Phil Charnock
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Anthony Charnock | ||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Southport, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1992 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Blackpool (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1996–2002 | Crewe Alexandra | 155 | (8) |
| 2002–2003 | Port Vale | 18 | (1) |
| 2003 | Bury | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Linfield | ||
| 2005–2006 | Ballymena United | 9 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Fleetwood Town | ||
| 2007–2008 | Leigh RMI | 12 | (0) |
| 2008 | Mossley | 5 | (1) |
| Total | 206+ | (10+) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Philip Anthony Charnock (born 14 February 1975) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder.
He began his career at Liverpool, and made his debut at the age of 17 years and nine months to become the youngest player ever to play for the club in European competition. However, he did not play a league game for the "Reds", and after a loan spell to Blackpool in 1996, he signed with Crewe Alexandra in December 1996. He helped the "Railwaymen" to win the Second Division play-offs in 1997, but injuries hampered his progress at the club, and he was released and signed with Port Vale in August 2002. He moved on to Bury in August 2003, before moving on to Linfield the following month. The club won the IFA Premiership in 2003–04 and finished second the following season, and he moved on to Ballymena United in October 2005. He travelled back to England in summer 2006 for brief spells with non-league clubs Fleetwood Town, Leigh RMI, and Mossley.
Charnock began his career with Liverpool, and made his debut under Graeme Souness in November 1992 in a Cup Winners' Cup game against Apollon Limassol. Charnock was just 17 years and 9 months old, which made him the youngest player ever to play for the club in European competition, breaking a record previously set by Jamie Redknapp one year earlier. Despite this promising start, Charnock did not break into the first team at Anfield, instead he spent much of his time in the reserves and his only other appearance for the Reds was in a Football League Cup tie against Chesterfield that season. With the advent of squad numbers in the Premier League from the 1993–94 season onwards, Charnock was issued with the number 18 shirt – next worn by Michael Owen, who went on to be one of the club's most highly regarded players ever. He joined Blackpool on loan towards the end of the 1995–96 season, and made four substitute appearances for Sam Allardyce's "Tangerines".
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