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Gordon kept eight successive clean sheets between December and February, which almost became nine until a 72nd minute St Johnstone goal ended the run on 14 February 2015. An outstanding double save near the end ensured a 2\u20131 win for Celtic. Gordon endured a torrid night in the Europa League against Inter Milan on 19 February 2015, being culpable for Inter’s opening goal and at fault for their third before half-time; Celtic rallied to square the match at 3\u20133 with an injury time goal, and Gordon went some way to redeeming his earlier errors by pulling off an outstanding save from Xherdan Shaqiri’s free kick in what proved to be the last action of the game. In the second leg at San Siro, Gordon kept 10-man Celtic in the tie with a number of excellent saves until the 87th minute when Fredy Guar\u00edn scored with a powerful strike to give Inter a 1\u20130 win on the night and a 4\u20133 aggregate victory. One of Gordon’s saves away against Inter was compared by Scottish newspaper, the Daily Record, to the Gordon Banks save against Pele in 1970.<\/p>\n
Gordon won his first silverware with Celtic after they defeated Dundee United 2\u20130 in the Scottish League Cup Final on 15 March 2015. He kept a clean sheet in every round of the competition, which included playing in the first Old Firm game for three years. According to The Scotsman in March 2015, Gordon was attracting the attention of Chelsea. He made his 50th Celtic appearance in a 2\u20131 league win at Dundee on 22 April 2015. A day after shutting out Dundee in a 5\u20130 home win, Celtic were declared league champions after an Aberdeen defeat at Dundee United on 2 May 2015. It was his first league title as a player. Gordon played 52 times and kept 28 clean sheets in his first season at Celtic. Gordon was voted Player of the Year by the Scottish Football Writers’ Association, and was selected in the PFA Scotland Premiership Team of the Year. He was omitted from the PFA Players’ shortlist, despite having been touted amongst the favourites to win it.<\/p>\n
For the 2015\u201316 season, Gordon was assigned the number 1 shirt to wear replacing the number 26 shirt he was handed when he had signed. In July 2015, Gordon signed a new contract with Celtic until 2018. His first match of season 2015\u201316 was the 2\u20130 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg win at home to Stjarnan on 15 July 2015. Celtic progressed 6\u20131 on aggregate. The 1\u20130 win against Qaraba\u011f, in the third qualifying round first leg at home, was his 30th clean sheet in 55 appearances for Celtic. Celtic advanced 1\u20130 on aggregate. Gordon also started the league campaign with consecutive clean sheets against Ross County and Partick Thistle. However, Gordon’s form at this time was generally poorer than the previous season, in part due to Celtic struggling to find a settled defensive line-up following the departures of centre-halves Virgil van Dijk and Jason Denayer.<\/p>\n
Celtic again won domestic trebles in 2017\u201318 and in 2018\u201319. This meant they had won all three competitions for three consecutive years, a feat known as the “treble treble”. Gordon played regularly during that time but occasional high profile mistakes, such as in the UEFA Europa League against Fenerbah\u00e7e in 2015 and Red Bull Salzburg in 2018, posed doubts as to his relaibility; he lost his place to Fraser Forster (returning from Southampton on loan) in 2019\u201320, and made only six first team appearances during that season. He decided to leave Celtic in June 2020, despite having been offered a new contract, as he wanted to play more regularly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Gordon saved a penalty, in a 2\u20130 second leg defeat at Hapoel Beer Sheva in the UEFA Champions League play-off round, with Celtic progressing to the group stage after a three-year absence 5\u20134 on aggregate. He made his first ever appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stage, in a 3\u20133 home draw with Manchester City on 28 September 2016.<\/p>\n
Gordon won his second League Cup with the club without conceding a goal in the competition (just like in 2014\u201315), after Celtic beat Aberdeen 3\u20130 in the final, as the club won its 100 major trophy on 28 November 2016. He kept a clean-sheet in a 1\u20130 home win against St Johnstone on 25 January 2017, a result which meant that Celtic equaled a 50-years-old club record 26 match unbeaten start to a domestic season (a record set by the Lisbon Lions in 1966\u201367). Gordon shut-out his former club Hearts four days later, in a 4\u20130 home win, as Celtic broke the Lisbon Lions unbeaten record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Premier League club Chelsea made an approach for Gordon during the January 2017 transfer window, which Celtic rejected. In March 2017, Gordon signed a contract with Celtic that is due to run until 2020. Gordon again shut-out Hearts, in a 5\u20130 victory at Tynecastle on 2 April 2017, with the club officially clinching the Scottish Premiership title for the sixth successive season in record time with eight matches remaining. The team also broke a 100-years-old club record for an unbeaten start to a domestic season (36 matches in-a-row in 1916\u201317), with this win being their 37th domestic match unbeaten.<\/p>\n
Gordon was also in goal for Celtic in the 5\u20131 league win at Rangers on 29 April 2017, which was the club’s biggest victory at Ibrox since 1897 (4\u20130 in 1897). On 21 May 2017, he kept a clean-sheet in a 2\u20130 home win over Hearts in the final league match of the season, a result which meant Celtic completed a full 38 match league season without losing a match, becoming first team to go an entire Scottish league season without a defeat since season 1898\u201399. He also won the Scottish Cup, after he played in the 2\u20131 final win against Aberdeen on 27 May 2017, which saw the club complete the domestic treble and finish a full 47 match domestic season without losing a match.<\/p>\n
On 5 October 2017, Gordon obtained his 50th cap versus Slovakia at Hampden Park to enter Scotland’s Roll of Honour. After losing his place at Celtic, Gordon was not selected by Scotland manager Steve Clarke during his first year in charge. After a good start to his second stint with Hearts, Gordon was recalled to the national squad in November 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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After leaving Celtic, Gordon signed a two-year contract with Heart of Midlothian in June 2020. He made a good start to his second spell with Hearts, helping them reach the 2020 Scottish Cup Final by making key saves in a semi-final win against Hibs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/span> Upcoming Birthday<\/h2>\n\n Currently, Craig Gordon is 39 years, 9 months and 5 days old. Craig Gordon will celebrate 40th birthday on a Saturday 31st of December 2022.\n <\/p>\n
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