Philip Richard Chapple (born 26 November 1966) is an English former professional footballer. Chapple began his career with

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after coming through the youth teams at

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 ...

. He was part of the Us defence which gained consecutive promotions in 1989–90 and 1990–91. He joined

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

in 1993 and spent five seasons at The Valley before ending his career at

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 ...

. After retiring from playing Chapple took up coaching roles at Peterborough United and

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before becoming chief scout back at Charlton. After a brief spell at

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Chapple was appointed European scout at

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. In September 2019 Chapple joined

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

as head of first-team recruitment until February 2020.

Playing career

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who started his career with

, he failed to make the breakthrough and joined

on a free transfer in March 1988. During his time at The Abbey Stadium, Chapple went on to feature in the club's most successful seasons, culminating in a rise from

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to Division 2 in successive seasons. In total Chapple made 187 league appearances for the club, scoring an impressive 19 goals.

paid £100,000 for his services in 1993 and he went on to have a 5-year playing career at The Valley, scoring 15 goals in 141 games before joining

in 1998. Chapple endured an injury ravaged time at London Road and only managed 17 games and one goal before retiring from playing.

Scouting career

Chapple stayed at Peterborough in a number of roles including Youth Team Coach,

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and

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before leaving in September 2003. He had spells as academy coach at

and as a coach at Newmarket Town and in 2007 returned to

as chief

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. When Charlton named

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as caretaker manager in November 2008, Phil briefly joined the first-team coaching set-up before returning to his Chief Scout role in July 2009. He remained at Charlton until September 2015 when he joined

. He was appointed European scout at

in December 2016. In September 2019 he was appointed as head of first-team recruitment at

. He left Stoke in February 2020.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapple, Phil 1966 births Living people Association football defenders Norwich City F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Footballers from Norwich English footballers Peterborough United F.C. non-playing staff West Ham United F.C. non-playing staff Charlton Athletic F.C. non-playing staff Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. non-playing staff Stoke City F.C. non-playing staff Fulham F.C. non-playing staff Norwich City F.C. non-playing staff Luton Town F.C. non-playing staff