Craig Sives

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Craig Stuart Sives (born 9 April 1986 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Heart of Midlothian.

Craig Sives
Personal information
Full name Craig Stuart Sives
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Heart of Midlothian

Sives attended Oxgangs Primary school and Firrhill High school and before signing for boyhood favourites Hearts he played for youth club Hutchison Vale. A towering centre back, he made his debut scoring the opener in the 3-1 Festival Cup win over Hibernian. He made two league starts in the 2004-05 season, however, he did not make any appearances during 2005-06 because of a serious back injury. In July 2006, it was announced he would be joining Partick Thistle on a season-long loan to gain further experience, Sives picked up an injury known as osteitis pubis in early November 2006, which kept him sidelined for 4 months.

On 9 July 2007, Dundee announced that they had secured his services on a season-long loan.