Cyrus Sylvester Frederick Christie (born 30 September 1992) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender for
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
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club
Hull City
Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving from Boothferry Park in 2002. The club's t ...
and the
Republic of Ireland national team.
Early and personal life
Christie was born in
Coventry
Coventry ( or ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its ...
, West Midlands. He is a nephew of the late boxer
Errol Christie
Errol Christie (29 June 1963 – 11 June 2017) was an English professional boxer and boxing trainer. He was the captain of the English amateur boxing team from 1980 to 1983 and European amateur champion in 1983. After turning professional he wa ...
. Christie has Jamaican heritage on his father's side, and his mother has Lebanese and Irish ancestry.
Career
Coventry City
Christie made his first-team debut for
Championship
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Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
club
Coventry City
Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...
against
Morecambe
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Name
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on 10 August 2010, in a 2–0 away defeat in the
League Cup
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.
He joined
Conference North
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club
Nuneaton Town
Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football.
In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton to ...
on
loan
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in January 2011, but was recalled by Coventry after two starts and three substitute appearances.
[ He then went on a 'work experience' loan to another Conference North club Hinckley United, in February 2011, where he made eight appearances.][
After Coventry's first league win of the 2011–12 season, a 2–0 home win against ]Derby County
Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group.
Founded in 1884 ...
, Christie made it into the Championship
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Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
Team of the Week. The following season, he was in the League One side of the week after putting a man of the match performance against 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 ...
. The following game on 3 November, in the first round of the FA Cup
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, he scored his first goal in a 3–0 win against Arlesey Town
Arlesey Town Football Club is a football club based in Arlesey, Bedfordshire, England. Affiliated to the Bedfordshire County Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at Hitchin Road.
History
The club was established ...
and was praised by manager Mark Robins
Mark Gordon Robins (born 22 December 1969) is an English football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Coventry City in the EFL Championship. As a player, he was a striker and is best known for his time in the Premier Leagu ...
. On 8 December he scored his first league goal in a 5–1 home win over Walsall
Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands County, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east ...
.
In 2012, Coventry were relegated to League One.
Derby County
On 10 July 2014, Christie returned to the Championship on a three-year contract at Derby County. He was out of contract at Coventry, but the two clubs agreed an undisclosed fee for the player since he came through Coventry's academy and was under 23 years old.
Christie made his debut against Rotherham United
Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ...
on 9 August, where he provided an assist for goalscorer Jeff Hendrick
Jeffrey Patrick Hendrick (born 31 January 1992) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Newcastle United, and the Republic of Ireland national team.
Hendrick spent his childhood years with boyhood club St. Ke ...
in a 1–0 home victory. On 20 February 2016, he scored his first Rams goal in his 74th appearance, a 3–1 win at Brentford
Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross.
Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...
. His short-range strike with seven minutes remaining was his first club goal since March 2013 and ended an eight-game winless run at the start of the year.
Middlesbrough
On 7 July 2017, Christie and Jonny Howson
Jonathan Mark Howson (born 21 May 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Middlesbrough in the Championship.
Howson started his professional career at Leeds United, where he made 225 appearances following his d ...
moved for undisclosed fees to newly relegated Championship club Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area.
Until the early 1800s, the a ...
. He made his debut on 5 August as the season began with a 1–0 loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...
, and scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw away to Fulham
Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...
on 23 September.
Fulham
On 31 January 2018, Christie joined Championship side Fulham
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for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut for Fulham in a 1–1 draw at Bristol City
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...
on 21 February 2018. At the end of the season, Fulham were promoted to the Premier League.
Christie scored his first goal for Fulham in an EFL Cup
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tie against Millwall
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on 25 September 2018.
In August 2019, Christie accused a Fulham fan of assaulting his sister and the fan's wife of using racist language at the club's opening game of the season, a 1–0 loss at Barnsley
Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...
.
On 13 January 2022, Christie joined EFL Championship
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side Swansea City on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. He scored his first goal for the club against Bristol City
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...
on 13 February 2022. In May 2022 while on international duty, Christie revealed that he was now a free agent as he would not be signing a new contract at Fulham following the end of his contract, he also confirmed that he had interest from clubs outside of England interested in him.
Hull City
On 26 August 2022, Christie moved on a free transfer to Championship club Hull City
Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving from Boothferry Park in 2002. The club's t ...
.
International career
Born in England, Christie was eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland
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through his grandmother from Dublin. In October 2014, Ireland manager Martin O'Neill
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, (born 1 March 1952) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Starting his career in Northern Ireland, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playi ...
asked Christie to represent the Republic of Ireland, having been impressed with his performances for Derby at the beginning of the 2013–14 season following his move from Coventry. On 10 November, Christie was called into the Ireland squad for a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
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match against Scotland
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, and a friendly against the United States
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.
On 18 November 2014, Christie made his international debut for Ireland against the United States, in a 4–1 win at the Aviva Stadium
Aviva Stadium (also known as Lansdowne Road) is a sports stadium located in Dublin, Ireland, with a capacity for 51,700 spectators (all seated). It is built on the site of the former Lansdowne Road Stadium, which was demolished in 2007, and r ...
, with O'Neill praising his performance. He scored his first international goal on his next cap, a 4–0 away win over Gibraltar
)
, anthem = " God Save the King"
, song = " Gibraltar Anthem"
, image_map = Gibraltar location in Europe.svg
, map_alt = Location of Gibraltar in Europe
, map_caption = United Kingdom shown in pale green
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on 4 September 2015 which was his competitive debut in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
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. That 8 October, he played in a victory over world champions Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
in another qualifier, and was praised for his contributions.
Christie scored an own goal
An own goal, also called a self goal, is where a player performs actions that result in them or their team scoring a goal on themselves, often resulting in a point for the opposing team, such as when a football player kicks a ball into their own ...
on 14 November 2017 as the Irish lost 5–1 at home to Denmark
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, song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast")
, song_type = National and royal anthem
, image_map = EU-Denmark.svg
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, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark
...
in a 2018 FIFA World Cup
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qualifying play-off. He was subsequently the target of online racist abuse, which the Football Association of Ireland reported to the police.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Fulham
*EFL Championship play-offs
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: 2018
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, 2020
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See also
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References
External links
Cyrus Christie
at the Football Association of Ireland
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1992 births
Living people
Footballers from Coventry
English footballers
Republic of Ireland association footballers
Republic of Ireland international footballers
Association football defenders
Coventry City F.C. players
Nuneaton Borough F.C. players
Hinckley United F.C. players
Derby County F.C. players
Middlesbrough F.C. players
Fulham F.C. players
Swansea City A.F.C. players
Nottingham Forest F.C. players
National League (English football) players
English Football League players
Premier League players
UEFA Euro 2016 players
Black Irish sportspeople
English people of Irish descent
English sportspeople of Jamaican descent
English people of Lebanese descent
Irish people of Jamaican descent
Sportspeople of Jamaican descent
Irish people of Lebanese descent
Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
Hull City A.F.C. players