Chris Powell

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Chris Powell
Personal information
Full name Christopher George Robin Powell
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Left Back
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 29
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:47, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Christopher George Robin "Enoch" Powell[2] (born 8 September 1969) is an English footballer, who has had a long career as a left back, crowned by five caps for the English national team. Since November 2005 he has also been chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association. He is currently under contract at Leicester City as a player-coach.[3] In October 2009, he was named as one of 50 ambassadors for England's 2018 World Cup bid.[4]

Career

Early career

Powell began his career in December 1987 as a trainee at Crystal Palace but failed to become a regular with the first team. He spent time on loan at Aldershot, where he made 11 appearances, before moving on a free transfer in August 1990 to Essex club Southend United.

Southend United

In six years at the club Powell made 288 first team appearances. In November 2004 a BBC poll of Southend United supporters voted Powell their all-time cult hero. One fan described him as "A very skilled, left-footed defender, who could quite possibly be considered one of the nicest men in football, a true gent."[5]

Derby County

In January 1996 Powell moved to Derby County for a fee of £750,000. He made 99 first team appearances before being transferred to Charlton Athletic in June 1998 for a fee of £825,000. Powell was a favourite of the Derby fans, and won the Supporters' Player of the Year award for season 1996/7.

Charlton Athletic

While at Charlton, he made 206 first team appearances, and evidently caught the eye of Sven-Göran Eriksson, who picked him for the England team in 2001, at the unusually late age of 31. At Charlton he delighted the crowds after each home victory with his exuberant leaps of celebration.

Shortly after the start of the 2004-05 season, Powell was allowed to move to West Ham United F.C., where he played a major part in their successful promotion campaign. However, during the summer of 2005 he and West Ham were unable to agree terms for a further contract and he returned to Charlton on a one year contract, with a suggestion that he would develop his coaching skills.

Typically consistent performance belying his years throughout 2005-06 saw Powell regain his place as Charlton's first choice left back, rotated with loanee Jonathan Spector, due to Hermann Hreidarsson's move to the centre of defence. On 1 July 2006 he signed a one year contract with Premiership newcomers Watford as Aidy Boothroyd looked to add some experience to his youthful squad. He was released by the club after one year.[6] In July 2007, Powell returned to Charlton for a third spell, primarily as a coach.[7] He made his last appearance for Charlton on 4 May 2008, coming on as substitute for the last five minutes in the final game of the season, against Coventry, and scoring only his third goal for the club to seal a 4–1 victory.[8]

Leicester City

Powell joined League Two side Bournemouth on a trial basis in July 2008.[9] whilst the club looked to see if he could bring much needed experience to their defence.[10] He joined Leicester City on a six-month contract on 23 August 2008.[11] He made his debut against Fulham in Leicester's League Cup second round 3–2 defeat, playing the full 90 minutes.[12]

On December 6, 2008 Powell started his 750th career appearance against former club Southend; Leicester won the game 3–0.[13] He signed a contract extension that would see him stay at the club intil the end of the 2008–09 season on 5 January 2009.[14]

20th July Powell signed a contract to be a player-coach at Leicester City taking up the role of First Team Development coach also re-registering himself as a player. Although he stated he doesn't expect to play many games.[3]

Career statistics

Correct as of 18 April 2009

Season Club Division League Cup League Cup Other[15] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1987-90 Crystal Palace Total 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
1989–90 Aldershot Fourth Division 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1990–91 Southend United Third Division 45 1 appearance data unavailable 45 1
1991–92 Second Division 44 0 appearance data unavailable 44 0
1992–93 First Division 42 2 appearance data unavailable 42 2
1993–94 46 0 appearance data unavailable 46 0
1994–95 44 0 appearance data unavailable 44 0
1995–96 27 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 30 0
1990–96 Total [1] 248 3 8 0 13 0 21 0 290 3
1995–96 Derby County First Division 19 0 Cup Tied – 19 0
1996–97 F.A. Premier League 35 0 3 0 1 0 – 39 0
1997–98 37 1 2 1 4 0 – 43 2
1996–98 Total 91 1 5 1 5 0 – 101 2
1998–99 Charlton Athletic F.A. Premier League 38 0 1 0 3 0 – 42 0
1999–2000 First Division 40 0 4 0 0 0 – 44 0
2000–01 F.A. Premier League 33 0 1 1 2 0 – 36 1
2001–02 36 1 2 0 3 0 – 41 1
2002–03 37 0 0 0 0 0 – 37 0
2003–04 16 0 0 0 1 0 – 17 0
2004–05 0 0 – – – 0 0
1998–2004 Total 200 1 8 1 9 0 – 217 2
2004–05 West Ham United Championship 13 0 – – – 13 0
2004–05 West Ham United 23 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 29 0
2004–05 Total 36 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 42 0
2005–06 Charlton Athletic F.A. Premier League 27 0 5 0 2 0 – 34 0
2006–07 Watford 15 0 3 0 0 0 – 18 0
2007–08 Charlton Athletic Championship 17 1 0 0 2 0 – 19 1
2008–09 Leicester City League One 17 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 22 0
2009–10 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987– Career Total 654 6 33 2 33 0 28 0 748 8
  • NOTE teams in italics indicate loan period

Honours

Leicester City

References

  1. ^ a b "Soccerbase". www.soccerbase.com.
  2. ^ Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 499. ISBN 1852916656.
  3. ^ a b "Powell on Board". www.LCFC.co.uk. Leicester City F.C. 2009-07-20. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
  4. ^ "England 2018 ambassadors unveiled". BBC Sport. 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  5. ^ "Southend's cult heroes". BBC Sport. 2004-11-06. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
  6. ^ "Watford let defender Powell leave". BBC Sport. 2007-05-22. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
  7. ^ "Veteran Powell back at Charlton". BBC Sport. 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
  8. ^ "Coventry survive despite heavy defeat against Charlton at Valley". Daily Mail. 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  9. ^ Wadley, Ian (2008-07-24). "Powell joins Cherries on trial". Bournemouth Daily Echo. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  10. ^ Wadley, Ian (2008-07-25). "Bond keen on Powell's experience". Bournemouth Daily Echo. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  11. ^ "Former International Joins Foxes". Leicester City F.C. 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  12. ^ "Fulham 3-2 Leicester". BBC Sport. 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  13. ^ "Leicester 3-0 Southend". BBC Sport. 2008-12-06. Retrieved December 06, 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  14. ^ "Powell signs new deal with Foxes". BBC Sport. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
  15. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including Football League play-offs & the Johnstone's Paint Trophy

External links

Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association
2005 – present 		Incumbent
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