Chris Banks (footballer, born 1965)

Chris Banks
Personal information
Full name Christopher Noel Banks[1]
Date of birth (1965-11-12) 12 November 1965 (age 59)[2]
Place of birth Stone, England[2]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Port Vale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1988 Port Vale 65 (1)
1988–1989 Exeter City 45 (1)
1989–1994 Bath City 259 (5)
1994–2002 Cheltenham Town 397 (1)
Total 766 (13)
International career
1998–1999 England C 2 (0)
Managerial career
2003 Cheltenham Town (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christopher Noel Banks (born 12 November 1965) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender and later worked as a physiotherapist.

Starting his career with Port Vale in 1982, he moved on to Exeter City in 1988. He was at Bath City from 1989 to 1994 before spending ten years with Cheltenham Town. He is considered a highly significant player in the histories of both Bath and Cheltenham, both of whom he captained for many years. He played 766 league games in a 20-year career between 1982 and 2002. He was promoted four times in his career and also won the FA Trophy in 1998. After retiring in 2002, he qualified as a physiotherapist and worked at Stoke City and Port Vale.

  1. ^ "Chris Banks". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference kent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Rothmans football yearbook 2002-03. London : Headline. 2002. ISBN 978-0-7553-1099-9. Retrieved 27 November 2022.