Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christian Mark Short | ||
Date of birth | 9 May 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Münster, West Germany | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Pickering Town | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1990 | Scarborough | 43 | (1) |
1990 | → Manchester United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1990–1995 | Notts County | 94 | (2) |
1994 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
1995–1998 | Sheffield United | 46 | (0) |
1998–2000 | Stoke City | 35 | (0) |
2001 | Scarborough | 5 | (0) |
2001 | Hinckley United | 2 | (0) |
Total | 231 | (3) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Christian Mark Short (born 9 May 1970) is a former footballer who played as a defender for Scarborough, Notts County, Huddersfield Town, Sheffield United and Stoke City. He also played non-league football for Pickering Town and Hinckley United. [1]
Born in Münster, West Germany, Short grew up in Yorkshire and followed his older brother Craig from non-league Pickering Town on to Scarborough. [2] He was loaned to Manchester United before joining his brother again at Notts County for £240,000, Scarborough's record sale. [2] He helped Neil Warnock's side reach the top flight in his first season and he stayed there until 1995, when he joined Sheffield United. [2] Brian Little took him to Stoke City on a free transfer in 1998 and impressed as an attacking right back. [2]
However, just a month into his Stoke career he collapsed on the edge of the pitch at Fulham on 8 September 1998 and had to be revived with oxygen. [2] Short went on a number of checks at the hospital but they found no problems with him. [2] He was put on a sodium diet and says that he always felt "tired and out of breath". [2] Eventually he was diagnosed with a circulation disorder and retired from playing after ending his career with Scarborough and Hinckley United. [2]
Short later worked as a strength and conditioning coach and sports massage therapist and has also worked as a fitness coach with Blackburn Rovers, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Leicester City and Sheffield United. [2] [3] Short joined Neil Warnock's coaching set-up at Leeds United as the first team fitness conditioner on 13 July 2012. [4] Short left the club shortly after the sacking of Neil Warnock, with manager Brian McDermott bringing in his own fitness coach Jon Goodman. [5]
In November 2016 he became the fitness coach at Bradford City. [6] He left his role with Bradford in June 2018. [7]
A month after leaving Bradford he moved to Blackpool as the new First Team Coach. [8]
He joined Oxford United in 2018, as the club's new Head of Sports Science. Short left this role at the end of the 2020/21 season to join Middlesbrough, but departed following Neil Warnock’s sacking the following November.
He returned to Oxford United for a second spell in the club's sports science department in September 2022 on a short-term basis, initially until Christmas, helping out with the first team and women's side.
His brother Craig was also a professional footballer. [9] He and his brother now regularly row across the English channel for charity. [2] Both have played for Pickering Town, Scarborough, Notts County and Sheffield United. The two have also worked together at Oxford United.
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other [lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Scarborough | 1988–89 | Fourth Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
1989–90 | Fourth Division | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 1 | |
Total | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 1 | ||
Notts County | 1990–91 | Second Division | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
1991–92 | First Division | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 1 | |
1992–93 | First Division | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
1993–94 | First Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
1994–95 | First Division | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
1995–96 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 94 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 115 | 3 | ||
Huddersfield Town (loan) | 1994–95 | Second Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Sheffield United | 1995–96 | First Division | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
1996–97 | First Division | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
1997–98 | First Division | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 44 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||
Stoke City | 1998–99 | Second Division | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
1999–2000 | Second Division | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
Total | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
Scarborough | 2001–02 | Football Conference | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Career total | 227 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 278 | 4 |
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