Craig Coyle (born 6 September 1980 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former

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that played as a goalkeeper in the

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for Raith Rovers,

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greeno ...

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, Berwick Rangers and is goalkeeper coach since 2012 at Hamilton Academical.

Career

Coyle started his career at Raith Rovers playing seven times for the club. In August 2001, he signed for

. In March 2005, Coyle was released by Morton and signed for

until the end of the 2004–05 season. At the end of the season he joined

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club Berwick Rangers. After leaving Berwick in 2006, Coyle joined the junior ranks moving to

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Bonnyrigg Rose Football Club is a Scottish football club from the town of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian. Formed in 1881 and nicknamed ''the Rose'', the team plays in , having been promoted after winning the Lowland Football League in 2021–22. Their ...

in the town of

Bonnyrigg Bonnyrigg ( sco, Bonnyrigg) is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, eight miles (13 kilometres) southeast of Edinburgh city centre. The town had a population of 14,663 in the 2001 census which rose to 15,677 in the 2011 census, both figures based ...

Midlothian Midlothian (; gd, Meadhan Lodainn) is a historic county, registration county, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government. Midlothian lies in the east-central Lowlands, bordering the City of Edinburgh, ...

, where he won the

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in the 2008–09 season. He then signed for Linlithgow Rose after leaving Bonnyrigg, but decided to retire at the end of 2009. Coyle recently achieved his Goalkeeping Licence Diploma from the SFA. He is now the goalkeeper coach at Hamilton Academical and was registered as a player in April 2014 as emergency cover for Kevin Cuthbert and

Blair Currie Blair Currie (born 19 February 1994) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cumnock Juniors. Early and personal life Currie's brother Max is also a footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for Airdrieonians. Career Currie began hi ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coyle, Craig Scottish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Raith Rovers F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Berwick Rangers F.C. players Bonnyrigg Rose F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Footballers from Edinburgh 1980 births Living people Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Linlithgow Rose F.C. players Penicuik Athletic F.C. players