Kris Thackray

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Kris Thackray
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-04-27) 27 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1997–2004 Newcastle United
2006–2008 Reggina
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 Reggina 0 (0)
2008–2009 → Monopoli (loan) 27 (0)
2009–2010 → Ancona (loan) 10 (0)
2010–2011 Fidelis Andria 10 (0)
2010–2011 → Cosenza (loan) 12 (1)
2012–2013 Qormi 43 (5)
2013–2015 Alemannia Aachen 24 (1)
2015–2017 KFC Uerdingen 05 46 (2)
2018 Gżira United 8 (0)
2018–2019 Spennymoor Town 24 (0)
2019–2020 Morpeth Town 12 (0)
2019–2020 → Blyth Spartans (loan) 6 (2)
2020–2021 Blyth Spartans 14 (2)
Total236(13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kris Thackray (born 27 April 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

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Career

Thackray started his career with Newcastle United, but was released at the age of 16. [1] He signed for the then Italian Serie A side Reggina, after being spotted playing in tournament for England Colleges XI. He spent his first professional season on loan with Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Monopoli, where he was awarded Monopoli's Player of the Season. He played on loan to Reggina's fellow Serie B side, Ancona [2] He played ten games at Ancona.

In July 2010 he was sold to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Fidelis Andria in a co-ownership bid. [3] [4] Later in January 2011 he was loaned to Cosenza, another club from Lega Pro Prima Divisione. [5] He scored his first professional goal for Cosenza against Pisa on 13 February. [6]

In July 2011 he ended his contract with Reggina for the chance to return home to England. After trialing with Huddersfield Town, Wrexham and Gateshead Thackray received an offer from Maltese Premier League side Qormi and signed in January 2012. After leaving Qormi, Thackray went on to play in Germany for Alemannia Aachen and KFC Uerdingen before returning to Malta to sign for Gżira United. [7]

Thackray played for Spennymoor Town in the 2018–19 season. [8] [9] He left the club at the end of the season and joined Morpeth Town in June 2019. [10] Thackray then joined Blyth Spartans on a one-month loan on 13 December 2019 after an injury, [11] before signing permanently with The Spartans at the end of the loan spell in January 2020. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Geordie Kris keen on Italian job". BBC Sport. 7 November 2006.
  2. ↑ "Calciomercato: Addio a Rizzato. Arrivano in biancorosso Cosenza, Thackaray e Gerardi". anconacalcio.it. 1 July 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  3. ↑ "Ufficiale: THACKRAY alla corte di Papagni". AS Andria BAT (in Italian). 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Trattative concluse" (in Italian). Reggina Calcio. 17 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Andria, preso Di Bari. Thackray al Cosenza" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Pisa 2-2 Cosenza...un Comento alla Partita e le Pagelle! - Il Pisa Siamo Noi".
  7. ↑ "The story of the Geordie who was let go by Newcastle but picked up by Reggina". Planet Football. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Kris Thackray". Spennymoor Town F.C. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  9. ↑ Moors announce retained list for 2019/20 season, spennymoortownfc.co.uk, 27 May 2019
  10. ↑ Highwaymen Seal Thackray Signing, morpethtownfc.com, 24 June 2019
  11. ↑ Robson in as three depart Morpeth Town, morpethtownfc.com, 13 December 2019
  12. ↑ Arrival | Thackray signs on permanent deal, blythspartans.com, 10 January 2020
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