Craig Molloy (born 26 April 1986) is a Scottish
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for
Cambuslang Rangers, in the
Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region.
Career
Molloy began his career in the youth teams of
St Mirren before progressing to the senior side and making 21 appearances in the
First Division and the
SPL
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.
Molloy went on loan to
Second Division
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side
Stirling Albion
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on 18 September 2008, until the end of December after Stirling lost both
John O'Neill and
Liam Corr to injury. Molloy had also been on loan at
Forthbank towards the end of the previous season as well.
He also spent a period on loan to
Stenhousemuir, before signing with ''the Warriors'' permanently in July 2009. He then signed with
Brechin City
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for the 2010–11 season. Molloy spent six seasons at Brechin and was made club captain under manager
Ray McKinnon.
Molloy signed for
Hurlford United in June 2016, then moved to fellow Junior side
Cambuslang Rangers in October 2017.
Family
His brother Thomas Molloy, (born 23 January 1983), had a spell as
YTS with hometown club
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on leaving school.
From there he won a move to
Ayr United
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making one league appearance before dropping to Junior football. He has managed
Greenock Juniors since June 2017.
References
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Living people
1986 births
Footballers from Greenock
Scottish footballers
St Mirren F.C. players
Stirling Albion F.C. players
Stenhousemuir F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
Scottish Premier League players
Association football midfielders
Brechin City F.C. players
Hurlford United F.C. players
Cambuslang Rangers F.C. players
Scottish Professional Football League players
Scottish Junior Football Association players
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