Craig Foster Biography
Craig Foster AM is a retired Australian soccer player, human rights campaigner, and sports analyst for Australia’s Stan streaming service. Foster played professional soccer from 1988 to 2003, including for the Socceroos national team from 1996 to 2000, and was the lead soccer analyst for SBS from roughly 2002 until June 2020.
How old is Craig Foster? – Age
He is 54 years old as of 15 April 2023. He was born in 1969 in Lismore, New South Wales.
Craig Foster Family – Education
His ancestors are Anglo-Celtic on both sides of his family. He attended Kadina High School and returned on occasion to speak to and excite pupils. Foster graduated from the Johan Cruyff Institute with a Postgraduate Diploma in Football Business and a Master of Sport Management. He graduated with honors from Central Queensland University Australia in 2019.
Craig Foster Wife
He is married to Lara Foster. Foster and Lara Foster have three children: Jake, Jemma, and Charli. Fighting for Hakeem contains a dedication to them.
Craig Foster Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Craig Foster Football
Foster made his debut with Sydney Croatia as a midfielder in 1988, appearing in a losing grand final in his first season. Foster has stated that his interest in multiculturalism originated during his time at Sydney Croatia.
In 1989, he joined Sunshine George Cross in Victoria before returning to Sydney to play for Avala in the NSW Super League in 1992. Foster played with Ernest Borel in Hong Kong in 1992/3 before returning to Australia to play for Adelaide City in 1994 and Marconi in the National Soccer League in 1996/7.
He moved to England as a 28-year-old, first joining Terry Venables at Portsmouth in 1997/98 then joining Crystal Palace as a free agent from 1998 to 2000. He returned to Australia and played with Northern Spirit, headquartered in North Sydney, until he retired in 2003. In 2013, he was named to the Belmore United Over 35s team alongside Paul Okon and Francis Awaritefe.
Craig Foster FIFA
Foster played at the under-16 level for Australia, reaching the quarterfinals of the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship in China. From 1996 to 2000, he was the 419th player for the Australia national team (the Socceroos), gaining 29 caps, becoming the team’s 40th captain, and scoring nine goals.
Craig Foster The Defenders
Foster appears prominently in Adelaide filmmaker Matthew Bate’s 2023 documentary film The Defenders, which depicts the narrative of the fight to rescue al-Araibi from prison. It was released on Amazon Prime Video on June 23, 2023, following screenings at the Sydney Film Festival (where it received an audience prize) and an Adelaide Film Festival special preview showing on June 21, 2023. Foster is also recognized as a co-writer on the film, as some of the script was based on his book, Fighting for Hakeem, which served as the film’s working title.
Craig Foster Career
Encourage began his live profession with the Seven Organization, filling in as a soccer expert and head pundit on their then-pay television sports station, C7 Game, as well as routinely showing up as a specialist on SBS’ week-by-week soccer program Ready. He later joined SBS regularly, working with Les Murray and Johnny Warren in charge of SBS’ gigantically fruitful soccer communication. He became known as “Fozz” or “Fozzy”.
Following his retirement from proficient soccer, Cultivate turned into the central soccer investigator for the SBS show The World Game, from around 2002 until June 2020. He is associated with his discourse during the World Cup Qualifier in November 2005 against Uruguay, and during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Cultivate was essential for the SBS editorial group from Germany.
He pushed for a more Spanish/South American style of play, rather than the steady utilization of the long ball in soccer, and was likewise known for his frank position on the requirement for soccer in Australia to develop.
In 2007, Encourage was welcome to be the Australian delegate to pass judgment on the Ballon d’Or, the most elevated grant given to a singular soccer player. Likewise in 2007, he was a mentor for the group gathered by the SBS TV program Geeks FC in their subsequent season.
In June 2020, it was reported that Encourage would leave SBS, in the wake of laboring for quite some time as a games moderator. He joined Stan Game in August 2020, so as to co-present, alongside UK moderator Max Rushden, a few major UEFA rivalries: the Bosses Association the Europa Association, and the Meeting Association.
Encourage has been areas of strength for a for players’ privileges, having served for quite a long time on Proficient Footballers Australia (PFA) Leader, as a Head of the PFA’s business wing, PFAM (PFA The board), and previously as Break CEO of the Australian Soccer Players’ Affiliation (PFA’s previous name). He is a daily existence individual from the PFA, and in 2016 was delegated break director of the PFA.
Different jobs incorporate being a Diplomat for the Johan Cruyff Establishment (starting around 2018, starting around 2022) and a co-chief/board individual from John Moriarty Football.