Craig Stuart Sives (born 9 April 1986 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Dundee on loan from Heart of Midlothian.

Sives attended Oxgangs Primary school and Firrhill High school, and played for youth club Hutchison Vale, before signing for boyhood favourites Hearts in June 2002. After impressing in the clubs under 19 and reserve teams, the towering centre back was given his debut in the 2004 Festival Cup against Hibernian, scoring the opening goal in a 3-1 win. He made two league starts in the 2004-05 season however did not make any appearances during 2005-06 because of a serious back injury.

Sives spent the 2006-07 season on loan with Partick Thistle in order to gain further experience but, despite a good start too his Thistle career, was again sidelined by injury. A pubic bone injury suffered in early November 2006 incapacitated him for 4 months, while it later transpired that he’d been playing with a double hernia and had an operation to cure the problem in May 2007.

On 9 July 2007, Dundee announced that they had secured his services on a season-long loan.

External links

• Appearances at londonhearts.com