Christian Stephen Scales (born 3 December 1996) is an English

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who plays as a defender.

Career

Scales was born in

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and began his career at the

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...

academy. He left for

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in the summer of 2014 and signed a professional contract with the club in April 2015. On 20 August 2015, Scales joined

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side

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team co ...

on loan. He made his

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debut on 22 August 2015 in a 3–0 win away at

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. On 6 May 2016, it was announced that Scales was being released by Crystal Palace. Following a week's trial at

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who play in the First League, the second tier of Austrian football, he signed for

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side

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in February 2017. In July 2017, he signed a two-year contract with

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side

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a professio ...

. He then went on a month's loan to

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Premier Division club

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, but was injured on his debut, the 2–0 win over

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on 26 August. He subsequently returned to Orient for treatment. In February 2018, Scales returned on loan to Harlow after the completion of his recovery. In December 2018, Scales joined Swedish Division 2 side

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on a two-year deal.

Career statistics

References

External links

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Swedish football stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scales, Christian 1996 births Living people English footballers English Football League players Norwich City F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Whitehawk F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Harlow Town F.C. players Association football defenders Footballers from Hertfordshire English expatriate footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Skellefteå FF players