Chris Armstrong (soccer player, 1971)

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Chris Armstrong
Personnel
Surname Christopher Peter Armstrong
birthday June 19, 1971
place of birth Newcastle upon Tyne ,  England
size 183 cm
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1989-1991 Wrexham AFC 60 (13)
1991-1992 Millwall FC 28 0(5)
1992-1995 Crystal Palace 118 (45)
1995-2002 Tottenham Hotspur 141 (48)
2002-2003 Bolton Wanderers 0 0(0)
2003-2005 Wrexham AFC 59 (13)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1994 England B 1 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Christopher Peter Armstrong (born June 19, 1971 in Newcastle upon Tyne ) is a former English football player . The striker last played for AFC Wrexham .

He started his career in 1989 in Wrexham in the fourth division. In 1991 he moved to Millwall FC in the second division and in 1992 to Crystal Palace in the Premier League. He was Crystal Palace's top scorer with 23 goals, but the club was relegated. In the next year, however, the direct rise again succeeded. In March 1995, his drug test was positive for cannabis and he was banned from four games.

At the end of the season he went to Tottenham Hotspur . With the club he won the League Cup in 1999, together with his German teammate Steffen Freund . In 2002/03 he was with the Bolton Wanderers under contract, but had no missions. In 2003 he moved to his old club in Wrexham, where he ended his career in 2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FA has suspended Chris Armstrong of Crystal Palace for smoking a private spliff. Our football correspondent calls for a sense of proportion independent.co.uk March 7, 1995
  2. ↑ Why English football has a drugs problem theguardian.com April 27, 2002
personal data
SURNAME Armstrong, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Armstrong, Christopher Peter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Newcastle upon Tyne , England