Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christopher Birchall[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 5 May 1984||
Place of birth | Stafford, England[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1993–2001 | Port Vale | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2006 | Port Vale | 78 | (7) |
2006–2009 | Coventry City | 29 | (2) |
2007 | → St Mirren (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2008 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2009 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 9 | (0) |
2009–2011 | LA Galaxy | 66 | (1) |
2012 | Columbus Crew | 18 | (1) |
2013–2016 | Port Vale | 75 | (7) |
2016–2017 | Kidsgrove Athletic | (4) | |
Total | 286 | (22) | |
National team | |||
2005–2013 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Christopher Birchall CM (born 5 May 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He scored 21 goals in 322 league and cup appearances in a 16-year professional career, and scored four goals in 44 international matches.
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup U.S. Open Cup |
League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Port Vale | 2001–02[2] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2002–03[3] | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2003–04[4] | Second Division | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
2004–05[5] | League One | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 1[a] | 39 | 7 | |
2005–06[6] | League One | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
Total | 78 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 91 | 9 | ||
Coventry City | 2006–07[7] | Championship | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
2007–08[8] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
2008–09[9] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
St Mirren (loan) | 2007–08[8] | SPL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Carlisle United (loan) | 2008–09[9] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2008–09[9] | League One | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 10 | 0 |
LA Galaxy | 2009[10] | Major League Soccer | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
2010[11][12][13] | Major League Soccer | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1[b] | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
2011[14][15][16] | Major League Soccer | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4[b] | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
Total | 66 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | 73 | 1 | ||
Columbus Crew | 2012[17] | Major League Soccer | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
Port Vale | 2012–13[18] | League Two | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
2013–14[19] | League One | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
2014–15[20] | League One | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
2015–16[21] | League One | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
Total | 75 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 8 | ||
Career total[c] | 286 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 322 | 21 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Trinidad and Tobago | 2005 | 14 | 2 |
2006 | 11 | 2 | |
2007 | 0 | 0 | |
2008 | 6 | 0 | |
2009 | 5 | 0 | |
2010 | 0 | 0 | |
2011 | 3 | 0 | |
2012 | 0 | 0 | |
2013 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 44 | 4 |
LA Galaxy
Port Vale
Individual