Charlie Christie
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 March 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Inverness, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1985 | Caledonian | ||
| 1985–1987 | Inverness Thistle | ||
| 1987–1989 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 1989–1994 | Caledonian | ||
| 1994–2004 | Inverness CT | 257 | (32) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2007 | Inverness CT | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Charlie Christie (born 30 March 1966 in Inverness) is a former professional footballer who managed Scottish Premier League club Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Christie resigned from the Highlands club in August 2007. His son Ryan made 56 appearances for the Inverness club before signing for Celtic in summer 2015.
Christie began his professional football career in 1983 playing for his local senior Club, Inverness Caledonian FC in the Scottish Highland Football League, subsequently transferring Clubs in 1985, across the City, to Inverness Thistle FC. In September 1987 he earned a move to Celtic. During his time at Celtic, Christie made 56 appearances for the reserve team, scoring 25 goals. He was unfortunately unable to break into the Celtic first team, partly due to the good performances of Frank McAvennie, who played in the same position. Christie returned to Inverness in 1989, signing once again for Caledonian FC, in the combined role of player and commercial manager.
In 1994, when Inverness Thistle and Caledonian merged to form Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Christie joined the new club, where he combined his playing role with running the Centenary Club lottery, thus becoming one of the few players to play for Thistle, Caley and ICT. Initially he played as a striker, before eventually moving back to a midfield role.
Although he missed the start of the 1994/95 season through injury, Christie went on to become the most influential, consistent and respected player at the club. He was the only player to play for Caley Thistle during all of the club's first ten seasons and played in many of the club's most memorable games during this period, including the 3-1 Scottish Cup defeat of Celtic on 8 February 2000, his performance in this game earning him the sponsor's Man of the Match award.
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