Chris Pile (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 April 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Huyton, England | ||
Position(s) |
Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Liverpool | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1987 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
1986–1987 |
Kirkby Town | 0 | (0) |
1987 | Tranmere Rovers | 0 | (0) |
1987 | Bury | 0 | (0) |
1988–1991 | Waterside Karori | 54 | (0) |
1991–1992 | Southport | 11 | (0) |
2001 | Western Suburbs | 21 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Christopher James Pile (born 4 April 1967) is an English former footballer whose career was curtailed by injury.
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Pile came through the
He joined Tranmere Rovers and then Bury as a non-contract player, playing reserve team football and impressed sufficiently at Bury to be offered a contract. Unfortunately, though, the deal was scuppered when he broke his wrist on the day of signing. Needing regular football, he accepted an offer to move to New Zealand, a move that he initially expected to be short-term. However, he settled so well, playing for Wellington side Waterside Karori, that he was able to ignore reported interest from Scottish giants Celtic. A couple of years later, personal reasons saw him return to England, and he joined Southport, where he had some success until he suffered a broken hand, the third of his career. This caused him to quit playing, and he returned to New Zealand where he has remained to this day. Chris is one of New Zealand's top goalkeeper coaches working over the past 20 plus years with New Zealand Under 17s & 20s, two spells with
Chris can now be heard across the air waves of Australia & New Zealand radio as he works as an expert analyst in the Australian A-League.