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Craig Levein played for which team from 1983 to 1990?
Craig Levein Craig William Levein ( born 22 October 1964 ) is a Scottish professional football player and coach . During his playing career he played for Cowdenbeath and Heart of Midlothian , making over 300 league appearances for the Edinburgh club until he was forced to retire by injury . He also won 16 caps for Scotland and was part of their 1990 FIFA World Cup squad . After retiring as a player Levein became a manager , working at club level for Cowdenbeath , Heart of Midlothian , Leicester City , Raith Rovers and Dundee United . Levein was appointed Scotland manager in 2009 , but he left this position after the team failed to win any of its first four matches in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification . He returned to Hearts in 2014 as director of football , then served as their manager from August 2017 to October 2019 . Playing career . Early career . Levein was born in Dunfermline and attended Inverkeithing High School , where he was in the football team alongside another future Scottish international footballer , Gordon Durie . He was a supporter of Raith Rovers . His early football career saw him turn out for Dalgety Bay , Leven Royals and Inverkeithing under-16s . At the age of 15 , however , he gave up football for a year , only resuming when his brother , who played for junior club Lochore Welfare invited him to training there . Levein subsequently signed for Lochore and after trials with several senior clubs he finally joined Cowdenbeath in 1981 . He quickly established himself in the first team and soon became a target for larger clubs . Hearts . In 1983 , he moved to Heart of Midlothian for a fee of £40,000 and soon found himself a regular place in their first team . Levein won the SPFA Young Player of the Year award in 1985 and 1986 , becoming the first player to retain the title . In the latter season Hearts chased a league and cup double . Two goals in the last 10 minutes of the season by Albert Kidd gave Hearts their first league defeat in 31 games , which handed the league title to Celtic . Levein missed that game through illness . He returned to the Hearts team the following week in the 1986 Scottish Cup Final , which Hearts lost 3–0 to Aberdeen . 1986 brought further woe for the young Levein when he picked up a serious knee injury in a reserve team game against Hibernian . The injury was to change his life . He had a recurrence of the injury in 1988 when he collapsed unchallenged in a game against Rangers and spent a second year out of the game . It was not just injuries that kept Levein from playing during his time at Hearts : he was given a 12-game ban after punching , and breaking the nose of , Hearts teammate Graeme Hogg during a pre-season friendly against Raith Rovers . Levein was forced to retire from playing in 1997 , due to another serious knee injury . He made 401 appearances for Hearts . Scotland . He made his Scotland debut in March 1990 , a 1–0 win against reigning world champions , Argentina , at Hampden Park and played well enough to earn a place in Scotlands 1990 World Cup squad . Levein won 16 caps for the Scotland national team . Coaching and managerial career . After being forced into retirement as a player , Levein had coaching positions at Hearts and at Livingston . In November 1997 he was appointed as manager of Cowdenbeath and turned a struggling team into one that could challenge for promotion . Cowdenbeath were promoted in 2001 , but Levein had left in December 2000 to take over as manager at Hearts . Hearts manager . His time in charge of Hearts was successful , where he guided them to third place in the SPL in two successive seasons and thus into European competition . He was the first manager to take Hearts into Europe in successive seasons since the 1960s . Leicester City . His impressive record in Scotland caught the attention of Leicester City , who appointed Levein as manager on 29 October 2004 . However , after a poor start to the 2005–06 season , which left the club third from bottom in the Championship relegation zone , he was sacked as manager on 25 January 2006 . Raith Rovers . Levein was appointed as manager of his boyhood heroes , Scottish Second Division club Raith Rovers , on 5 September 2006 , on a non-contract basis . However , after Dundee United parted company with Craig Brewster , Levein left his non-contract role at Raith Rovers to take up the job at Tannadice . Dundee United . He was unveiled to the press on 30 October 2006 . Levein guided United to four successive home victories , earning him Manager of the Month for November 2006 , later repeating the award in March 2007 and again in October 2007 . On 21 January 2008 he was appointed Director of Football at the club , giving him a seat on the Board of Directors in addition to his existing managerial responsibilities . In August 2008 , he was fined £5000 by the SFA for accusing a referee ( Mike McCurry ) of bias after a game against Rangers . During