Christian Sansam (born 26 December 1975) is an English retired professional

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who played as a

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Playing career

Born in Hull, Sansam played in

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for

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...

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Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

and

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving ...

, and in Singapore for

Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Wellington Football Club is an inactive professional association football, football club which played in the S.League, the top division of football in Singapore. They are based in Woodlands, Singapore, Woodlands at the 4,300 seater Woo ...

. While a Scunthorpe United player, Sansam spent a month on loan to

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 season. ...

; he made five appearances in the

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and scored once.

Later career

As of November 2020 Sansam is working as kitman for

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...

, having previously held the same role at

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at ...

References

External links

Profile at On Cloud Seven
1975 births Living people Footballers from Kingston upon Hull English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Scunthorpe United F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Woodlands Wellington FC players English Football League players National League (English football) players Peterborough United F.C. non-playing staff Doncaster Rovers F.C. non-playing staff English expatriate men's footballers English expatriates in Singapore Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore {{England-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub