Chris Humphrey
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Full name | Christopher Charles Humphrey[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 19 September 1987||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Saint Catherine, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger / Wing Back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Milnthorpe Corinthians FC (player manager) | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2004 | Walsall | ||||||||||||||||
2004–2006 | West Bromwich Albion | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Shrewsbury Town | 74 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2007 | → Stafford Rangers (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2013 | Motherwell | 132 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Preston North End | 106 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Hibernian | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Bury | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | → Barrow (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | East Kilbride | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | Gretna 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Kelty Hearts | ||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | Jamaica | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2019 | Gretna 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Kendal Town | ||||||||||||||||
2021-2022 | Penrith A.F.C. | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 24 September 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:37, 6 May 2017 (UTC) |
Christopher Charles Humphrey (born 19 September 1987) is a Jamaican professional footballer and coach. He currently Manages Milnthorpe Corinthians FC in the West Lancashire Premier league. Humphrey has played for several clubs in the United Kingdom, including English clubs Shrewsbury Town, Preston North End and Bury, and Scottish clubs Motherwell and Hibernian. He also played for the Jamaica national team in 12 matches, having made his full international debut in 2012. Humphrey announced his retirement from football in October 2018, due to ongoing injury problems before returning to the game with East Kilbride.[2] Humphrey took over as player/manager of Lowland League side Gretna 2008 but was sacked in November 2019.[3]}
Career
Born in Jamaica before moving to Walsall[4] at the age of 5, Humphrey was at Walsall's Centre of Excellence until he joined West Bromwich Albion.
Shrewsbury Town
After playing in a reserve team match against
Three days after signing, on 9 September, Humphrey made his debut as a 79th-minute substitute for Ben Herd in a 1–0 home defeat to Lincoln City.[7] On 8 February 2007, and having made nine substitute appearances, Humphrey's progress had pleased Peters sufficiently to earn him a one-year contract extension until summer 2008.[8]
In his first season, he made a total of 14 league appearances for Shrewsbury, all but one as a substitute. Humphrey played for Shrewsbury, as a late second-half substitute, in the 2007 Football League Two play-off final. Shrewsbury lost 3–1 to Bristol Rovers at Wembley. A mistake was made on his shirt, spelling his surname as "Humphery".
After making three league and three cup appearances in the early part of the
He scored his first goal on 25 October 2008, two minutes after coming on as a 78th-minute substitute for Shane Cansdell-Sherriff to earn Shrewsbury a 1–1 draw with Brentford at Griffin Park.[10] Late in the January 2009 transfer window, and with Humphrey about to be out of contract in summer, it was claimed that he had attracted the interest of various clubs, including Aston Villa, following a number of eye-catching performances that season.[11] On 2 May, Humphrey set up one goal and scored another as Shrewsbury beat Dagenham & Redbridge 2–1 to ensure the Shrews finished in seventh place in League Two, the fourth and final play-off spot.[12]
On 23 May 2009, Humphrey played for Shrewsbury in the
Motherwell
On 15 July 2009, Motherwell announced Humphrey as new manager Jim Gannon's second signing of the summer.[19] Humphrey stated he was delighted to have made the move, hoping it would make him a better player.[20] The chance to play in Europe was one of his main reasons for joining Motherwell.[21]
On 23 July 2009, Humphrey made his debut for the club, starting in the second round of the Europa League in an 8–1 second leg win over
After
In the 2011–12 season, Humphrey continued to retain his first team place and scored his first goal of the season, in a 4–2 win over Dunfermline Athletic on 27 August 2011. During the season, Humphrey would again find himself linked with several English clubs.[33] As with previous links, no move would materialise and Humphrey would once again see out the season with Motherwell. On 24 January 2012, he scored his second goal of the season, Dunfermline Athletic the victims again, in a 3–1 win for Motherwell. At the end of the season, Motherwell finished in third place. This gave the club qualification to the Champions League qualifying rounds, due to second placed Rangers being in administration, preventing them from taking part.[34]
In the 2012–13 season, Humphrey would again play European football, featuring in a 2–0 loss against Greek side
Preston North End
On 4 June 2013, it was announced that Humphrey would be leaving Motherwell to join
Humphrey made his debut in the opening game of the season, where he made his first start, playing in the right wing position, as Preston drew 0–0 with
