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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1966-03-30)30 March 1966 (age 59) | ||
| Place of birth | Inverness, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Striker,Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1985 | Caledonian | ||
| 1985–1987 | Inverness Thistle | ||
| 1987–1989 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 1989–1994 | Caledonian | ||
| 1994–2004 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 257 | (32) |
| Total | 257+ | (32+) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | ||
| 2023 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (interim) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Charlie Christie (born 30 March 1966) is a Scottish former professionalfootball player and coach who played as astriker and latterly as amidfielder. He played forInverness Caledonian Thistle throughout the club's first ten years of existence (1994–2004) which saw three promotions from theold Third Division, to theScottish Premier League, making over 250 appearances, later managed the club from January 2006 until August 2007 and one game in September 2023 as interim manager afterBilly Dodds was sacked. He also played in theScottish Highland Football League forCaledonian andInverness Thistle before those clubs merged to become Caledonian Thistle, and was a reserve player atCeltic.
Charlie is the father ofRyan, who also played forInverness Caledonian Thistle, and plays forBournemouth andScotland.
Born inInverness in 1966, Christie began his professional football career in 1983, playing forCaledonian in theScottish Highland Football League. In 1985 he was transferred to local rivalsInverness Thistle. In September 1987 he signed forCeltic, where he made 56 appearances and scored 25 goals for the reserve team. He was unable to break into the Celtic first team, partly due to the performances ofFrank McAvennie, who played in the samestriker position. Christie rejoined Caledonian in 1989, in the combined role of player and commercial manager.
In 1994, when Inverness Thistle and Caledonian merged to formInverness Caledonian Thistle, Christie joined the new club, where he combined his playing role with running the Centenary Club lottery. Initially he played as a striker, before eventually moving back to amidfield role. He was the only player to play for Caley Thistle during all of the club's first ten seasons and played in many of the club's most memorable games during this period, including the 3-1Scottish Cup defeat of Celtic on 8 February 2000, his performance in this game earning him the sponsor's Man of the Match award.
During later seasons, Christie combined his playing career with a role as a club coach. He retired from playing in May 2004, having made a total of 314 appearances and scoring 34 goals.
After retiring as a player, Christie continued in his role as a youth development coach at Caley Thistle. In November 2004, when then-managerJohn Robertson left Caley Thistle to become manager ofHearts, Christie assisted the club'sDirector of footballGraeme Bennett in managing the team until a replacement could be found. WhenCraig Brewster joined as player-manager Christie was made first team coach and continued in this role until January 2006.
When Brewster left the club on 13 January 2006, Christie was appointedcaretaker manager. On 27 January 2006 he was given the manager's job on a permanent basis, withDonald Park as his assistant. Christie made Ross County midfielderJohn Rankin his first signing as Caley Thistle manager with a fee of £65,000 paid to their Highland neighbours. The deal also smashed Caley Thistle's previous record transfer fee paid to Highland League Club, Lossiemouth FC. of £35,000 for striker Ian Stewart. Christie remained in the job for nearly nineteen months before his resignation in August 2007.[1]
Christie has been involved inInverness Caledonian Thistle's academy since 2009, taking on the role as head of youth development.
In August 2024, following the sacking of CEO Scot Gardiner, Christie was named as Interim CEO by club benefactor,Alan Savage, whilst finances were levelled out and a suitable investor was found to take over the club.
Caledonian
Inverness Caledonian Thistle