his tenure , United regularly finished in the top half of the Scottish Premier League . The club reached the 2008 Scottish League Cup Final , which United led twice before losing to Rangers on a penalty shootout . Levein signed a new contract with United in December 2008 , but he left the job in December 2009 to become Scotland national football team manager . United went on to win the 2009–10 Scottish Cup under his successor Peter Houston , who had been Leveins assistant . Levein overhauled the clubs youth system , which subsequently brought through players such as Ryan Gauld and John Souttar . Scotland manager . On 23 December 2009 , Levein left Dundee United to become the new Scotland manager . He agreed to a -year deal . Scotland won 1–0 in his first match in charge , a friendly against the Czech Republic , with the goal coming from Celtic captain Scott Brown . However , his second game in charge would not be as successful , with Scotland going down 3–0 to Sweden on 12 August 2010 . This was also followed by a disappointing 0–0 draw with Lithuania and an unconvincing 2–1 victory over Liechtenstein in the first two Euro 2012 qualifying matches . Levein dropped in-form striker Kenny Miller and played an ultra-defensive 4–6–0 against Czech Republic in their third game . The match ended in a 1–0 defeat , with Levein attracting criticism for his negative tactics . Levein later said that he had adopted the formation after seeing Russian club Rubin Kazan achieve a good result against FC Barcelona with that approach . He also conceded that he perhaps should not have done this without knowing the players well , early in his tenure as manager . In the following game , against World and European champions Spain , Levein adopted a more conventional 4–5–1 formation with Miller in attack . Scotland lost 2–3 despite coming back from 0–2 down to draw level at 2–2 . Scotland then beat Faroe Islands 3–0 in a friendly where Levein gave seven debuts due to 9 withdrawals from the initial squad . Scotland won the first two matches of the 2011 Nations Cup with ease , beating Northern Ireland 3–0 and Wales 3–1 . The Scots lost 1–0 to the Republic of Ireland in their third game , meaning that the Republic won the tournament . In order to reach the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs , Scotland realistically needed to beat the Czech Republic in their next qualifier . The match ended in a 2–2 draw , after two late controversial penalty kick decisions by Dutch referee Kevin Blom both went against Scotland . 1–0 wins in the next two qualifiers against Lithuania and Liechtenstein kept their chances mathematically alive , but a 3–1 defeat by Spain coupled with the Czech Republic winning in Lithuania eliminated Scotland . For the 2014 FIFA World Cup , Scotland were drawn into UEFA qualifying Group A with Belgium , Croatia , Macedonia , Serbia and Wales . Preparations started with a 1–1 draw in Slovenia , but the team suffered a 5–1 defeat by the United States in May . Scotland bounced back with a 3–1 friendly win against Australia in August . Levein attracted criticism for selecting Ian Black for that match , despite him playing in the fourth-tier Scottish Third Division . Levein had previously said that it would be very difficult for any player to go from playing in the Third Division to an international match , and had left out Lee Wallace for that reason . Black received a mixed reception when he appeared as a late substitute , with some sections of the crowd booing him . Levein stated his belief that Scotland were capable of winning all of their qualifying games , but the first two matches ended in home draws against Serbia and Macedonia . Levein was again criticised for adopting negative tactics . Levein then recalled Steven Fletcher and Kris Commons , but Scotland fell to two away defeats against Wales and Belgium , which left the Scots bottom of Group A with only 2 points from 4 games . He was relieved of his duties on 5 November 2012 , following talks with the Scottish Football Association . Return to Hearts . Levein returned to Hearts in May 2014 , as he was appointed director of football by new owner Ann Budge . In that role , Levein oversaw the appointments of Robbie Neilson and Ian Cathro as head coach of Hearts . Four weeks after Cathro was sacked in August 2017 , Levein was appointed first team manager . He signed a three-year contract as manager , while also continuing as director of football . Levein was sacked as Hearts manager and director of football on 31 October 2019 , although he was retained in an advisory role until May 2020 . Honours . Player . - Hearts - Scottish Cup runner-up : 1985–86 - Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year : 1985 , 1986 Manager . - Dundee United - SPL Manager of the Month : November 2006 , March 2007 , October 2007 , November 2009 - Scottish League Cup runner-up : 2007–08 - Hearts - SPL Manager of the Month : December 2001 , April 2003 - Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month : August 2018 - Scottish Cup runner-up : 2018–19