Humphrey continued to play regularly for Preston during 2013–14 and 2014–15, and the club gained promotion from League One to the
Hibernian
Humphrey returned to Scottish football on 31 December 2016, signing a contract with Championship club Hibernian until the end of the 2016–17 season.[52][53] He made his first appearance for Hibs on 6 January, assisting the first two goals in a 3–0 win against Dundee United.[54] Humphrey suffered a calf injury in a Scottish Cup tie with Hearts in February, which caused him to miss nine first team matches.[55] Humphrey left Hibs at the end of the season and indicated that he was likely to return to English football.[56]
Bury & Barrow Loan
Humphrey signed a one-year contract with Bury in June 2017.[57] He was released by Bury at the end of the 2017–18 season. During his time at bury he had a loan spell at Barrow AFC but only appeared the once. [58]
Humphrey announced his retirement from football in October 2018, due to ongoing injury problems.[59]
East Kilbride
Humphrey had a change of heart and came out of retirement to play for East Kilbride.[60] EK went on to win the Lowland League during the 2018-19 season.[61]
Gretna 2008
Humphrey made his first step into management with Gretna 2008[62] but was sacked on 30 November 2019.[3]
Kelty Hearts
Humphrey signed for Kelty Hearts as a player on 10 December 2019.[63] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kelty were declared Lowland League champions on 13 April 2020 on a points per game average based on the current standings.[64]
Kendal Town
Humphrey was appointed as Kendal Town manager on 23 July 2020.[65] He left the position on 21 October 2021 and joined Penrith A.F.C. in the Northern Football League, one division lower.[66] He left Penrith in April 2022.[67]
International career
Impressive performances early in the 2010–11 season saw him linked with selection for the Scotland national football team. Humphrey would be eligible to play for Scotland because his mother was born in Kilmarnock.[68] No call-up was forthcoming though. Humphrey was given a call-up to the Jamaica squad in 2011, but passport issues prevented him from playing.[69] He was given another call-up a year later and made his debut in a 1–0 defeat to Panama. Humphrey made a second appearance against Panama, but was then dropped from the squad for breaking a curfew.[70]
Personal life
Humphrey was to become a father for the first time. However, the child died during birth.[23] Following Motherwell's qualification to the Champions League in May 2012, he became a father again after his wife gave birth to a boy.[71]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 4 February 2018
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Shrewsbury Town | 2006–07[72] | League Two | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[a] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
2007–08[73] | League Two | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
2008–09[74] | League Two | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[c] | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
Total | 74 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | 88 | 2 | |||
Stafford Rangers (loan) | 2007–08[73] | Conference Premier
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Motherwell | 2009–10[75] | Scottish Premier League | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | |
2010–11[75] | Scottish Premier League | 36 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | — | 51 | 4 | ||
2011–12[75] | Scottish Premier League | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 2 | |||
2012–13[75] | Scottish Premier League | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | — | 39 | 3 | ||
Total | 132 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 163 | 9 | |||
Preston North End | 2013–14[76] | League One | 42 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[f] | 0 | 50 | 3 | |
2014–15[77] | League One | 44 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[g] | 1 | 56 | 5 | ||
2015–16[78] | Championship | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
2016–17[79] | Championship | 10 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
Total | 106 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | 133 | 8 | |||
Hibernian | 2016–17[79] | Scottish Championship | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
Bury | 2017–18[80] | League One | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Career totals | 332 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 409 | 20 |
- ^ Three appearances in Football League Trophy, two in League Two play-offs
- ^ Appearances in Football League Trophy
- ^ Two appearances in Football League Trophy, two in League Two play-offs
- ^ a b Appearances in Europa League
- ^ One appearance in Champions League, two in Europa League
- ^ Appearances in League One play-offs
- ^ Two appearances in League One play-offs, four in Football League Trophy
International
- As of match played 8 September 2015.[81]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Jamaica | 2012 | 2 | 0 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | |
2014 | 4 | 0 | |
2015 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 0 |
Honours
Preston North End
East Kilbride
Kelty Hearts
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External links
- Chris Humphrey profile at Motherwell FC official website
- Chris Humphrey at Soccerbase
- Profile at shrewsburytown.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 July 2008)