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Chris Woods

1959 - Today

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Christopher Charles Eric Woods (born 14 November 1959) is an English football coach and former professional footballer, who is goalkeeping coach for the Scotland national team. As a player, he was a goalkeeper who played in the Football League and Premier League for Nottingham Forest, Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City, Sheffield Wednesday, Reading, Southampton and Burnley. He also played in the Scottish Football League for Rangers and in Major League Soccer for the Colorado Rapids. He was an England international and was largely Peter Shilton's long-time understudy in the England team in the mid to late 1980s, finally claiming the number one shirt for himself after the 1990 World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Chris Woods is the 10,388th most popular soccer player (down from 8,938th in 2024), the 6,995th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,606th in 2019) and the 600th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Chris Woods ranks 10,388 out of 21,273. Before him are Niclas Nyhlén, Víctor Cáceres, Dennis Praet, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Velko Yotov, and Hiroshi Miyazawa. After him are Khalid Boutaïb, Mitchell Duke, Luiz Henrique, Marian Hristov, Igor Semshov, and Fabão.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Chris Woods ranks 756. Before him are Davis Phinney, Terry Fenwick, Laura Lippman, Claudia Alexander, René Marsiglia, and Michael J. Bloomfield. After him are Steve Whitmire, José Guirao, Roger Goodell, Neena Gupta, Marc Cohn, and Ana Mato.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Woods ranks 6,995 out of 8,785. Before him are Ione Skye (1970), Tony Britton (1924), Mutya Buena (1985), and Sophie Rundle (1988). After him are Oliver Turvey (1987), Eddie Clamp (1934), Beverley Allitt (1968), Rickie Lambert (1982), Gregory H. Johnson (1962), Kalvin Phillips (1995), James Watkins (1973), and Aimee Lou Wood (1995).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Chris Woods ranks 600. Before him are Bobby Johnstone (1929), Ashley Westwood (1990), Kieron Dyer (1978), Trevor Cherry (1948), David Narey (1956), and Craig Shakespeare (1963). After him are Eddie Clamp (1934), Rickie Lambert (1982), Kalvin Phillips (1995), Nico Yennaris (1993), Ollie Watkins (1995), and Nigel Martyn (1966).

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