[23] Bellamy made his first career start in the opening month of the following season in the first round of the League Cup against Barnet on 12 August 1997, and started in the league for the first time on 20 September against Manchester City. Coach Craig Bellamy speaks to the media during a Melbourne Storm NRL pre-season training session at Gosch's Paddock on November 26, 2012 in. [35] He made his Premier League debut on the opening day of the 200001 season in a 31 defeat to Middlesbrough and converted a penalty in the following game, a 21 victory over Southampton. [198] Bellamy agreed terms with Oxford but later withdrew his application after the club was taken over during the negotiations. I was struggling to breathe properly because I was so tense. [181], In June 2012, Bellamy was confirmed as one of the three over-aged players selected by manager Stuart Pearce for Great Britain to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics alongside Micah Richards and Giggs. Bellamy was subsequently given the club's inaugural Player of the Year award, which was voted for by fans,[8][84] and Hughes discussed plans with Bellamy to appoint him team captain for the following season. [190] Louise Taylor of The Guardian highlighted the considerable attacking threat that Bellamy possessed and that his pace was "complemented by high-calibre finishing ability". 1958 Bellamy was born 3 October 1958 in Portland, New South Wales, Australia. [54][55] Bellamy began suffering from tendinitis in his knee and, following the death of his grandmother, experienced personal issues that culminated in an argument outside a Cardiff nightclub with a stranger. The question is - how well do you remember his whole career? Bellamy was paired with John Polston but found the experienced defender difficult to work with and believed Polston tried to "humiliate" him. [152] Bellamy broke down in delight on the pitch at the end of the game, having achieved what he called "an impossible dream". The smart money says it will be around Easter when Craig Bellamy officially announces the end of his 21-year reign at Melbourne. [57] Bellamy underwent the surgery but returned to Newcastle to be informed by Shepherd the club were willing to sell Bellamy if he failed to return to form. "[184], Bellamy assisted Giggs to score the opening goal of a 31 victory over the United Arab Emirates in the team's following fixture. Born in Cardiff, Bellamy began his senior playing career with Norwich City, where he made his professional debut in 1996. "[136], Bellamy's returning debut for Liverpool came against Stoke City in a 10 defeat at the Britannia Stadium. Craig Bellamy is a Soccer Player, zodiac sign: Cancer. Bellamy was reluctant to join the club, preferring a move to Newcastle; he met with Coventry manager Gordon Strachan to discuss the transfer. John Arne Riise has given a detailed account of the infamous golf club incident involving his former Liverpool teammate Craig Bellamy. [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. [105] This took his career-total transfer fees to 47m. We need two strikers near 20 goals. During the off-season, Bellamy's world was rocked when his mother, Betty, passed away. [145] He started in the final against Chelsea, which Liverpool lost 21. [200] An internal investigation by the club later resulted in Bellamy issuing an apology over an "unacceptable coaching environment", although he was subject to no formal disciplinary action. [122], Bellamy's influence on the Cardiff team proved pivotal in the push for promotion, which included a 22 draw with league leaders Queens Park Rangers in April in which he scored the second goal. [97] He made his West Ham debut in an opening-day 20 home defeat by Manchester City on 11 August. He later stated; "I wasn't going to sing the national anthem and nor was any other Welsh player. 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. More stories from Sport (Australia) . Bellamy won support from his midfield partner, the experienced Peter Grant, who struck up a friendship with Bellamy. [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. He scored his first post-return goal for Liverpool against Brighton & Hove Albion in the League Cup on 21 September, while his first league goal of his second spell came a month later against Norwich City in a 11 draw. The injury, however, continued causing problems and after playing in a 10 defeat to Wigan in February, he was ruled out for the remainder of the season. A hamstring injury sustained in a pre-season fixture against Ipswich Town disrupted Bellamy's start to the new season; he returned to action for West Ham in the third game of the 200809 season, scoring the third goal in a 41 win over Blackburn Rovers. Despite an attempt by newly-promoted Premier League side Crystal Palace to sign him for a fee of 2 million, he chose to extend his deal with Norwich. Why did Diego Maradona ask to talk to Craig Bellamy ? Bellamy later stated, "I just whacked him across the buttocks with the club. [129], Bellamy stated that he would like to stay with Cardiff beyond his loan spell to achieve his dream of them one day playing in the Premier League. Speed sought Bellamy's