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Chris Kirkland

1981 - Today

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Christopher Edmund Kirkland (born 2 May 1981) is an English football coach and former professional goalkeeper who is the head goalkeeping coach at Colne. As a player, he made 321 league and cup appearances in an 18-year professional career from 1998 to 2016 and won one cap for the English national team in 2006. Kirkland started his career at Coventry City, where he was regarded as one of the country's most promising young goalkeepers. He was later signed by Premier League club Liverpool for £6 million in August 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Kirkland is the 15,744th most popular soccer player (down from 13,998th in 2019), the 7,746th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,490th in 2019) and the 851st most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Chris Kirkland ranks 15,744 out of 21,273Before him are Adalberto Peñaranda, Lee Woo-jin, Abdullah Jumaan Al-Dosari, Cristian Ganea, Petar Škuletić, and Homam Ahmed. After him are Linda Forsberg, Astrit Ajdarević, Nikola Jakimovski, Jamel Saihi, Ricardo Esgaio, and Mazinho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Chris Kirkland ranks 1,253Before him are Beth Botsford, Elvira Khasyanova, David Gilbert, Annerys Vargas, Samuel Dalembert, and Kenta Shimizu. After him are Kunie Kitamoto, Kavita Kaushik, Greg Minnaar, Sylwia Gruchała, Niu Jianfeng, and Farrah Franklin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Kirkland ranks 7,748 out of 8,785Before him are Maisie Richardson-Sellers (1992), Alistair Brownlee (1988), Alex da Kid (1982), Maria Miller (1964), Vicky McClure (1983), and Ryan Owens (1995). After him are Steve Sidwell (1982), Reiss Nelson (1999), Charlotte Church (1986), Raymond Stevens (1963), Simon Grayson (1969), and Zsófia Kovács (null).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Chris Kirkland ranks 851Before him are Ugo Ehiogu (1972), Andros Townsend (1991), Justin Hoyte (1984), Danny Higginbotham (1978), Danny Mills (1977), and Neil Ruddock (1968). After him are Steve Sidwell (1982), Reiss Nelson (1999), Simon Grayson (1969), Matt Holland (1974), Tony Cottee (1965), and Chris Gunter (1989).