| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher John Perry[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1973-04-26)26 April 1973 (age 52)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Carshalton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1991 | Wimbledon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1999 | Wimbledon | 167 | (2) |
| 1999–2003 | Tottenham Hotspur | 120 | (3) |
| 2003 | →Charlton Athletic (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Charlton Athletic | 68 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | West Bromwich Albion | 23 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Luton Town | 35 | (1) |
| 2008 | →Southampton (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Southampton | 52 | (2) |
| Total | 479 | (11) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Christopher John Perry (born 26 April 1973) is an English football coach, formerfootballer and pundit.
As a player, he was adefender who notably played in thePremier League forWimbledon,Tottenham Hotspur andCharlton Athletic, as well as in theFootball League forWest Bromwich Albion,Luton Town andSouthampton.
Following retirement, Perry became a youth team coach withDagenham & Redbridge before coming a pundit forTalksport andBT Sport.
Perry started his career withWimbledon, the team he supported as a boy, and grew up within walking distance of the club's ground atPlough Lane.[citation needed] He debuted in the early 1990s and went on to make over 200 appearances for the club. Such was his form, he was tipped byManchester United managerAlex Ferguson andCrazy Gang bossJoe Kinnear to play forEngland.[2]
Perry moved from South to North London in July 1999, joiningTottenham Hotspur for a fee of £4 million, becoming the club's record signing. When teammateSol Campbell moved toArsenal, Perry became a first choice member of the team from the2001–02 season, until he lost his place in the team in January 2003, after incurring aslipped disk. Three months later and upon his return he found himself amongst emerging youth playersLedley King andAnthony Gardner, and joinedCharlton Athletic on loan in September 2003.
Having impressed, his move was made permanent byAlan Curbishley in November 2003,[3] after a £100,000 fee was agreed. Charlton were sitting in fourth place in the league at the time. He subsequently featured frequently in the league in the following two seasons and became an important part of the squad. WhenIain Dowie replaced Curbishley as manager in May 2006, Perry was released from the club.[4]
He moved toWest Bromwich Albion in July 2006,[5] and made his debut a month later in a 2–0 win overHull City.[6] He helped the club reach the play-off final in the2006–07 season. Perry criticisedDerby County, who beat Albion in the final, predicting "they will come straight back down" from thePremier League.[7] After being released by West Brom, having failed to make an agreed number of appearances to earn a new contract,[8] Perry joinedLeague One teamLuton Town in July 2007.
Perry scored his first goal for Luton in a 2–1 home win overNottingham Forest on 27 October 2007.[9] His performance in the match earned him a place in the League One Team of the Week.[10]
On 27 March 2008 he joinedSouthampton on loan for the rest of the season as a replacement forAndrew Davies, who broke his cheekbone and was ruled out for the remainder of the season. He was expected to go straight into the squad and make his debut againstCardiff City on 29 March.[11] His performance in the 2–0 home win againstBristol City on 5 April 2008 saw him named in the Championship Team of the Week.[12] On 6 June 2008 he joined Southampton on a free transfer.[13] He scored his first goal for the club in the 2–1 home defeat toBirmingham City in August 2008.[14]
On 15 May 2010, Perry was named in a list of 13 players to be released from Southampton before the start of the 2010–11 season.
Perry became a youth team coach withDagenham & Redbridge, working with their under-16's.[15] In 2015, he began working with the youth teams atMillwall.[16]
In 2011, he ran theLondon Marathon to raise money formotor neurone disease charities following the loss of his mother when he was 18 years old.[15]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Wimbledon | 1993–94 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 1994–95 | Premier League | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | Premier League | 37 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| 1996–97 | Premier League | 37 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 51 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | Premier League | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 43 | 1 | ||
| 1998–99 | Premier League | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | ||
| Total | 167 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 3 | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1999–2000 | Premier League | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[a] | 1 | 45 | 2 |
| 2000–01 | Premier League | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2001–02 | Premier League | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 42 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Premier League | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| Total | 120 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 146 | 4 | ||
| Charlton Athletic | 2003–04 | Premier League | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |
| 2004–05 | Premier League | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06 | Premier League | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | ||
| Total | 76 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 84 | 3 | |||
| West Bromwich Albion | 2006–07 | Championship | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Luton Town | 2007–08 | League One | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| Southampton | 2007–08 | Championship | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09 | Championship | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 43 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | League One | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 479 | 11 | 47 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 583 | 13 | ||
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