Michael Franks (born 20 April 1977) is a

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retired

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player who has played professionally in North America, the Netherlands, and Scotland.

Career

Club career

Franks has played professionally for the

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and Hibernian.

International career

Franks never earned a full cap for the

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, although he was a squad member for a number of competitions including the

2001 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fifth FIFA Confederations Cup and the third to be organised by FIFA. It was also the first in which the original hosts, Saudi Arabia, did not participate (they were the nation who founded the tournament, pr ...

and

2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the eighth edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was contested in the United States in July 2005. The United States emerged victorious ...

. He also earned youth caps.

Personal

He is the younger brother of

Chris Franks Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name *Chris Abani (born 1966), Nige ...

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* 1977 births Living people Soccer players from Edmonton Canadian men's soccer players Men's association football goalkeepers UBC Thunderbirds men's soccer players Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players PSV Eindhoven players RBC Roosendaal players Hibernian F.C. players Scottish Premier League players USL First Division players Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's under-23 international soccer players 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland {{Canada-footy-bio-stub