Christopher Payne (born 15 September 1990) is an Australian
football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player who plays for
Sydney United 58
Sydney United 58 Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club and current NSW NPL Champions based in Edensor Park, Sydney, New South Wales Australia. The club was formed as Sydney Croatia in 1958, by Croatian Australians in the area, but ...
in the
National Premier Leagues NSW
The National Premier Leagues NSW is a semi-professional soccer competition in New South Wales, Australia. The competition is conducted by Football NSW, the organising body in New South Wales (the other being the National Premier Leagues Norther ...
Club career
He finished his HSC at Narrabeen Sports High School.
Sydney FC
Payne played in all of Sydney's three trial matches and scored a double against his former club
Manly United
Manly United Football Club is an Australian football club based in the northern beaches area of Sydney. The club competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW and their home ground is Cromer Park, in the suburb of Dee Why, approximately 15 minu ...
at
Cromer Park
Cromer Park is a community football (soccer) ground located in the Northern Beaches suburb of Cromer in Sydney. It is home to Manly United FC and Manly Warringah Football Association.
History
In 1969, the area was selected to be the site of Cr ...
. His first official competitive outing for Sydney FC came against
Queensland Roar
Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat.
Brisb ...
in the opening
Pre-Season Cup match of the season. Sydney ended up winning the match 2–1 with Payne scoring Sydney's first to level the scores at 1–1 and as a consequence become the club's youngest ever player to score in a fully competitive match. He was officially transferred from Manly a week before the opening round of the 2008/09 season with Manly FC receiving $3000 for the transfer.
He scored his first goal for Sydney FC in the 3–1 victory against
Newcastle Jets
Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australian ...
at
EnergyAustralia Stadium
Newcastle International Sports Centre, known as McDonald Jones Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in Newcastle, Australia. The ground is home to the Newcastle Knights (National Rugby League) and Newca ...
. While playing against the
Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...
in the
2009/10 Preliminary final, he scored a controversial goal with his arm. Despite displaying good form during Sydney FC's Finals run, he was not offered a new contract, and went back to his junior club
Manly United
Manly United Football Club is an Australian football club based in the northern beaches area of Sydney. The club competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW and their home ground is Cromer Park, in the suburb of Dee Why, approximately 15 minu ...
. On 28 June Payne signed a deal with
North Queensland Fury
Northern Fury Football Club was an Australian professional soccer club based in Townsville, Queensland. The club was founded in 2008 and competed in the A-League under the name North Queensland Fury. On 1 March 2011, the club was removed from ...
for their following season.
North Queensland Fury
Payne scored his first goal for the Townsville club in their Round 1, 3–3 draw with
Perth Glory. His goal leveled the scores in the first half at 1–1. He again scored against the Glory in the return match in Townsville, hitting a spectacular strike to the top corner of the Glory goal to open the scoring in the Fury's 2–1 win.
On 7 December 2010, as a result of the North Queensland Fury folding, it was confirmed Payne signed a two-year contract with the
Newcastle Jets
Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australian ...
.
Newcastle Jets
Payne made his debut for the Jets, in a pre-season friendly against
NSW Premier League
The National Premier Leagues NSW is a semi-professional soccer competition in New South Wales, Australia. The competition is conducted by Football NSW, the organising body in New South Wales (the other being the National Premier Leagues Norther ...
club
Sutherland Sharks, where he helped the Jets to a 2–1 victory, scoring in the first half. His first A-League appearance for the club came in the 2–1 loss to his former club
Sydney FC at
Ausgrid Stadium on 17 December 2011.
Despite having a year left on his contract, Payne's future at the Jets looks to be uncertain under new manager
Gary van Egmond
Gary Rudy Peter van Egmond (born 29 June 1965) is an Australian former soccer player and former head coach of Newcastle Jets in the A-League.
Playing career
Van Egmond began his playing career with APIA Leichhardt in 1982. It was not until h ...
who has made it clear that Payne is not part of his squad plans, as he believes he is not good enough. It was revealed in January 2012, that the
Jets and fellow A-League club
Gold Coast United
Gold Coast United Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Gold Coast, Queensland. The earliest incarnation of the club formed in 1966 and its home ground was at Nikiforides Family Park in Broadbeach. The first era of Gold Coast Unit ...
were preparing a 'trade' for Payne with
Tahj Minniecon
Tahj James Rodney Minniecon is an Indigenous Australian soccer player who most recently played for Davao Aguilas FC in Philippines Football League in 2018.
Early life
Tahj James Rodney Minniecon grew up in Brisbane and went to Cavendish Road ...
