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My Take
Steven Caldwell embodies the footballer who never really leaves the game. A Stirling-born centre back, he won 12 Scotland caps and grafted through more than 300 league matches in England's upper tiers, the unflashy work of a defender who reads danger before it arrives. What I admire most is his reinvention as an MLS analyst for TSN in Canada. Moving from organising a back line to articulating the game for viewers feels like a natural evolution of a defender's tactical mind. To me his career is a satisfying full circle, the same intelligence that once stopped attacks now used to explain them.
Overview
Steven Caldwell (born 12 September 1980) is a Scottish former footballer, coach, and executive. Playing as a defender, mostly as a centre back, Caldwell won 12 caps for the Scotland national team and has played over 300 league matches in his career, primarily in the top three tiers of English football. Since retiring from playing, he has been working as a Major League Soccer analyst for TSN in Canada.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Steven Caldwell
- Name (Japanese)
- スティーヴン・コールドウェル
- Reading
- すてぃーゔん・こーるどうぇる
- Born
- September 12, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
- Origin
- Stirling, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 180 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / sports commentator
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Sports commentator — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.