opinion on his replacement as captain; the pair agreed on Aaron Ramsey, who was appointed soon after. Bellamy has been reportedly offered a 10-year deal to assume the role of coaching director from 2022, sitting above the newly-appointed Broncos coach Kevin Walters. [147], He returned to the side in November, featuring in back-to-back victories over Middlesbrough and Barnsley that put Cardiff top of the table. [45][48] Later in the season, he was given a police caution for common assault after being accused of throwing a student out of teammate Kieron Dyer's car before kicking her. [100] Bellamy attracted the attention of several clubs; in the January 2009 transfer window he was the subject of a bidding war between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City. He returned to win his 50th international cap in a friendly against Iceland on 29 May. I was wearing a kit about three sizes too big for me, I touched the ball twice, we lost 20 and it was over. MG'S NRL WRAP | Naming Craig Bellamy's Successor, Latrell Mitchell Return Date Set & Warriors Shoot Down Coaching Rumour !See . Find out in part 2 here. [191] All activities were stopped in April 2017 due to financial irregularities. When he was 20 years old and playing on a part-time contract with Canberra, Bellamy lost his father, Norm, to a work accident. This escalated further when Bellamy missed two weeks after aggravating his knee during a clash with Manchester United supporters on a night out. Bellamy's mother worked as a cleaner and his father worked at the nearby Allied Steel . He scored again against Middlesbrough in the Premier League in a 10 win for City; it was his third appearance before scoring twice against FC Copenhagen in the UEFA Cup two weeks later. MELBOURNE - Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy says the NRL draw could cost his side its third straight minor premiership rather than his NSW Origin coaching duties. At . He returned and scored in a 21 win against Barnsley on 2 October. [219] Bellamy spent 1.4m of his own money to build a not-for-profit football academy in the Western Area Rural District village Tombo, where 32 boys received an international standard education and elite-level football coaching at no cost to themselves. He spent two years with Bristol Rovers before being spotted by a scout working for Norwich City. 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. "[212], In 2013, Bellamy released his autobiography entitled GoodFella which was ghostwritten by journalist Oliver Holt. Claire Bellamy, 38, sold the stunning. [187][188] He preferred playing a counter-attacking style of football as his pace often allowed him to exploit space behind the defenders as the opposition team pressed forward. [43], Bellamy was one of four players sent home from a winter training camp in La Manga after missing a team meal in honour of former chairman John Hall. [104] Hughes stated, "I'm sure Craig will be excellent for us, I think people will soon see why I wanted to bring him to the club". Bellamy instead moved to West Ham United on 10 July 2007 for a fee of 7.5 million, signing a five-year contract as the club brought in several new players including Kieron Dyer and Scott Parker under new chairman Eggert Magnsson. [182] After a warm-up match against Brazil, on 26 July Bellamy scored Great Britain's first goal at an Olympic Games since 1960 in a 11 draw with Senegal. Mrs. Annie Vivian Bellamy was born on Sunday, October 27, 1929 in Beaufort, North Carolina to the late Guy Dill Parker and Annie Geneva Parker. [178] Bellamy continued with Wales for a further 18 months under new manager Chris Coleman before announcing his retirement from international football after Wales' final 2014 World Cup qualifiers in October 2013. [103] Bellamy later said Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp informed him that, despite having no interest in the player, Manchester City had threatened to sign Redknapp's transfer target Wilson Palacios as retaliation for Tottenham signing Bellamy. Bellamy has. The match ended in a 51 defeat at home to the Slovaks. Library Library. [5] With both his parents working full-time, Bellamy spent most of his school holidays at his paternal grandmother's home in Adamsdown. He returned at the end of the 19992000 season, playing in friendlies against Brazil and Portugal. Bellamy ended his only season at Coventry with eight goals from 39 appearances. [167], Hughes stepped down as Wales' manager in 2004 and was replaced by John Toshack. The fragility he has got in the muscles has stopped him from being a higher player". [59] He missed more than three months of the campaign in recovery before returning to first-team action on 31 January 2004 in a 11 draw with Birmingham City. . [27] By November, he was one of the leading goalscorers in the First Division and was rewarded with a new five-year contract. [157], Bellamy was called into the senior Wales squad in 1998 by manager Bobby Gould, who was renowned for his unusual methods. Bellamy chose to return to Liverpool, swayed by Kenny Dalglish's presence as manager. Over the next fifteen years, Bellamy gained 78 caps for his country and scored 19 