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Chris Iwelumo

Chris Iwelumo
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Iwelumo playing for Watford in 2012
Personal information
Full name Christopher Robert Iwelumo
Date of birth (1978-08-01) 1 August 1978 (age 38)
Place of birth Coatbridge, Scotland
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
0000–1995 St Mirren
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 St Mirren 31 (1)
1998–2000 Aarhus Fremad 27 (4)
2000–2004 Stoke City 84 (15)
2000 York City (loan) 12 (2)
2001 Cheltenham Town (loan) 4 (1)
2004 Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 10 (4)
2004–2005 Alemannia Aachen 9 (0)
2005–2007 Colchester United 92 (35)
2007–2008 Charlton Athletic 46 (10)
2008–2010 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 (14)
2010 Bristol City (loan) 7 (2)
2010–2011 Burnley 45 (11)
2011–2013 Watford 45 (3)
2012–2013 Notts County (loan) 5 (0)
2013 Oldham Athletic (loan) 7 (1)
2013–2014 Scunthorpe United 12 (2)
2014 St Johnstone 6 (0)
2014 Chester 10 (1)
Total 498 (106)
National team
2007 Scotland B 1 (0)
2008–2010 Scotland 4 (0)
Teams managed
2016– Chester (Assistant manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Christopher Robert "Chris" Iwelumo (born 1 August 1978) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Iwelumo started his career with St Mirren before moving to Danish club Aarhus Fremad for two years. A move to Stoke City in 2000 saw him sent out on loan to several teams before a short-lived spell with 2. Fußball-Bundesliga side Alemannia Aachen. After moving to the Football League Championship with Colchester United and then Charlton Athletic, he signed for Wolves in 2008 as they won promotion to the Premier League, winning Player of the Month in November 2008.

Iwelumo's father is Nigerian and his mother is Scottish. He won his first cap as a full Scottish international coming on as a substitute against Norway in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier in 2008, notable for his missing an open goal from only yards out as the match finished 0–0 an event which Iwelumo has said "tortured" him. He had his first international start in a friendly against Argentina in November the same year.

Born in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire to a Nigerian father and a Scottish mother, Iwelumo started his career with Scottish Football League club St Mirren as a junior in their youth system before signing a professional contract on 5 August 1996.


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