Christopher Wreh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Wreh | ||
| Date of birth | 14 May 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Monrovia, Liberia | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1997 | Monaco | 13 | (3) |
| 1996–1997 | → Guingamp (loan) | 33 | (10) |
| 1997–2000 | Arsenal | 28 | (3) |
| 1999 | → AEK Athens (loan) | 11 | (4) |
| 1999 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2000 | → Den Bosch (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Al-Hilal | ||
| 2001 | A.F.C. Bournemouth | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | St Mirren | 3 | (0) |
| 2003 | Persepolis | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Bishop's Stortford | ||
| 2004 | Buckingham Town | ||
| 2007–2010 | Perseman Manokwari | ||
| National team | |||
| 1995–2002 | Liberia | 36 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Christopher Wreh (born 14 May 1975 in Monrovia) is a retired Liberian international footballer who played as a striker. He was a member of the Arsenal side which won the Premier League and FA Cup double during the 1997–98 season.
At international level, he won 36 caps for Liberia, scoring 11 goals, and was in their squad for the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations.
A cousin of former FIFA World Player of the Year George Weah, Wreh first played for Liberian clubs Young Kotoko, La Modelle International and Invincible Eleven, before being snapped up by French side AS Monaco as a youth in 1989. A centre forward, Wreh was mainly on the fringes of the Monaco side, and spent a period on loan at Guingamp, where he played in the 1997 Coupe de France final (which Guingamp lost on penalties). In the meantime, Wreh had made his debut for Liberia in 1995, and would go on to win 36 caps for his country, scoring 11 goals.
Wreh signed for Arsenal in the summer of 1997 for £300,000, linking up with his former boss at Monaco, Arsène Wenger. Although fourth choice behind Ian Wright, Dennis Bergkamp and Nicolas Anelka, Wreh still played an important part in the Gunners' Double-winning season of 1997–98, scoring in vital 1–0 Premier League wins against Wimbledon and Bolton Wanderers, and scoring the only goal of the Gunners' FA Cup semi-final win over Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wreh went on to start in the 1998 FA Cup Final, and although he did not score, Arsenal beat Newcastle United 2–0.
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