Christopher King (born 14 November 1980) is an English footballer playing for Conwy Borough. He is the son of former Tranmere and Bangor City player Alan King. He played as a defender for TNS after joining from Southport.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Roger King[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 November 1980[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Birkenhead, Merseyside, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Conwy Borough | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?–2002 | Southport | ||
| 2002–2008 | The New Saints[2] | 142 | (9) |
| 2008–2009 | Accrington Stanley | 28 | (0) |
| 2010 | Colwyn Bay | ||
| 2010–? | Harrow Borough | 11 | (1) |
| 2012 | The New Saints | ||
| 2012– | Conwy Borough | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:49, 23 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
Whilst with TNS, he played in both legs of the Champions League ties with Liverpool and in Europe on six other occasions, scoring nine goals from a total of 128 (+14) Welsh Premier appearances with the Saints. He later signed for Accrington Stanley in July 2008.[3] He made his Accrington debut on 9 August 2008 in the Football League Two clash with Aldershot Town which ended in a 1–0 loss. He left Stanley by mutual consent on 26 November 2009.[4]
He then moved to Welsh side Colwyn Bay in March 2010.[5]
King later went on to join Isthmian League side Harrow Borough for the end of the 2010–11 season having signed in November 2010.[6]
In July 2012 he rejoined The New Saints[7] although he quickly moved on, joining Conwy Borough in September.[8]
Honours
edit- Welsh Premier League Team of the Year: 2006–07,[9] 2007–08[10]
References
edit- 1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
- ↑ Prior to 2006, the club was known as Total Network Solutions
- ↑ "Stanley Move For King". NonLeagueDaily.com. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Accrington make two loan signings". BBC. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ↑ "Former Saint King joins Colwyn Bay". The New Saints FC. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "New Boy Reckons Borough Can Be Challengers". NonLeagueDaily. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Chris King returns to the Saints". Welsh Premier League. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Former TNS star Chris King the latest signing for Borough". Conwy Borough FC. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ↑ "Dream team 2006/07". welsh-premier.com. Retrieved 6 June 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Dream team 2007/08". welsh-premier.com. Retrieved 6 June 2018.[permanent dead link]
External links
edit- Chris King at Soccerbase
- Welsh Premier profile
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