Chris McPhee (born 20th March 1983) is an English

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who plays as a

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or striker and last played at Frome Town.

Career

Born in

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, East Sussex, McPhee began his career as a trainee with

Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league ...

, turning professional in August 1999, and made his debut, aged 16, at Swansea City in December 1999. He broke into the first team on a regular basis in the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons, when he made over 50 appearances despite missing several months of the 2004–05 season due to a foot injury suffered in October 2004. McPhee joined

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side

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spring ...

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in August 2005, where he made 14 appearances. He returned to Brighton in November 2005 but struggled to break into the first team and made only seven appearances before joining

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at the County Ground sin ...

in March 2006 on loan until the end of the 2005–06 season. He was released by Brighton after the club was relegated from the

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at the end of the 2005–06 season and joined

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

in July 2006, making his Torquay debut in the 1–0 home win against

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in the following month. He made 43 league and cup appearances for Torquay in the 2006–07 season. McPhee joined

Ebbsfleet United Ebbsfleet United Football Club is a professional football club based in Northfleet, Kent, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the club competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1946 fr ...

in August 2007 on non-contract terms after impressing in a trial period and after making 20 appearances for Ebbsfleet in the

, he agreed a contract in November 2007 until the end of the 2007–08 season. In May 2008, he scored the winning goal as Ebbsfleet won the

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against Torquay United and was named "Man of the Match" after the game. McPhee also won Player of the Season that year, voted for by the fans. He left Ebbsfleet in June 2008, after participating in a successful Four Nations Tournament campaign with

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, when he failed to agree a new deal with the Fleet. He turned down several League offers and moved to

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to be with his new family. McPhee joined Weymouth on 3 July 2008. He signed for

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...

on a contract until the end of the 2008–09 season on 26 February after leaving Weymouth, who had not paid his wages during 2009. He signed a new two-year contract with Kidderminster in July. On 28 June 2011, it was announced that McPhee was to rejoin former club, Torquay United. After the 2011–12 season, Chris moved to Salisbury City, he signed as a player-coach. Chris was looking at moving into coaching after his playing career ended and so cited a move to Salisbury as beneficial to this. The move to Salisbury was made more attractive because of the opportunities to coach as well as play regularly. Chris McPhee is now coaching full time in Exeter City’s academy as the Youth Development Phase lead coach. Chris Holds a UEFA A coaches licence and has an FA Advanced Youth Award Qualification too boot.

Honours

;Ebbsfleet United *

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: 2008 ;Salisbury City *

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play-offs: 2012–13

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McPhee, Chris 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Eastbourne English footballers England men's semi-pro international footballers Men's association football midfielders Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players Salisbury City F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players