- Chris Franks (soccer)
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Chris Franks Personal information Date of birth 27 April 1974 Place of birth Montreal, QC, Canada Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Playing position defender Youth career 1988–1993 UBC Thunderbirds Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1994–2000 Vancouver 86ers 87 (11) 2001–2005 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 85 (0) 2005–2006 Doncaster Rovers 0 (0) National team‡ 1991–1992 Canada U20 3 (1) 1994–1996 Canada U23 11 (2) 1998 Canada 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 November 2009.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 November 2009Chris Franks (born 27 April 1974 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian international soccer player who has played professionally in North America and England.
He currently is physiotherapist at Vancouver Whitecaps FC.[1]
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Club career
Franks has played professionally for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Doncaster Rovers. However, he never made a league appearance for Doncaster.[2]
International career
He made his debut for Canada in a May 1998 friendly match against Macedonia and that game proved to be his only international appearance
Personal life
He is the older brother of Mike Franks.[3] Aside from working with the Whitecaps, he also runs his own soccer-specific training and physiotherapy practice in Vancouver.
References
- ^ BIOGRAPHY – Vancouver Whitecaps
- ^ "DONCASTER ROVERS : 1946/47 – 1997/98 & 2003/04 – 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/doncaster/doncaster.htm.
- ^ "Towering keeper returns after playing with PSV Eindhoven and Hibernian". CanadaSoccer.com. http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/media/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=1097.
External links
- Player profile – CanadaSoccer
- Career stats – National Football Teams
Categories:- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Montreal
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian men's international soccer players
- Vancouver 86ers (A-League) players
- Vancouver Whitecaps (USL A-League) players
- Vancouver Whitecaps (USL First Division) players
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
- Physiotherapists
- University of British Columbia alumni
- Canadian soccer biography stubs
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