Ceri Evans

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Ceri Evans

Personal information
Full name	Ceri L Evans
Date of birth	2 October 1963 (1963-10-02) (age 48)
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1979-1981	Nelson United	29	(6)
1981	Wellington Diamond United	11	(1)
1982	Christchurch United	21	(2)
1983	Dunedin City	21	(2)
1984-1987	Christchurch United	91	(5)
1988	Otago University AFC
1989-1994	Oxford United	116	(3)
1994-1995	Marlow	?	(1)
1995-1996	Aberystwyth Town	2	(0)
National team
1980-1993	New Zealand	56	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Ceri Evans (born 2 October 1963 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand association football player who frequently represented his country as a central defender in the 1980s and 90s. Evans attended Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar, where he studied Experimental Psychology and played for Oxford United FC.^[1] He was recommended to Oxford by former player Richard Hill, who played in New Zealand for a while after leaving the club.

Evans headed to the UK in 1988 to study Psychology at Oxford University. Dr Ceri Evans is now a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist working for the Canterbury Regional Forensic Service and a Clinical Senior Lecturer with the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He holds academic qualifications including Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with distinction from the University of Otago, Master of Arts in Experimental Psychology from Oxford University (which he attended via a Rhodes Scholarship), Master of Science with Merit in Psychiatric Research and Methods from the University of London, and a PhD in Forensic Psychiatry from the University of London. He trained in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital in London. He became a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1998 and completed specialist training as a forensic psychiatrist on the South Thames training scheme. He returned to New Zealand in 2003 to work as a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Auckland, also working part-time as a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist at the Mason Clinic. In 2005, he took up his current post with the Canterbury District Health Board. His academic interests include perpetrator’s memory of violent offending, violence risk assessment, homicide and mental illness, and prison psychiatry. He is Course Convener for a postgraduate course in forensic psychiatry.

Ceri's father, Gwyn Evans, also played Professional football for Crystal Palace F.C. ^[2]

International career

Evans made his full All Whites debut in a 5-1 win over Kuwait on 16 October 1980^[3] and ended his international playing career with 56 A-international caps and 2 goals to his credit,^[4][5] his final cap coming in a 0-3 loss to Australia on 6 June 1993.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Kiwis in the football league". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1845.htm. Retrieved 15 February 2009. 
2. ^ "Crystal Palace forum". 
3. ^ ^{a b} "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1559.htm. Retrieved 12 February 2009. 
4. ^ "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm. Retrieved 12 February 2009. 
5. ^ "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1842.htm. Retrieved 12 February 2009. 

External links

• Ceri Evans – FIFA competition record

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Name	Evans, Ceri
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Date of birth	2 October 1963
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
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