Chris Tardif
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Luke Tardif | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Guernsey | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Guernsey F.C. | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1996 | Vale Recreation FC | ||
| 1996–1998 | Portsmouth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2004 | Portsmouth | 5 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Havant & Waterlooville (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Newport (IOW) (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Havant & Waterlooville (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2004–2008 | Oxford United | 58 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Basingstoke Town | 14 | (0) |
| 2008 | Maidenhead United | 9 | (0) |
| 2008 | Farnborough | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Bognor Regis Town | ? | (?) |
| 2009–2010 | Maidenhead United | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | Basingstoke Town | 10 | (0) |
| 2010 | St. Martin's A.C. | 0 | (0) |
| 2011– | Guernsey F.C. | 169 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| –2001 | Northern Ireland U19 | ||
| 2011– | Guernsey | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:17, 14 August 2013 (UTC). |
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Christopher Luke "Chris" Tardif (born 19 September 1979) is a former professional footballer, who currently plays for Guernsey F.C. as a goalkeeper. He has represented Northern Ireland at youth level, through a now closed loophole in the Home Nations agreement, and Guernsey at senior level.
Tardif began his career in Guernsey with Vale Recreation FC before joining Portsmouth, turning professional in the 1998 close season. He joined Havant & Waterlooville on loan in August 1999, playing in the first eight league games of Havants' first season in the Southern League Premier Division. He also had a spell on loan with Newport (Isle of Wight) from March to May 2000 and finally made his Portsmouth debut in their 2–1 defeat at home to Tranmere in the FA Cup on 6 January 2001. He made four further appearances for Portsmouth that season, all in the Championship as Portsmouth successfully avoided relegation. His only other appearance for Portsmouth came on 27 August 2001 when Tardif played in their 4–1 win at home to Grimsby Town.
He spent the 2002–03 season on loan with Bournemouth, playing 14 games in all competitions and, after a spell on loan with Newport (Isle of Wight), in October 2003 joined Havant & Waterlooville on a month's loan, as cover for the injured Gareth Howells.
Released by Portsmouth, he joined Oxford United in May 2004, on a two-year contract. He was a regular the following season. However, he found first-team football hard to come by in later seasons, particularly under Jim Smith when Billy Turley kept him out of the side to the extent that he had a transfer request accepted by Oxford in December 2006. In September 2007, he retired from professional football to start a new career, although planned to continue playing semi-professionally.
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