Christian Scales

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Christian Scales
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Personal information
Full name Christian Stephen Scales [1]
Date of birth (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 28) [2]
Place of birth Hertfordshire, England [3]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
2012–2014 Norwich City
2014–2015 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
2015 → Crawley Town (loan) 8 (0)
2017 Whitehawk 6 (0)
2017–2018 Leyton Orient 0 (0)
2017 → Harlow Town (loan) 1 (0)
2018 → Harlow Town (loan) 13 (1)
2018–2019 Skellefteå 13 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:13, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Christian Stephen Scales (born 3 December 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a defender.

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Career

Scales was born in Hertfordshire and began his career at the Norwich City academy. [4] He left for Crystal Palace in the summer of 2014 and signed a professional contract with the club in April 2015. [5] On 20 August 2015, Scales joined League Two side Crawley Town on loan. [6] He made his Football League debut on 22 August 2015 in a 3–0 win away at Cambridge United. [7]

On 6 May 2016, it was announced that Scales was being released by Crystal Palace. [8] Following a week's trial at FC Liefering who play in the First League, the second tier of Austrian football, [9] he signed for National League South side Whitehawk in February 2017. [10]

In July 2017, he signed a two-year contract with National League side Leyton Orient. He then went on a month's loan to Isthmian League Premier Division club Harlow Town, but was injured on his debut, the 2–0 win over Lowestoft Town on 26 August. [11] He subsequently returned to Orient for treatment.

In February 2018, Scales returned on loan to Harlow after the completion of his recovery. [12]

In December 2018, Scales joined Swedish Division 2 side Skellefteå on a two-year deal. [13]

Career statistics

As of 1 June 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crawley Town (loan) 2015–16 [14] League Two 80100090
Whitehawk 2016–17 [15] National League South 60000060
Career total1401000150

References

  1. ↑ "Clubs announce 2015/16 Barclays Premier League squads". Premier League. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Christian Scales". 11v11. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. ↑ England and Wales Civil Registration Birth Index, General Register Office (Southport), Christian Stephen Scales, birth registered December 1996, Hatfield Registration District
  4. ↑ "Scales signs for Norwich City". Hertfordshire Mercury. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Christian Scales". Flown From the Nest. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Christian Scales: Crawley sign Crystal Palace youngster on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Cambridge 0-3 Crawley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Eight Development Players Released". cpfc.co.uk. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "St. Johann schlägt Liefering - News - Regionalliga West - Regionalliga - fanreport.com - Amateurfußball in Österreich" . Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Christian Scales". Whitehawk FC. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Harlow Town 2–0 Lowestoft Town". Harlow Town F.C. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "Scales Returns To Hawks On Loan". Non-League Pitchero. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  13. ↑ @SkellefteåFF (27 December 2018). "Skellefteå FF har gjort klart med Christian Scales, som tidigare bland annat tillhört Crystal Palace" (Tweet) (in Swedish) – via Twitter.
  14. ↑ "Christian Scales - Season 2015/2016 - Soccerbase". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  15. ↑ "England - C. Scales - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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