Chris King (footballer)

Chris King
Personal information
Full name Christopher King[1]
Date of birth (1980-11-14) 14 November 1980 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Birkenhead, Merseyside, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Conwy Borough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
000?–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, correct as of 21:49, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Christopher King (born 14 November 1980 in Birkenhead, Merseyside) 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.

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]

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ^ Prior to 2006, the club was known as Total Network Solutions
  3. ^ "Stanley Move For King". NonLeagueDaily.com. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Accrington make two loan signings". BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Former Saint King joins Colwyn Bay". The New Saints FC. 24 March 2010. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  6. ^ "New Boy Reckons Borough Can Be Challengers". NonLeagueDaily. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Chris King returns to the Saints". Welsh Premier League. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Former TNS star Chris King the latest signing for Borough". Conwy Borough FC. Retrieved 23 September 2012.