Chris Llewellyn

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Chris Llewellyn

Full name	Christopher Mark Llewellyn
Date of birth	August 28, 1979 (1979-08-28) (age 28)
Place of birth	Swansea, Wales
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-2003 2003 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-2008	Norwich City → Bristol Rovers (loan) Wrexham Hartlepool United Wrexham	142 (17) 014 0(3) 091 (15) 029 0(0) 079 (12)
National team
1998-	Wales U21 Wales	0140(0) 0060(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26-05-2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Christopher Mark "Chris" Llewellyn (born 28 August 1979 in Swansea) is a professional footballer who is currently without a club after being released by Wrexham.

[edit] Football career

A product of the Norwich City youth team, Chris broke into the first team at Norwich in the 1997-1998 season making a total of 16 appearances with 3 goals. During this season he gained Welsh B and under-21 honours. He later won full honours and made his Welsh debut against Malta in 1998.

Due to poor form in the 2002-03 season, however, he lost his place and went on loan to Bristol Rovers; he was released in June 2003 from Norwich. Chris signed for Wrexham and a strong 2003-04 season saw him recalled to the Welsh squad in May 2004 and come on a sub to win his 3rd cap against Norway.

Later, he signed for Hartlepool but only stayed one season and returned on a free to Wrexham on June 29th 2006.

Chris scored his first international goal for Wales against Liechtenstein in November 2006 alongside his ex Norwich City strike partner Craig Bellamy.

On the final day of the 2006-2007 season, Wrexham needed to avoid defeat against Boston United to avoid relegation to the non-league. After coming from 1-0 down, Chris Llewellyn scored the goal which handed the Red Dragons a 2-1 lead before they eventually winning 3-1 and preserving their Football League Two status. He was released by Wrexham in May 2008 following the club's relegation to the Football Conference.^[1]