Craig Dawson

Craig Dawson is my kind of footballer, the unfashionable centre-back who simply refuses to disappear. Starting at non-league Radcliffe Borough and climbing through Bolton, West Brom, Watford, West Ham and Wolves is not a glamour story, it is a survival story written in headers and last-ditch blocks. Defenders like him rarely make highlight reels, except when they ghost in for a set-piece goal and steal the day. What I admire is the longevity: staying relevant in the Premier League for years on grit and reliability rather than hype. Football needs these unbreakable, dependable men far more than it admits.

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Name (English)

Craig Dawson

Name (Japanese)

クレイグ・ドーソン

Reading

くれいぐ・どーそん

Born

May 6, 1990 (age 36)

Origin

Rochdale, United Kingdom

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%20Dawson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1705657

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.