Chris Greenacre
Greenacre playing for Wellington Phoenix in 2009.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Christopher Mark Greenacre | ||
| Date of birth | 23 December 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Wakefield, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Wellington Phoenix (co-coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994 | Leeds United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2000 | Manchester City | 8 | (1) |
| 1997 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 1998 | → Blackpool (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | → Scarborough (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 1999 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → Mansfield Town (loan) | 10 | (5) |
| 2000–2002 | Mansfield Town | 111 | (44) |
| 2002–2005 | Stoke City | 75 | (7) |
| 2005–2009 | Tranmere Rovers | 142 | (46) |
| 2009–2012 | Wellington Phoenix | 84 | (19) |
| Total | 457 | (126) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012–2013 | Wellington Phoenix (assistant coach) | ||
| 2013 | Wellington Phoenix (interim) | ||
| 2013–2016 | Wellington Phoenix (assistant coach) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Wellington Phoenix (joint interim) | ||
| 2017– | Wellington Phoenix (co-coach) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April 2012. |
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Christopher Mark "Chris" Greenacre (born 23 December 1977) is an English retired footballer and co-coach at Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.
Greenacre began his career with Manchester City in 1996. Whilst at Maine Road he was sent out on loan to Cardiff City, Blackpool, Scarborough, Northampton Town and Mansfield Town in order to gain first team experience. However, he failed to make the grade at Manchester City and so joined Mansfield Town on a permanent transfer. He became a prolific scorer for the "Stags" scoring 58 goals for the club in three seasons. This led to Division One side Stoke City signing him in August 2002. However, despite arriving with high expectations he struggled to cope with the higher level and managed just 9 goals in three seasons at the Britannia Stadium.
He left for Tranmere Rovers where he found his level and in four seasons at Tranmere Greenacre scored 53 goals. After his contract expired at Rovers he decided to join New Zealand based, A-League side Wellington Phoenix. He played three seasons for Wellington helping the club to three consecutive finals series places before retiring in 2012.
Greenacre was born in Wakefield and at the age of 13 he signed schoolboy forms at Manchester City, having previously been on the books at Leeds United. He signed as an apprentice at 16, and turned professional in 1995. His senior debut came in February 1997 against Swindon Town, when he came on as a substitute, replacing Paul Dickov. He made three further substitute appearances that season, without scoring. During his time at Manchester City most of his first team football came in the form of loan spells with lower league clubs. In his first start for Manchester City in October 1997, he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win against Crewe Alexandra. This was his only goal for the club, and he started only two further matches.
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