Chris James (footballer)

Christopher " Chris " Paul James ( born July 4, 1987 in Wellington ) is a New Zealand soccer player on the position of attacking midfielder.

Club career

James was 13 years old and came to England after an unsuccessful trial with FC Arsenal finally in the youth department of FC Fulham. In 2006, he signed a professional contract with Fulham, not made ​​the leap into the professional team but and played until his departure in the reserve team. In spring 2008, he joined the reigning Finnish champions Tampere United, in which he was already the fourth New Zealander of the club's history by Lee Jones ( 1999-2001), Noah Hickey (2001-2003) and Gerard Davis ( 2002).

His first season at Tampere was mixed, so he came in his 17 missions on three hits, Tampere finished the season only in seventh place. In the 2009 season he was hardly taken into account and left the club at the end of the season. End of March 2010 he received a contract until the end of season, which was, however, not extended the English fourth division FC Barnet. In 2011 he was hired in Australia at the APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the NSW Premier League and graduated from there until his departure in 2012 18 league games in which he came four times to score. In the same year he joined the Finnish first division Kuopio PS and brought it there to date (as of November 27, 2012 ) at 19 Championship inserts, four goals and an Assist

National

James played for England youth teams, before he was appointed in the summer of 2006 in the New Zealand national team and made ​​his international debut in a friendly match against the reigning world champions Brazil. In January 2007, he participated with the New Zealand U -20 team at the oceanic qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Junior Championships, and was the tournament victory with six goals in six games top scorer of his team. The World Cup finals missed James, as he was leaving for personal reasons a few days before the tournament starts.

After a few more missions, including three matches in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, nominated coach Ricki Herbert James for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa.

In the play-offs for the 2014 World Cup against the Mexican national team, both in the first leg, he scored ( Score: 1:5 ) and in the return game ( 2:4 ) each hit. The team failed to qualify for the World Cup in the end after these two defeats.

Achievements

At club level:

Individual:

  • New Zealand International Young Player: 2006
Fulham F.C. Football League Two National Premier Leagues NSW
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