Malcolm Christie

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Malcolm Christie
Personal information
Full name	Malcolm Neil Jed Christie
Date of birth	11 April 1979 (1979-04-11) (age 30)
Place of birth	Stamford, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Free agent
Youth career
1996–1997	Deeping Rangers
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–1998 1998–2003 2003–2007 2008–2009	Nuneaton Borough Derby County Middlesbrough Leeds United	019 (12) 116 (30) 043 0(7) 004 0(1)
National team2
	England U21	011 0(3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:30, 22 December 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 20:32, 26 July 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Malcolm Neil Jed Christie (born 11 April 1979 in Stamford, Lincolnshire) is an English footballer who is a free agent. He has previously played for Nuneaton Borough, Derby County,Middlesbrough and Leeds United and has earned 11 England under-21 caps.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Leeds United 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Career

Christie first played football as a youth in the Peterborough area, and started his career at non-League clubs Deeping Rangers and Nuneaton Borough. Whilst playing in non-League football he was also a supermarket shelf stacker.^{[citation needed]}

Christie's big break came in October 1998 when he was purchased by Derby County manager Jim Smith. By 2000, Christie had established himself as a first team player at Derby County.

He spent one more season with Derby after they were relegated from the FA Premier League before Middlesbrough signed him for £1.5 million in January 2003. His chances were limited at his new club due to several long term injuries. In 2006, although unable to play due to injury, Christie was invited back to Nuneaton Borough as guest of honour for their FA Cup third round tie against Middlesbrough. Nuneaton went on to shock their visitors by producing a 1–1 draw, and earning a replay at the Riverside Stadium.

On 25 November 2006, after returning from his injuries, manager Gareth Southgate gave Christie a start against Aston Villa at Villa Park. Christie scored on his return in the 43rd minute in a match which finished 1–1.

Middlesbrough subsequently released Christie when his contract expired in June 2007.^[1] He started a trial period with Hull City on 11 September 2007.^[2] However, he was not offered a contract at the end of his two-month trial. Also, in midseason, Malcolm rejected a contract offer from Nigel Clough, manager of Burton Albion.

[edit] Leeds United

In January 2008 he began a trial with Leeds United but picked up an injury which scuppered any deal. In September he began using the training facilities at Leeds United in a bid to gain full fitness with the blessing of Leeds' manager Gary McAllister, however at the time the offer was considered to be a courtesy and not intended to be a trial^[3] On 13 October 2008 however, he was cleared to play in a reserves fixture for Leeds against Scunthorpe United.^[4] On 10 November 2008, McAllister began to open up contract talks with Christie after regaining his fitness.^[5] He made his Leeds debut on 17 November 2008 against Northampton Town in the first round of the FA Cup.^[6]

Christie scored his first goal for Leeds United on the 28th December, in the 3-1 victory away from home, against Stockport County. He left the club of his own accord on the 29th January 2009.

Christie was offered a contract with Burton Albion, but he felt the deal was too poor, it's been rumoured that he's been offered contracts by Kidderminster Harries & Luton Town, but rumours say that he could return to his old club Nuneaton Borough.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Malcolm Christie career stats at Soccerbase