Gary Caldwell

Club

Wigan Athletic

Position

Manager

Nationality

Scotland

Date of birth

1982-04-12

Birthplace

Stirling, Scotland

Height

1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

75 kg (165 lb)

Signing / transfer fee

Retired

Gary Caldwell (born 12 April 1987) is a Scottish former professional footballer and coach who is the current head coach of EFL League One club Wigan Athletic. Caldwell played for Newcastle United, Darlington, Coventry City, Derby County, Hibernian, Celtic, Wigan Athletic and won 55 international caps for Scotland.

Primarily considered a centre back, Caldwell was a versatile player; he was also deployed as a right back and 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 Scottish FA International Roll of Honour after gaining over 50 caps.

After retirement he went into coaching, and has managed Wigan Athletic, Chesterfield, Partick Thistle and Exeter City.