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Chris Eagles
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English footballer (born 1985)
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Chris Eagles is an English association football player born in Hemel Hempstead in 1985. A male citizen of the United Kingdom, he speaks English and was educated at the University of Greater Manchester. He plays as a wing half or midfielder and has worn the number 33 shirt.
His professional career began in 2003, and he has competed in the Premier League. Eagles has been a member of several sports teams, including Burnley F.C., Bolton Wanderers F.C., Watford F.C., and Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
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It sits within the topics 1985 births, 21st-century English sportsmen and Accrington Stanley F.C. players.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- 2005
- → Watford (loan)
- 2006
- → Watford (loan)
- 2015
- Charlton Athletic
- 2017
- Port Vale
- Full name
- Christopher Mark Eagles
- Date of birth
- ( 1985-11-19 ) 19 November 1985 (age 40)
- Place of birth
- Hemel Hempstead , England
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Positions
- Winger attacking midfielder
- 1998 2000
- Watford
- 2000 2003
- Manchester United
- Years
- Team
- 2003 2008
- Manchester United
- 2008 2011
- Burnley
- 2011 2014
- Bolton Wanderers
- 2014 2015
- Blackpool
- 2015 2016
- Bury
- 2016 2017
- Accrington Stanley
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Midfielder
- Nationality
- England
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Chris
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Hemel Hempstead
- Occupation
- association football player
- Educated at
- University of Greater Manchester
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Bury F.C.
- Position played
- wing half
- League
- Premier League
- Mass
- 67
- Image
- Chris Eagles - 1.jpg
- Height
- 178
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- Commons category
- Chris Eagles
- date of birth
- 1985-11-19
- sport number
- 33
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
- name in native language
- Chris Eagles
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Encyclopedic overview
Christopher Mark Eagles (born 19 November 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger.
After coming through the youth system at Watford, he began his professional career with Manchester United. He was unable to break into the first-team regularly. He played 17 times for United, including in the 2004 and 2007 FA Community Shield matches. He had two loan spells back at Watford, as well as with Sheffield Wednesday and Dutch club NEC Nijmegen, before a permanent move to Burnley for a £1.2 million fee in July 2008. He spent three seasons with the club, helping them to win promotion out of the Championship in 2009. He was sold on to Bolton Wanderers in July 2011, where he stayed for another three seasons. He went on to have brief spells with Blackpool, Charlton Athletic, Bury, Accrington Stanley, Port Vale and Ross County. He joined Oldham Athletic in July 2019 after spending more than a year away from the game before leaving his contract early in January 2020.
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