Chris Franks (soccer)

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Chris Franks
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-04-27) 27 April 1974 (age 48)
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) defender
Youth career
1988–1993 UBC Thunderbirds
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–2000 Vancouver 86ers 87 (11)
2001–2005 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 85 (0)
2005–2006 Doncaster Rovers 0 (0)
International career
1991–1992 Canada U20 3 (1)
1994–1996 Canada U23 11 (2)
1998 Canada 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chris Franks (born 27 April 1974) is a Canadian former international soccer player who played professionally in North America and England.

Contents

He currently is physiotherapist at Vancouver Whitecaps FC. [1]

Club career

Franks has played professionally for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Doncaster Rovers. However, he never made a league appearance for Doncaster. [2]

International career

He made his debut for Canada in a May 1998 friendly match against Macedonia and that game proved to be his only international appearance.

Personal life

He is the older brother of Mike Franks. [3]

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References

  1. BIOGRAPHY Archived February 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine – Vancouver Whitecaps
  2. "DONCASTER ROVERS : 1946/47 – 1997/98 & 2003/04 – 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database.
  3. "Towering keeper returns after playing with PSV Eindhoven and Hibernian". CanadaSoccer.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2006. Retrieved April 6, 2009.