Chris Vinnicombe
Vinnicombe Playing For Witheridge
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Christopher Vinnicombe | ||
| Date of birth | 20 October 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Exeter, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1989 | Exeter City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989 | Exeter City | 46 | (2) |
| 1989–1994 | Rangers | 27 | (0) |
| 1994–1998 | Burnley | 114 | (4) |
| 1998–2004 | Wycombe Wanderers | 264 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Tiverton Town | 48 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Exeter City | 4 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Tiverton Town | 83 | (5) |
| 2008–2010 | Witheridge | 78 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1990–1991 | England U21 | 12 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2010 | Witheridge | ||
| 2010–2010 | Tiverton Town | ||
| 2010–2012 | Elmore F.C. | ||
| 2012–2016 | Witheridge | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:38, 4 November 2008 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:38, 4 November 2008 (UTC) |
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Chris Vinnicombe (born 20 October 1970 in Exeter) is a former professional footballer.
Vinnicombe is a product of Exeter City's youth system, and made his professional debut for the club in 1989. After just four months with his first club, Scottish giants Rangers paid £150,000 for Vinnicombe on 3 November 1989.
Vinnicombe won a Scottish league winners' medal in 1991, but over the next few years found it harder to break into the Rangers first team. On 30 June 1994, after only 27 appearances in nearly five years, he joined Burnley for £200,000.
Chris spent four years at Burnley, making 114 appearances and scoring four goals, before moving on to Wycombe Wanderers in the summer of 1998 on a free transfer.
After a slow start at Adams Park, Vinnicombe became a successful player at Wycombe, and under Lawrie Sanchez became the club's first choice left-back. He featured in the club's remarkable run to the FA Cup semi-final in 2001 and the following year he was voted "Supporters' Player of the Year". After Wycombe's relegation from the Second Division in 2004, new manager Tony Adams decided to clear out much of the existing team, and after making over 250 appearances, Vinnicombe was one of the players to leave, on 1 July.
Upon being released from Wanderers, Vinnicombe returned to Devon, joining non-league side Tiverton Town for a year before returning to St. James' Park on 12 August 2005. Since his return he was largely on the fringes of Exeter's first-team and he was released on 31 May 2006 after only 3 appearances in the whole season.
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