. However this move was thwarted, when Minniecon suffered a heel injury a week before the transfer was to go through, in a
Youth League game against Sydney FC. It was announced on 3 February 2012 that Newcastle Jets and Payne had mutually agreed to terminate his contract, more than a year before it expired, due to being unable to secure his position in the squad, as well as it being publicly known that Payne was not part of Van Egmond's squad plans.
Bonnyrigg White Eagles
Following his unceremonious axing from Newcastle, Payne signed with
Bonnyrigg White Eagles
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Bonnyrigg, Sydney, New South Wales, currently playing in the NSW League One. The club was founded in 1968 as Avala Sports Club and took its current name in 1992.
H ...
for the 2012 New South Wales Premier League season.
Central Coast Mariners Academy
He scored a goal on his debut for New South Wales Premier League club Central Coast Mariners Academy, in 3–1 loss to
Sutherland Sharks on 3 February.
Return to Manly
Payne returned to Manly United, signing on for a fourth time. He would play a large part in Manly United's
2014 Waratah Cup run in which they made the
Grand Final
Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final (sometimes colloquially abbreviated to "grannie") is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. S ...
against fellow NSW NPL 1 club
Blacktown City
Blacktown City Council is a local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1906 as the Blackt ...
. Payne scored a
brace, however this didn't prevent Manly from crashing to a heavy 6–2 defeat at
Lambert Park. Manly United also qualified for the inaugural
2014 FFA Cup
The 2014 FFA Cup was the inaugural season of the FFA Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. 631 teams in total from around Australia entered the competition. Only 32 teams competed in the competition proper (Round o ...
in which they were drawn against fellow NSW NPL1 side
Sydney Olympic at
Cromer Park
Cromer Park is a community football (soccer) ground located in the Northern Beaches suburb of Cromer in Sydney. It is home to Manly United FC and Manly Warringah Football Association.
History
In 1969, the area was selected to be the site of Cr ...
. Manly lost 3–1, despite Payne opening the scoring in the 10th minute.
East Bengal
On 1 February 2017, Payne moved abroad, and signed for Indian
I-League
The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp) is the second-tier men's professional football competition of the Indian football league system. It is currently contested by 12 clubs across the country with the w ...
club
East Bengal
ur,
, common_name = East Bengal
, status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan
, p1 = Bengal Presidency
, flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg
, s1 = East ...
. He came as a replacement for Kyrgyzstani
Ildar Amirov
Ildar Amirov ( tt-Cyrl, Илдар Әмиров, translit=İldar Ämiref; born 9 October 1987) is a Kyrgyzstani footballer of Tatar descent, last played as a striker.
Career
He played for Chennai City in the I-League
The I-League (known ...
, who was released by the club and hence completed their foreigner's quota. On 15 February, he made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against
Shillong Lajong. He found a shot in the 47th minute of the match which was deflected by the opposition goalkeeper
Vishal Kaith. In a match against the same club on 4 March, he scored a brace, scoring in the 9th and the 33rd minute of a 2–1 victory which allowed the club to regain the top spot of the league table. Three days later, he scored in a 2–1 defeat against
Churchill Brothers
Churchill Brothers FC Goa, or simply known as Churchill Brothers, is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually part ...
. On 3 May, he was released by the club, ahead of its
Federation Cup campaign.
A-League career statistics
(''Correct as of 22 February 2015'')
Honours
Club
Sydney FC:
*
A-League Premiership:
2009–2010
*
A-League Championship
A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professionalism in association football, professional men's association football, soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Austral ...
:
2009–2010
Sydney United
Sydney United 58 Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club and current NSW NPL Champions based in Edensor Park, Sydney, New South Wales Australia. The club was formed as Sydney Croatia in 1958, by Croatian Australians in the area, but ...
:
*
Waratah Cup
The Waratah Cup is a knockout cup competition in New South Wales, run by the governing body of football in NSW, Football NSW. Teams competing in the Waratah Cup come from the National Premier Leagues NSW, National Premier Leagues NSW 2, Natio ...
:
2016
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References
External links
North Queensland Fury profile*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Payne, Chris
1990 births
Living people
Sydney FC players
Newcastle Jets FC players
A-League Men players
Australian soccer players
Australia youth international soccer players
Australia under-20 international soccer players
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC players
Central Coast Mariners Academy players
Sydney United 58 FC players
East Bengal Club players
National Premier Leagues players
I-League players
Australian expatriate soccer players
Australian expatriate sportspeople in India
Expatriate footballers in India
Association football forwards
People from Gosford
Sportsmen from New South Wales
Soccer players from New South Wales