Christopher Bernard Tanzey (born 6 March 1957) is an English-Australian former

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and

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Career

In his playing career, Tanzey was a professional with

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, playing for the club's reserve side. He then played in Australia for Downer Olympic in the ACT League, and later Griffith City FC and

Tuggeranong United Tuggeranong United FC are an association football club based in the southern Canberra region of Tuggeranong, ACT, Australia. The club competes in the highest level of football in the ACT, NPL Capital Football. Tuggeranong United is one of the ...

. He also played

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for the Canberra Strikers in Australia's National Indoor Soccer League. He represented

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at the 1985 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup in Spain. He later coached various teams, including Canberra City Griffins youth, Downer Olympic, Canberra Croatia Reserves and Canberra City, and led football at the

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and

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

. Tanzey was the head coach of the Australia women's soccer team at the

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. He was also the coach of the

Belconnen Blue Devils Belconnen United Football Club (formerly ''Belconnen Blue Devils'') is an Australian semi-professional association football club based in the northern Canberra region of Belconnen, ACT. The women's First Grade team currently competes in the Nat ...

during the

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, earning the coach of the year award.

Personal life

Tanzey is a native of

Birkenhead Birkenhead (; cy, Penbedw) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England; historically, it was part of Cheshire until 1974. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the south bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liver ...

, England, but moved to Australia during his career.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanzey, Chris 1957 births Living people Footballers from Birkenhead English men's footballers Australian men's soccer players English emigrants to Australia Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders English men's futsal players Australian men's futsal players Futsal defenders English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Australia Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Liverpool F.C. players English football managers Australian soccer managers Women's association football managers Australia women's national soccer team managers