Chris Zebroski

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Chris Zebroski
Personal information
Full name Christopher Matthew Zebroski
Date of birth (1986-10-29) 29 October 1986 (age 36)
Place of birth Swindon, England
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 AFC Croydon Athletic (assistant manager)
Youth career
Cirencester Academy
2003–2004 Swindon Town
2004–2005 Plymouth Argyle
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2006 Plymouth Argyle 4 (0)
2006–2008 Millwall 25 (3)
2007 → Oxford United (loan) 10 (2)
2007–2008 → Torquay United (loan) 46 (19)
2008–2010 Wycombe Wanderers 48 (9)
2009–2010 → Torquay United (loan) 7 (4)
2010–2011 Torquay United 67 (19)
2011–2012 Bristol Rovers 39 (3)
2012–2013 Cheltenham Town 21 (5)
2013 Eastleigh 12 (3)
2013–2015 Newport County 71 (19)
2017–2019 Eastleigh 75 (12)
2019–2021 Chippenham Town 28 (5)
2021 Malmesbury Victoria 21 (20)
2021 Swindon Supermarine 5 [1] (2)
2021–2022 Wantage Town
2022 Melksham Town 8 (2)
2023 Fleet Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:24, Monday, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Christopher Matthew Zebroski (born 29 October 1986) is an English former footballer who played as a forward. He is currently assistant manager of AFC Croydon Athletic.

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Club career

Zebroski was a youth player for his hometown club Swindon Town, but was released after failing to earn a professional contract. [2] After his release there he trained under the watch of former Wales international Steve Lowndes at Cirencester football academy, it was from here that he was spotted by scouts of Championship club Plymouth Argyle and signed as a youth player by the club. He later signed a professional contract, [3] and made four first-team appearances for Argyle before his contract was terminated after he was found guilty of gross misconduct by the club. This followed an incident involving the club captain Paul Wotton. [4]

Three weeks after leaving Plymouth Argyle, he was signed for Millwall by manager Nigel Spackman. [5] On 21 March 2007, Zebroski joined Oxford United on a month's loan. [6] On 31 July 2007, Zebroski signed for Conference National side Torquay United on loan until May 2008, and went on to score 19 goals in league and cup competitions during the 2007–08 season.

He was transferred to Wycombe Wanderers for £20,000 in June 2008. [7] Zebroski finished the 2008–09 season with seven goals from 33 league matches, mostly from the wing, helping the team win promotion to League One. The start of the 2009–10 season saw Zebroski score two goals in a 3–2 defeat at Charlton Athletic.On 20 November 2009, Zebroski returned to Torquay United on loan with a view to permanent transfer in January. [8] On 26 November 2010 Zebroski was given a 12-month community order and fine for kicking and punching a soldier in a street fight in Torquay in August 2010. [9] He scored twice in a 5–0 home win against Darlington on 12 December and the move later became permanent.

After helping the club avoid relegation from League Two during the 2009–10 campaign, Zebroski scored 16 league goals[ citation needed ] to help the club finish seventh and reach the play-offs the following season. In the semi-final first leg versus Shrewsbury at Plainmoor, Zebroski scored the first goal to set up a 2–0 victory. The second leg finished 0–0, leaving Torquay to play Stevenage in the play-off final at Old Trafford. Stevenage won the match 1–0. In July 2011 he followed former Torquay manager Paul Buckle to his new club, Bristol Rovers. [10]

In August 2012 Zebroski joined Cheltenham Town. His contract with Cheltenham was cancelled by mutual consent on 4 January 2013 after Zebroski withdrew from the matchday squad at short notice on a number of occasions. [11]

On Monday 25 February 2013, it was announced that Zebroski had joined Conference South side Eastleigh. [12] He scored his first goal for the club in the 1–0 win over Eastbourne Borough on 2 March 2013. [13]

On 5 June 2013 Zebroski signed for newly promoted League Two club Newport County. [14] He was selected as Newport County's Player of the Year for the 2013–14 season. In April 2015 he was jailed for 4 years and 4 months after he "admitted four charges of robbery, attempted robbery and assault relating to two incidents". [15] Zebroski attributed the incidents to alcoholism, and failed in an appeal against the sentence. [16] He served two years of his sentence at HMP Prescoed, and was released in 2017. [17]

Following his release from prison, Zebroski rejoined Eastleigh in June 2017. [18]

On 8 August 2019, Zebroski signed for National League South side Chippenham Town. He departed the club in May 2021. [19]

Zebroski joined Hellenic Football League Division One side Malmesbury Victoria in August 2021. [20] Less than one month later, he joined Southern Football League Premier Division South side Swindon Supermarine. [21] In December 2021 he transferred to Wantage Town. [22] Following Wantage Town's relegation, Zebroski joined Melksham Town in July 2022. [23]

Coaching career

On 12 December 2022, Zebroski signed for Combined Counties League Premier Division South club Fleet Town as a player-coach. [24]

On 11 October 2023, Zebroski, was appointed assistant manager of AFC Croydon Athletic, following manager Jermaine McGlashan from Fleet Town. [25]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 December 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Plymouth Argyle 2005–06 [26] Championship 4000100050
Millwall 2006–07 [27] League One 25340102 [lower-alpha 1] 0323
Oxford United (loan) 2006–07 [27] Conference National 8200—2 [lower-alpha 2] 0102
Torquay United (loan) 2007–08 [28] Conference Premier 461810—5 [lower-alpha 3] 15219
Wycombe Wanderers 2008–09 [29] League Two 33720101 [lower-alpha 1] 0377
2009–10 [30] League One 152201000182
Wycombe total489402010559
Torquay United (loan) 2009–10 [30] League Two 74———74
Torquay United League Two 232———232
2010–11 [31] 441440104 [lower-alpha 4] 15315
Torquay total67164010417617
Bristol Rovers 2011–12 [32] League Two 393312100445
Cheltenham Town 2012–13 [33] League Two 215211000246
Eastleigh 2012–13 [34] Conference South 12300—2 [lower-alpha 5] 1144
Newport County 2013–14 [35] League Two 351210201 [lower-alpha 1] 13913
2014–15 [36] 36710001 [lower-alpha 1] 0387
Newport total71192020217720
Eastleigh 2017–18 [37] National League 221100—1 [lower-alpha 6] 02311
Career total3708520210119441992
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Conference National play-offs
  3. ↑ Three appearances in the FA Trophy; two appearances and a goal in the Conference Premier play-offs
  4. ↑ One appearance in the Football League Trophy; three appearances and a goal in the League Two play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearances in the Conference South play-offs
  6. ↑ Appearance in the FA Trophy

Honours

Wycombe Wanderers

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