loan. [123] After playing the subsequent game against Portsmouth, Bellamy missed the next five games due to a buildup of fluid on his knee that required rest. "Bellyache will do . [147][151] Bellamy was injured during a league match against Watford in October; damage to his ankle ligaments ruled him out for nearly a month. [148][149] He made the first appearance of his second spell a week later in a 10 win against Huddersfield Town. Before the match, Bellamy telephoned his former Norwich and international teammate Robbie Savage who played for Derby, and offered the players 30,000 if they won the match. On 10 December 2000, he scored the winning goal in a 10 victory over Leicester City to gain his side three crucial points and Bellamy's form improved further after the arrival of his Wales strike-partner John Hartson. But I began to accept that, in football, you will win some games, and you will lose some games, with draws here and there, too. He later described how being away from the family home in Cardiff for extended periods caused him to suffer from homesickness for the first time since he was a youth player. He visited the country's diamond mining industry and was shocked at the poor living conditions of the workers, often children. [15], At the age of 15, Bellamy moved away from Cardiff to start his youth apprenticeship with Norwich, being placed with a local family along with another apprentice. Melbourne, Australia. [10] He first attended Baden Powell Primary School before switching to Trowbridge Juniors where he joined the school football team at the age of seven. [175] Toshack resigned in September 2010 and Bellamy later criticised his former manager, stating; "The height of Toshack's ambitions appeared to be making sure we didn't get too heavily beaten rather than actually trying to win games. Craig Bellamy is a soccer player from Wales. [49] Bellamy refuted the accusations and stated the incident was sparked by the student slamming the car door on his leg after she refused to get out. [180] Bellamy ended his international career with 78 caps and 19 goals. Your columnist rang the super coach to check on the negotiations with the Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm the bitter rivals fighting for his services for next year and beyond. [37] After leaving the club, Bellamy said, "I never once enjoyed it at Coventry. [92] The incident earned him the nickname "The Nutter with the Putter" in the media. [169], Four days later, in a match against CyprusBellamy's second as captainhe scored the third goal for Wales in a 31 win after setting up Robert Earnshaw for his side's second. [75] Bellamy's last game of his loan spell was the 2005 Scottish Cup Final, in which he secured the first major trophy of his career after Celtic defeated Dundee United 10 at Hampden Park. So I did what everybody had told me not to do. Bellamy ended his only season at Coventry with eight goals from 39 appearances. [52] In the second round of the Champions League, during a 41 home defeat to Internazionale, Bellamy received the fastest red card in the competition's history when he was sent off for swinging an arm at opposition defender Marco Materazzi five minutes into the game. [97] He made his West Ham debut in an opening-day 20 home defeat by Manchester City on 11 August. Bellamy's mother worked as a cleaner and his father worked at the nearby Allied Steel . However, the time has come to stand aside and say enough. I told Strachan I'd sign. [31][32] Bellamy continued to experience soreness in the knee after his return for the remainder of the season but ended the campaign with a career high 19 goals in all competitions. 2023 Porsche Taycan GTS Review. His advisor had recently met former footballer John Fashanu and telephoned him for advice, leading to Fashanu arriving at the meeting unannounced. 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