Craig James Brown Brewster (born 13 December 1966) is a Scottish former professional footballer, turned coach.
Unable to find a senior club, Brewster dropped into junior football with Dundee side Stobswell for a while, before signing for Forfar Athletic in 1985.
At this time he converted to striker, and formed a prolific partnership with Gordon Dalziel that helped Raith to the First Division title in 1993.
After a slow start in which he struggled to adapt to Premier Division football, Brewster's first season at Tannadice culminated in his greatest moment as a player, scoring the winner for United in the 1994 Scottish Cup Final against Rangers.
Brewster helped them towards promotion back to the top flight in 1995–96, scoring four goals in one match against Dumbarton, but when his contract expired at the end of the season he decided to further his career elsewhere.
With the Bosman ruling having just come into force, Brewster was entitled to move abroad on a free transfer, and he decided to take advantage of an offer from Greek club Ionikos FC.
While other Scottish players who moved to Europe at this time mainly returned home soon afterwards, Brewster remained at Ionikos FC for five seasons.
[3] He enjoyed some of the most consistent form of his career playing alongside Stevie Crawford, who had a been a youngster at Raith during Brewster's time there.
[10] Doubts were cast over his playing future, but Brewster returned in early March and he signed a six-month extension to his Aberdeen contract in May 2007.
[12] He only played in two league games for Inverness in his second spell with that club, scoring the winning goal in a SPL match against Hearts.
[13] After being sacked as Inverness manager in early 2009, Brewster signed a contract with Highland derby rivals Ross County until the end of the 2008–09 season.
[6] After leaving Dundee United he was linked with several managerial vacancies, including those at former clubs Dunfermline, Raith and Ionikos,[15] but he returned to playing with Aberdeen instead.
[17] After six months out of work, Brewster was appointed first team coach of Crawley Town by manager Steve Evans in June 2011.