Christopher Douglas Tate (born 27 December 1977) is an English former
footballer
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who played as a
striker for various teams in
the Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...
.
Career
Born in
York
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...
,
North Yorkshire
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, Tate started his career in the
York City
York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...
youth system before signing for
Sunderland in July 1996.
References
External links
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1977 births
Living people
Footballers from York
English men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
York City F.C. players
Sunderland A.F.C. players
Scarborough F.C. players
Halifax Town A.F.C. players
Leyton Orient F.C. players
Stevenage F.C. players
Chester City F.C. players
Mansfield Town F.C. players
Goole A.F.C. players
English Football League players
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