Chris Bart-Williams
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| Chris Bart-Williams | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Christopher Gerald Bart-Williams | |
| Date of birth | June 16, 1974 | |
| Place of birth | Freetown, Sierra Leone | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender/Midfielder | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1991 1991–1995 1995–2002 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 |
Leyton Orient Sheffield Wednesday Nottingham Forest → Charlton Athletic (loan) Charlton Athletic → Ipswich Town (loan) Ipswich Town APOEL Marsaxlokk |
36 (2) 124 (16) 207 (30) 6 (0) 23 (2) 16 (2) 10 (0) 8 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1992–1996 1994 |
England U21 England B |
16 (2) 1 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Christopher Gerald Bart-Williams (born June 16, 1974 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean-born English former footballer. His position was defence or midfield.
Although born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Bart-Williams grew up in North London and attended St. David's School and St Katharine in Hornsey. He represented his school, borough (Haringey), county (Middlesex), and adopted country (England) at youth level and went on to play for England under 21s and was called up to train with the senior squad although he never won a full England cap.
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] Leyton Orient
When he was just 16 years old, Bart-Williams launched his professional career with Leyton Orient. Chris made 36 appearances with the club and scored twice.
[edit] Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday showed interest in him and subsequently bought him for the record sum of £275,000. Once with Sheffield Wednesday, Bart-Williams got a place in the first team immediately despite his young age. He began his career playing as an offensive midfielder.
Bart-Williams played for Wednesday as a substitute in the 1993 FA Cup Final replacing Chris Waddle in the first game and Roland Nilsson towards the end of the replay.
[edit] Nottingham Forest
After four years, he moved to Nottingham Forest for the sum of £2.5 million. Bart-Williams had a successful spell with Forest, and even though he played as a defensive midfielder he managed to score a number of goals, and was often clinical from free kicks and penalties.
During a game in 2000, Forest tried to experiment their formation by playing 3-5-2 and played Bart-Williams as a sweeper, this experiment turned out to be a successful one as Nottingham Forest won 5–0.
In 2001, Forest found themselves in financial difficulties and had to sell their better players. Bart-Williams turned down moves to Southampton[1] and Birmingham City[2] and was consigned to the reserves at Forest after the club's directors banned manager Paul Hart from picking him.[3]
[edit] Charlton Athletic
In December 2001, Bart-Williams left Forest, signing for Charlton Athletic, initially on a short-term contract.[4] In May 2002 he signed a new two year deal at the club.[5]
[edit] Ipswich Town
After spending two seasons with Charlton, Bart-Williams moved to Ipswich Town, initially on loan in September 2003,[6] and then permanently for the rest of the 2003–04 season. He was released the end of the season and decided to move away from English football.
[edit] APOEL
Next for Bart-Williams was a move to APOEL in Cyprus in September 2004.[7] He had been linked with a return to Nottingham Forest, although the rumour was denied by Forest.[8]
[edit] Marsaxlokk
After unsuccessful attempts to lure Paul Gascoigne to the club,|date=February 2008}} on August 6, 2005 Maltese team Marsaxlokk signed Bart-Williams.[9] But he managed only eight appearances and was sent home only two months into his three-year contract.
[edit] Honours
- Football League First Division: 1998
- Football League Cup: Runner-up 1993
- FA Cup: Runner-up 1993
- FIFA World Youth Championship: Third place 1993
