Ceri Evans (born 2 October 1963 in

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, New Zealand) is a New Zealand former

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player who frequently represented his country as a central defender in the 1980s and 1990s. After graduating in medicine with distinction from the

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, Evans attended

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as a

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, gaining a first class honours in

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while playing football for

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. He is the son of Gwyn Evans who played professionally for

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, for

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and

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in New Zealand and who also became a senior official in the New Zealand Football Association. Ceri's interest in traumatic memory saw him interview over 100 violent offenders to gain his PhD. He was awarded the Gaskell Gold Medal by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and specialised in forensic psychiatry. After returning home to Christchurch, Ceri served as Clinical Director of th
Canterbury Regional Forensic Psychiatry Service
led national projects on violence risk assessment and prison mental health screening and served as an expert witness in leading civil and criminal cases. Ceri has been invited into leading organisations across the spectrum to support their drive for excellence in demanding, high stakes environments. His Red-Blue mind model is used by people serious about performing under pressure, from doctors to lawyers, from executive teams to special teams, and from professionals to amateurs. He is perhaps best known for his work with the New Zealand

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for whom he has provided specialist consultancy since 2010. In 2018 Ceri was made a Fellow of th
Royal College of Psychiatrists
and awarded his football coaching A licence. His book 'Perform Under Pressure' is due for publication in July 2019 in New Zealand and Australia and September in the UK.

International career

Evans made his full

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debut in a 5–1 win over

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on 16 October 1980 and ended his international playing career with 56 A-international caps and 2 goals to his credit, his final cap coming in a 0–3 loss to

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on 6 June 1993.

Professional career

*MBChB MA MSc Dip ForMH MRCPsych PhD.: University of Otago MBChB; *University of Oxford MA (Experimental Psychology); *Fellow of Royal College of Psychiatrists (and Gaskell Gold Medal winner); *Career in forensic psychiatry; *Founder of 'Gazing', a motivational psychology consultancy

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Ceri 1963 births Alumni of the University of London Living people New Zealand international footballers New Zealand Rhodes Scholars New Zealand association footballers New Zealand people of Welsh descent Wellington United players Oxford United F.C. players Association footballers from Christchurch University of Otago alumni Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford People educated at Nayland College Marlow F.C. players Association football defenders