# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/craig-gardner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:27:53.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/craig-gardner"
name: "Craig Gardner"
slug: "craig-gardner"
description: "Craig Gardner is an English professional football coach and former player who made 260 appearances in the Premier League and a further 67 in the Championship. He joined the coaching staff at Birmingham City in January 2021, was appointed technical director in June, and was promoted to director of football in February 2025, a role he held until leaving the club in June 2026."
tagline: "English association football player (born 1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Craig_Gardner_Cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
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  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1986-11-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.83651804670913
  historical:           20.87607333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump