Iyseden Christie (born 14 November 1976 in

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) is an English

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who plays for

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, where he plays as a striker.

Playing career

Coventry City

Born in

, West Midlands, Christie began his career as a trainee at

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in 1995. He made his FA Premier League debut on 23 September 1995, appearing as a second-half substitute for

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in Coventry's 5–1 defeat away to

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. He made one further appearance, in the

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before joining AFC Bournemouth on

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in November 1996, followed by a loan spell with

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they play in a blue and ...

from February 1997.

Mansfield Town

He joined

on a free transfer in August 1997 and made over 90 league and cup appearances for Mansfield in two seasons. He joined

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for a fee of £40,000 in July 1999, and made over 60 league and cup appearances for Orient in three seasons, before returning to

in August 2002. He made over 70 appearances in his second spell at Mansfield but was released by the club after defeat in the Third Division play-off Final in May 2004. In 1997, he scored a four-minute hat-trick against

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in a

first-round tie. This remains the record for the fastest League Cup hat-trick.

Kidderminster Harriers

Christie signed for Kidderminster Harriers at the start of the 2004–05 season, but injury restricted him to just one start and a handful of substitute appearances that season.

Rochdale

In January 2006, after having scored 10 goals in 23 league games, he was sold to

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along with teammate Mark Jackson for a joint £35,000 transfer fee. In August 2006, Christie returned to Kidderminster on loan until December.

Kidderminster Harriers

Following the completion of this loan spell Christie re-signed for Kidderminster on an 18-month contract in January 2007.

Stevenage Borough

He joined

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when his contract with Kidderminster expired at the end of June 2008. He made just three appearances for Stevenage, before joining fellow Conference National side

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on loan on 2 September 2008 until 17 January 2009. During this period he scored 6 goals in 15 games, including playing against Premier League side Fulham in the FA Cup. It was believed this loan spell was to be ended early for a loan move to

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to go ahead, but this deal fell through.

Torquay United

On 31 December 2008 it was announced that Christie was to make his loan deal at Kettering permanent on 1 January 2009, in a five-figure deal. However, on 2 February 2009 he left Stevenage to join

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King's Lynn

He signed for non-League King's Lynn in August 2009 after a short period on trial with Hibernians in Malta, following termination of the loan agreement with Torquay at the end of the 2008–09 season.

A.F.C. Telford United

On 11 September 2009, Christie signed for

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side

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, but left after two games.

Farnborough

He played one game for his local team

, before making his debut for Farnborough as an 80th-minute substitute on 21 October.

Tamworth

On 13 November 2009, it was announced that Christie had joined Conference National side Tamworth on non-contract terms. On the same day he was joined by his former Kidderminster teammate Simon Brown, who joined the club on a one-month loan deal from

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Kettering Town

After playing for Tamworth till the end of the 2009–10 season, he rejoined Kettering Town for their 2010–11 campaign.

Nuneaton Town

On 30 March 2011, Christie joined promotion chasing

side

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until the end of the season. Christie's first game for the club was a 3–0 away win at Gloucester City. Justin Marsden's goal came from a superb bit of individual guile and skill to beat two defenders by Christie before squaring the ball to Marsden to slot home.

Tamworth

Following a successful trial, Christie returned to The Lambs.

Halesowen

In the

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of the 2014–15 FA Cup on 27 September 2014, Christie scored six times against Ellistown & Ibstock United as

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advanced to the third qualifying round of the

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with a 7–1 win.

Later career

Following at stint at Sutton Coldfield Town, Christie signed for Southern Football League side Bedworth United in January 2016. On 19 August 2019, 44-year old Christie returned to

.Coventry Sphinx sign experienced former Football League duo now aged over 40 years old
fanbanter.co.uk, 19 August 2019

References

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