Chris Powell
Powell at Charlton Athletic in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Christopher George Robin Powell | ||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Lambeth, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Derby County (Assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–86 | Epsom & Ewell | ||
| 1986–87 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1990 | Crystal Palace | 3 | (0) |
| 1990 | → Aldershot (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 1990–1996 | Southend United | 248 | (3) |
| 1996–1998 | Derby County | 91 | (1) |
| 1998–2004 | Charlton Athletic | 200 | (1) |
| 2004 | → West Ham United (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | West Ham United | 23 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Watford | 15 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Leicester City | 19 | (0) |
| Total | 667 | (6) | |
| National team | |||
| 2001–2002 | England | 5 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010 | Leicester City (caretaker) | ||
| 2011–2014 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| 2014–2015 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| 2016– | Derby County (Assistant Manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Christopher George Robin "Chris" Powell (born 8 September 1969) is an English professional football player and coach. A left back, Powell played for clubs including Southend United, Derby County, Charlton Athletic – where he had three spells as a player over eight seasons – West Ham United and Leicester City. He also made five appearances for the England national team.
After finishing his playing career at Leicester in 2010, Powell became first team coach. He then returned to Charlton Athletic as manager. In the 2011–12 season, Charlton were promoted to the Championship as League One champions in Powell's first full season as a manager. He has also managed Huddersfield Town.
Powell served as chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association from November 2005 until he retired. In October 2009 Powell was named as one of 50 ambassadors for England's 2018 World Cup bid.
After leaving Raynes Park High School, Powell spent the 1985-86 season playing for the Epsom & Ewell youth team alongside a young Matt Elliott. He began his professional career in December 1987 as a trainee at Crystal Palace with Ian Wright but failed to become a regular with the first team. He spent time on loan at Aldershot, where he made 11 appearances, before moving on a free transfer in August 1990 to Essex club Southend United. In six years at the club Powell made 288 first-team appearances. In November 2004 a BBC poll of Southend United supporters voted Powell their all-time cult hero. One fan described him as "A very skilled, left-footed defender, who could quite possibly be considered one of the nicest men in football, a true gent."
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