Chris Holland

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Personal information
Chris Holland
Full name	Christopher Holland
Date of birth	September 11, 1975 (age 31)
Place of birth	Whalley, England
Height	5ft 9in
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Southport
Number	10
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1994 1994-1996 1996 1996-2000 2000-2004 2004-2007 2007-	Preston North End Newcastle United → Birmingham City (loan) Birmingham City Huddersfield Town Boston United Southport	1 (0) 3 (0) 9 (0) 59 (0) 120 (2) 85 (0) 9 (0)
National team²
1995-1997	England U21	10 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:06, 22 March 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 16:06, 22 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Chris Holland (born 11 September 1975 in Whalley, Lancashire) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southport in the Conference National, having joined in 2007 from Boston United.

He started his career at Preston North End, making just one league appearance before signing for Newcastle United. He won the first of his England under-21 caps while at Newcastle, but an eye injury hindered his progress and he joined Birmingham City on loan in 1996. The loan was made permanent in December 1996 for a fee of £600,000, and he played over 70 games during his three years at the club.

In 2000 he left Birmingham, joining Huddersfield Town for a fee of £100,000, where he scored the first goal of his professional career, the winner against Nottingham Forest in March of that year. He played regularly for three seasons, but when told by manager Peter Jackson that a new contract would not be offered at the end of the 2003-04 season, he chose to join Boston United.

After two years, preferring to play regularly albeit at a lower level, he moved to Southport, nearer his Lancashire home.^[1]

Chris is also a former England youth and Under 21 player.

[edit] Notes

^ Holland up for fight at Southport. BBC Sport (2007-02-27). Retrieved on March 22, 2007.

[edit] External links

Chris Holland career stats at Soccerbase

Southport F.C. - Current Squad
2 Lane \| 3 Hoolickin \| 4 Powell \| 5 Lee \| 6 Boyd \| 7 Baker \| 8 Blakeman \| 9 Gray \| 10 Holland \| 12 Bagnall \| 14 Paterson \| 15 Rowland \| 16 Duffy \| 17 Hocking \| 18 Birch \| 19 Fowler \| 20 Clancy \| 21 Harrison \| 22 Newby \| 24 Bromilow \| 25 Tait \| 26 Dugdale \| 31 Houghton \| Manager: Davenport