goals. Craig Bellamy was the archetypal love-him-or-hate-him footballer across his 18-year professional career, in which he represented nine different clubs across 11 different stints. [137] On 27 November, Dalglish withdrew Bellamy from the team for the game against Manchester City following the suicide of his friend and coach Gary Speed. He was charged with the use of racially aggravated language over the incident. She attended and graduated from Carteret High School where she was the Head Majorette in the Band. Craig Bellamy (right) heads the list of five backroom employees who have followed Vincent Kompany from Belgium to Burnley Burnley boss Vincent Kompany has brought in his former Manchester City. Bellamy's mother worked as a cleaner and his . A defeat to Tunisia resulted in a confrontation between Gould and the squad over the standard of the team. Bellamy's first goal of the season came in City's 42 win over Arsenal on 12 September 2009, before he set up Shaun Wright-Phillips for City's fourth goal with a run from his own half. He continued his good form throughout the month, scoring two weeks later against Charlton Athletic and soon after against Watford. He is part of the furniture at the Melbourne Storm after joining the club as their head coach in late 2002, but Craig Bellamy almost went down a different path - with a rival NRL club. [30] He made his return to the first team against Port Vale on 22 April 2000 and finished the season by scoring goals in consecutive matches against Barnsley and Sheffield United. Craig Douglas Bellamy was born on 13 July 1979 at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, the second of three boys born to Douglas and Angela Bellamy. Norwich responded by guaranteeing him a two-year YTS contract when he was old enough to sign. Station Archive Station Archive. Melbourne, Australia. The rest of the AP Top 25 was a big jumble. Nationality: Wales. [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. 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. [125] Cardiff were challenging Norwich City for the second automatic promotion place in the final stages of the season when Norwich were due to meet Derby County. 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. Craig Bellamy (rugby league), better known by her family name Craig Bellamy, is a popular Australian rugby league footballer and coach. [87] He went on to set up the winning goal for Peter Crouch in the 81st minute of the 2006 FA Community Shield with a cross from the left-hand corner of the 18 yards (16m) box. Craig Bellamy has appeared to rule himself out of contention to take over as manager at former club Cardiff City. [141] On 25 January 2012, Bellamy scored the equalising goal against Manchester City to give Liverpool a 32 win on aggregate in the League Cup semi-final. [147][153], Bellamy's first goal of the 201314 Premier League season on 1 February 2014 was his side's opener in a 21 victory over Norwich City. [191] His best tally in a single season in the Premier League was 17 goals during his spell with Blackburn in 200506 although his goalscoring record was questioned by his former Newcastle manager Graeme Souness during his time with the club. He was the captain of the side from 2007 to 2011, when he stepped down from the role due to recurring injuries. [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. The Clarets are looking to plot an immediate Premier League return. The side also reached the semi-finals of the League Cup before being eliminated by Manchester United. [3] He made his professional debut for Norwich on 15 March 1997 under manager Mike Walker at the age of 17, as an injury-time substitute in a 20 defeat to Crystal Palace in the First Division, the second tier of the English football league system. [90] The pair had argued in a bar on the final night before Riise had returned to his hotel room. West Ham, however, continued with the move and accepted Manchester City's bid. [183] Bellamy and his other Welsh teammates were criticised for not singing the British national anthem God Save the Queen during the pre-match ceremonies. Controversial Welsh international striker Craig Bellamy was a shock transfer deadline day loan signing on 31st January 2005.. Bellamy's move to Parkhead was a typically last-gasp Martin O'Neill transfer deal which had Celtic supporters glued to the internet and radio right up to the final hours of deadline day. He met with Speed in Cardiff to discuss his future. [191][192] In his autobiography, former Wales manager John Toshack described a fractious relationship with Bellamy, saying, "he could cause problems where they weren't necessary and you always felt there was a possibility that he could upset the applecart". [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. 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. 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. So buzzing with all the comments about part 1, thank you so so. "[190] Bellamy's temperament and approach has seen him involved in several high-profile confrontations and led to him falling out with managers Souness and Roberto Mancini. 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