Chris Moore (footballer, born 1984)

Christopher James Moore (born 17 January 1984) is an English former professional footballer. He is a youth coach at Sunderland.

Chris Moore

Personal information
Full name	Christopher James Moore[1]
Date of birth	(1984-01-17) 17 January 1984 (age 41)[2]
Place of birth	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Sunderland (youth coach)
Youth career
–	Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	Bishop Auckland	57	(10)
2004–2005	Whitley Bay	15	(5)
2007–2009	Whitley Bay	59	(14)
2009	Durham City	1	(0)
2009–2010	Whitley Bay	25	(3)
2010–2011	Darlington	25	(1)
2010	→ Spennymoor Town (loan)	5	(1)
2011–2012	Gateshead	24	(3)
2012	Whitley Bay	0	(0)
2012	Barrow	5	(0)
2013	Darlington 1883	0	(0)
2014	Blyth Spartans
2014–2015	Consett
2015	Ashington
2015–2016	Durham City
Managerial career
2015–2016	Durham City
2018–2019	Consett
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:57, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Career

Moore was born in Newcastle upon Tyne.^[4] He began his football career in Newcastle United's Academy, then played non-League football for Bishop Auckland and Whitley Bay before taking a degree in journalism at Rutgers University in New Jersey. On returning to England in 2008 he rejoined Whitley Bay,^[5] and, after a one-game stint at Durham City,^[6] was part of their FA Vase-winning team in 2009.^[7] In March 2010, he turned professional for the first time, signing a contract with Football League Two club Darlington to run until the end of the 2010–11 season.^[5] He made his debut in the Football League two days later as a half-time substitute as Darlington lost 2–0 at Northampton Town.^[8]

In September 2010 he joined Northern League club Spennymoor Town on what turned out "an impressive month"'s loan, scoring three goals from six games (one from five in the League).^[9][10] Moore was part of Darlington's FA Trophy winning side, playing all 120 minutes against Mansfield Town on 7 May 2011.^[11] He was not offered a new contract and was released by Darlington a week later.^[12]

In July 2011, Moore went on trial at Gateshead.^[13] He played in five pre-season friendlies^{[14][15][16][17][18]} before signing an initial six-month contract on 27 July 2011.^[19] He made his Gateshead debut as a second-half substitute on 13 August in their 3–2 win over Kidderminster Harriers at Aggborough.^[20] He scored his first goal for Gateshead in his first start 10 days later in a 3–1 win against Southport at Haig Avenue.^[21] On 31 December 2011, Moore had his contract extended until the end of the season.^[22] Moore was released by Gateshead on 30 April 2012.^[23]

Moore joined Barrow in August 2012, and subsequently moved onto Darlington 1883, Blyth Spartans, Consett and Ashington,^[24] before becoming manager of Durham City in November 2015.^[25] He left Durham in October 2016,^[26] and subsequently coached at Whitley Bay and North Shields. In May 2018 he was appointed manager of Consett.^[24] In May 2019 he left the club to join Sunderland as a youth coach.^[27]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 April 2012

Club	Season	League[A]		FA Cup		League Cup		Other[B]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bishop Auckland	2003–04[28]	34	7	2	0	0	0	10	2	46	9
	2004–05[29]	23	3	1	1	0	0	4	0	28	4
	Total	57	10	3	1	0	0	14	2	74	13
Whitley Bay	2004–05[30]	15	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	18	7
	2007–08[31]	22	2	1	0	0	0	7	0	30	2
	2008–09[32]	35	12	4	1	0	0	12	1	51	14
	2009–10[33]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Durham City	2009–10[34]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Whitley Bay	2009–10[35]	25	3	2	0	0	0	10	2	37	5
	Total	99	22	7	1	0	0	32	5	138	28
Darlington	2009–10[36]	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	2010–11[37]	14	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	20	1
	Total	25	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	31	1
Spennymoor Town (loan)	2010–11[38]	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	3
Gateshead	2011–12[39]	24	3	2	0	0	0	4	0	30	3
Career totals		211	37	15	2	0	0	54	9	280	48

A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the English Football League, Football Conference, Northern Premier League and Northern League.

B. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the FA Trophy, FA Vase, Durham Challenge Cup, Northumberland Senior Cup, Northern Premier League Challenge Cup and Northern League Cup.