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Chris Makin
Personal information
Full name Christopher Gregory Makin
Date of birth (1973-05-08) 8 May 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth St Helens, Lancashire, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1996 Oldham Athletic 94 (4)
1992–1993 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 15 (2)
1996–1997 Marseille 29 (0)
1997–2001 Sunderland 121 (1)
2001–2004 Ipswich Town 78 (0)
2004–2005 Leicester City 21 (0)
2005 → Derby County (loan) 13 (0)
2005–2006 Reading 12 (0)
2006–2008 Southampton 27 (0)
2010 Radcliffe Borough 8 (0)
Total 418 (7)
International career
1994 England U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christopher Gregory Makin (born 8 May 1973) is an English retired professional footballer. He spent the final part of his career at Southampton, but is perhaps most famous for his spell at Sunderland. He played as a defender.

His previous clubs are Oldham Athletic, Olympique de Marseille, Sunderland, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Wigan Athletic, Derby County, Reading and Southampton.

On 23 April 2008, on advice from his doctor, Makin retired from football after failing to overcome a hip injury which had prevented him playing since September 2007.[1]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Oldham Athletic 1993–94 Premier League 27 1 0 0 0 0 — 27 1
1994–95 First Division 28 1 0 0 0 0 — 28 1
1995–96 First Division 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 2
Total 94 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 4
Wigan Athletic (loan) 1992–93 Second Division 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
Marseille 1996–97 French Division 1 29 0 0 0 2 0 — 31 0
Sunderland 1997–98[2] First Division 26 0 1 0 3 0 1[a] 0 31 0
1998–99[3] First Division 38 0 2 0 7 0 — 47 0
1999–2000[4] Premier League 34 1 2 0 1 0 — 37 1
2000–01[5] Premier League 23 0 3 0 2 0 — 28 0
Total 121 1 8 0 13 0 1 0 143 1
Ipswich Town 2000–01[5] Premier League 10 0 0 0 0 0 — 10 0
2001–02[6] Premier League 30 0 1 0 2 0 5[b] 0 38 0
2002–03[7] First Division 33 0 1 0 1 0 3[b] 0 38 0
2003–04[8] First Division 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Total 78 0 2 0 4 0 8 0 92 0
Leicester City 2004–05[9] Championship 21 0 1 0 1 0 — 23 0
Derby County (loan) 2004–05[9] Championship 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Reading 2005–06[10] Championship 12 0 4 0 3 0 — 19 0
Southampton 2006–07[11] Championship 22 0 1 0 2 0 1[c] 0 26 0
2007–08[12] Championship 5 0 0 0 1 0 — 6 0
Total 27 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 32 0
Career total 410 7 16 0 26 0 10 0 462 7
  1. ^ Appearance in First Division play-offs
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in Championship play-offs

Honours

Sunderland
Reading
Individual

References

  1. ^ Makin forced to hang up boots Archived 1 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Games played by Chris Makin in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Games played by Chris Makin in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Games played by Chris Makin in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Games played by Chris Makin in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Games played by Chris Makin in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Games played by Chris Makin in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Games played by Chris Makin in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Games played by Chris Makin in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Games played by Chris Makin in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Games played by Chris Makin in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Games played by Chris Makin in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Season 1998-99". English Football League Tables. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Reading 2-1 QPR". BBC Sport. 30 April 2006. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Solid Gold XI". Sunderland A.F.C. 5 March 2011. Archived from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.

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