Born 6 February 1989, in Belfast, Northern Irish. Craig cathcart plays at centre back for Manchester United, and has captained the Northern Ireland national under-21 football team. Craig cathcart is a Northern Irish footballer, He signed trainee terms at Manchester United in July 2005, and turned professional on his 17th birthday in February 2006.  

Cathcart became a regular in the Manchester United Under-18s team. A former Under-18s captain and Jimmy Murphy Player of the Year, Cathcart quickly rose through the ranks and became a mainstay of the Reserves.

Cathcart was loaned to Royal Antwerp at the beginning of the 2007-2008 season, where he scored in his second appearance for the club. Cathcart returned to Manchester United at the end of the 2008–2009 season and played in two pre-season friendlies for the reserve team before joining up with the first team for the Audi Cup in Munich. After Nemanja Vidić suffered a calf strain in the warm-up before the semi-final against Boca Juniors, Cathcart was promoted to the starting XI. Manchester United won the match 2–1, with Cathcart giving a good performance, although he did head the ball against his own crossbar mid-way through the second half.