Paco Craig was born in London, England to Lilli and Mikey Craig and has two brothers as well as one half-brother and one half-sister. At the urging of his father he played both football and as a drummer in a band with his brother. He would attend secondary school at Dame Alice Owen where he would play rugby, football, and basketball and would be named captain of his football team.
College and Youth
Craig would play in the West Ham United youth system from 2008 to 2011. Following his release he would go on trial with League Two side Gillingham before spending a season with National League North club Bishop's Stortford. Not wanting to play non-league football Craig would move to the US and play three years of college soccer at Young Harris College between 2013 and 2015. In each of Craig's three seasons with the team Young Harris College would win the Peach Belt Conference title as well as win the Peach Belt Conference Tournament twice. As a Freshman Craig would win the Conference's Freshman of the Year award and he would win the Conference's Player of the Year award as a Junior. Becoming only the second player to win both awards during his career. He would finish his career with 17 goals and 14 assists in 57 matches. While at college, Craig would play one season for National Premier Soccer League side Rocket City United and two seasons for the Ocala Stampede of the Premier Development League. Over the course of his two seasons with Ocala he would appear in 26 matches and score three goals with one assist. In both of his years with the Stampede they would win the PDL's Southeastern Conference and make the national semi-final with him being named to the All Conference team in 2015.
Craig signed his first professional contract with United Soccer League club Louisville City FC on March 14, 2016 and he made his professional debut on April 16 against FC Cincinnati. He would go onto appear in 15 of Louisville's 28 regular season matches scoring one goal with one assist. He would also play in one of Louisville's two US Open Cup matches as well all three of Louisville's USL Cup matches. In the Eastern Conference finals match against the New York Red Bulls II Craig would score Louisville's lone goal and would be sent off in extra time. Louisville would lose the match on penalties.
Craig missed the first game of the 2017 season while serving a suspension for being sent off in the Eastern Conference Finals match from the previous season. He made his season debut on March 30 against Orlando City B and would go onto play in 21 of Louisville's 32 regular season matches. He scored two goals which occurred in consecutive games on July 22 and 29th against Saint Louis FC and New York Red Bulls II respectively as well as register two assists. In addition he'd appear in one of Louisville's US Open Cup matches and all four of their USL Cup matches. At the end of the season he would be named the USL All League First Team, be second in USL Defender of the year voting, and Louisville would go on to win the USL Cup Final against Swope Park.
Craig had his contract renewed with Louisville City FC and he made his season debut on March 17 against USL expansion side Nashville SC. He went onto appear in 32 of Louisville's 34 league matches, missing one match due to a suspension, and scoring 2 goals. He also appeared in all five of Louisville's U.S. Open Cup matches scoring one goal as Louisville reached the quarter finals of the competition for the first time in its history. This included a 3–2 victory over the New England Revolution of MLS; Louisville's first victory over an MLS side. He also appeared in all four of Louisville's USL Cup playoff matches going goalless. Craig and Louisville went on to win the USL Cup Final for the second consecutive season. This time against Phoenix. After the season he was again named to the USL All League First Team and finished second in USL Defender of the year voting behind Forrest Lasso.
Wycombe Wanderers
On 25 February 2020, Craig signed a one-month contract with Wycombe Wanderers. He played his first game against Hungerford Town on the same evening in the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup. However, he never made a league appearance for Wycombe due to his contract expiring during the COVID-19 situation.
