Gary Caldwell

Gary Caldwell

Gary Robert Caldwell (born 12 April 1982) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. Caldwell played for Newcastle United, Darlington, Coventry City, Derby County, Hibernian, Celtic, Wigan Athletic and won 55 international caps for Scotland.

Primarily considered a central defender, Caldwell was a versatile player. He was deployed as a right back, defensive midfielder at various spells in his career. His elder brother, Steven, was also a footballer and they were at Wigan concurrently.

As an international, he earned a place in the Scotland national football team roll of honour after gaining over 50 caps.

After retirement he went into management with spells at Wigan Athletic and Chesterfield.