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Chris McCready

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Chris McCready

| image =

| fullname = Christopher James McCready

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|9|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ellesmere Port, England{{cite book|editor1-first=Glenda|editor1-last=Rollin|editor2-first=Jack|editor2-last=Rollin|title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013|year=2012|publisher=Headline|location=London|isbn=978-0-7553-6356-8|page=500|edition=43rd}}

| height =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1=

| youthclubs1=

| years1 = 2000–2006

| years2 = 2000-2001

| years3 = 2006–2007

| years4 = 2007–2009

| years5 = 2009–2010

| years6 = 2010

| years7 = 2010–2014

| clubs1 = Crewe Alexandra

| clubs2 = → Hyde United (loan)

| clubs3 = Tranmere Rovers

| clubs4 = Crewe Alexandra

| clubs5 = Northampton Town

| clubs6 = → Tranmere Rovers (loan)

| clubs7 = Morecambe

| caps1 = 76 | goals1 = 0

| caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 0

| caps3 = 42 | goals3 = 1

| caps4 = 39 | goals4 = 2

| caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 0

| caps6 = 8| goals6 = 0

| caps7 = 142| goals7 = 6

| totalcaps = 327 | totalgoals = 9

| club-update = 06:08, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

}}

Christopher James McCready (born 5 September 1981, Ellesmere Port, England) is an English former footballer. He played in right, left and central defence.

Career

Prior to joining Tranmere in 2006, McCready had spent his entire professional career at Crewe, joining the club as a schoolboy and graduating through its prolific youth system. At the age of 14, McCready went to the FA national school at Lilleshall where he played with peers including Joe Cole, he also represented England schoolboys through to under 17 level.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} McCready made over 70 appearances for Crewe, as well as making eight appearances on loan at Hyde United over two separate spells.

He rejected the offer of a new contract at the end of the 2005–06 season following the club's relegation from the Championship, and joined Tranmere on a one-year contract for 2006–07, after impressing on trial.

McCready established himself as a regular in the Rovers defence, playing in all but four of Tranmere's league games. He re-joined Crewe on a two-year contract on 7 June 2007. At the end of that two-year spell, he was told that he would not be offered a new contract at Crewe, so was released by the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.superalex.co.uk/news/Crewe-Alex-Thordarson-wields-axe/article-965124-detail/article.html|title=Thordarson Wields Axe|date=6 May 2009|work=The Sentinel|accessdate=2009-06-09|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120912182809/http://www.superalex.co.uk/news/Crewe-Alex-Thordarson-wields-axe/article-965124-detail/article.html|archivedate=12 September 2012|df=dmy-all}} He joined Northampton on 3 August, after a successful trial.[http://www.ntfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10425~1738074,00.html McCready becomes latest addition] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907055331/http://www.ntfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10425~1738074%2C00.html |date=7 September 2009 }} ntfc.co.uk. 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2010-01-13.

In January 2010 he rejoined Tranmere Rovers on loan for the remainder of the season.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/8472795.stm|title=Tranmere Rovers re-sign Northampton's Chris McCready |date=21 January 2010|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=2010-01-21}}

In July 2010 he signed a 2-year deal with Morecambe.

On 6 May 2014 it was announced that he wasn't to be offered a new contract by Morecambe.

Career statistics

{{updated|20 September 2019}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="6" |Crewe Alexandra

|2001–02{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21233&season_id=131|title=Chris McCready {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Season 2001/2002 {{!}} 2000-2014 {{!}} Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=2019-09-20}}

|Division One

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

2002–03{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21233&season_id=132|title=Chris McCready {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Season 2002/2003 {{!}} 2000-2014 {{!}} Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=2019-09-20}}

|Division Two

|8

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|9

|0

2003–04{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21233&season_id=133|title=Chris McCready {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Season 2003/2004 {{!}} 2000-2014 {{!}} Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=2019-09-20}}

|Division One

|22

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|23

|0

2004–05{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21233&season_id=134|title=Chris McCready {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Season 2004/2005 {{!}} 2000-2014 {{!}} Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=2019-09-20}}

|Championship

|20

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|21

|0

2005–06{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21233&season_id=135|title=Chris McCready {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Season 2005/2006 {{!}} 2000-2014 {{!}} Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=2019-09-20}}

|Championship

|25

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|26

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!76

!0

!2

!0

!2

!0

!0

!0

!80

!0

Tranmere Rovers

|2006–07{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21233&season_id=136|title=Chris McCready {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Season 2006/2007 {{!}} 2000-2014 {{!}} Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=2019-09-20}}

|League One

|42

|1

|2

|0

|1

|0

|2Appearances in the Football League Trophy

|0

|47

|1

rowspan="3" |Crewe Alexandra

|2007–08{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21233&season_id=137|title=Chris McCready {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Season 2007/2008 {{!}} 2000-2014 {{!}} Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=2019-09-20}}

|League One

|34

|1

|2

|1

|1

|0

|0

|0

|37

|2

2008–09{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21233&season_id=138|title=Chris McCready {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Season 2008/2009 {{!}} 2000-2014 {{!}} Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=2019-09-20}}

|League One

|5

|1

|0

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|6

|1

colspan="2" |Total

!39

!2

!2

!1

!2

!0

!0

!0

!43

!3

Northampton Town

|2009–10{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21233&season_id=139|title=Chris McCready {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Season 2009/2010 {{!}} 2000-2014 {{!}} Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=2019-09-20}}

|League Two

|14

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|3

|0

|18

|0

Tranmere Rovers (loan)

|2009–10

|League One

|8

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|8

|0

rowspan="5" |Morecambe

|2010–11{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21233&season_id=140|title=Chris McCready {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Season 2010/2011 {{!}} 2000-2014 {{!}} Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=2019-09-20}}

|League Two

|36

|4

|1

|0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|39

|4

2011–12{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21233&season_id=141|title=Chris McCready {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Season 2011/2012 {{!}} 2000-2014 {{!}} Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=2019-09-20}}

|League Two

|46

|0

|1

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|48

|0

2012–13{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21233&season_id=142|title=Chris McCready {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Season 2012/2013 {{!}} 2000-2014 {{!}} Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=2019-09-20}}

|League Two

|40

|2

|2

|0

|1

|0

|2

|0

|45

|2

2013–14{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21233&season_id=143|title=Chris McCready {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Season 2013/2014 {{!}} 2000-2014 {{!}} Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=2019-09-20}}

|League Two

|22

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|23

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!144

!6

!5

!0

!4

!0

!2

!0

!155

!6

colspan="3" |Career total

!323

!9

!11

!1

!9

!0

!7

!0

!350

!10

; Notes

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Personal life

His younger brother Tom is also a professional footballer and has played for a range of clubs, including Exeter City and Chester. He has three children.{{Cite web|url=https://www.morecambefc.com/news/2014/july/tom-mccready-signs/|title=Tom McCready Signs|website=www.morecambefc.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-09-20}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100205055325/http://www.ntfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10425~12379%2C00.html Chris McCready player profile] at ntfc.co.uk
  • {{Soccerbase}}

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Category:1981 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Ellesmere Port

Category:English men's footballers

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:Crewe Alexandra F.C. players

Category:Hyde United F.C. players

Category:Tranmere Rovers F.C. players

Category:Northampton Town F.C. players

Category:Morecambe F.C. players

Category:English Football League players

Category:21st-century English sportsmen