Chris Birchall

**Christopher Birchall** CM (born 5 May 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He scored 21 goals in 322 league and cup appearances in a 16-year professional career, and scored four goals in 44 international matches.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|rowspan="2"|Division|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup U.S. Open Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Port Vale|2001–02|Second Division|1|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|2|0||||
|2002–03|Second Division|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|||||
|2003–04|Second Division|10|0|3|0|0|0|0|0|13|0|||||
|2004–05|League One|34|6|2|0|1|0|2|1|39|7|||||
|2005–06|League One|31|1|3|1|1|0|0|0|35|2|||||
|Coventry City|2006–07|Championship|28|2|1|0|1|0|0|0|30|2||||
|2007–08|Championship|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|3|0|||||
|2008–09|Championship|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|||||
|St Mirren (loan)|2007–08|SPL|9|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|9|0||||
|Carlisle United (loan)|2008–09|League One|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|0||||
|Brighton & Hove Albion|2008–09|League One|9|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|10|0||||
|LA Galaxy|2009|Major League Soccer|11|0|0|0|–|–|0|0|11|0||||
|2010|Major League Soccer|28|0|1|0|–|–|1|0|30|0|||||
|2011|Major League Soccer|27|1|1|0|–|–|4|0|32|1|||||
|Columbus Crew|2012|Major League Soccer|18|1|1|0|–|–|0|0|19|1||||
|Port Vale|2012–13|League Two|11|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|11|1||||
|2013–14|League One|27|1|3|1|0|0|2|0|32|2|||||
|2014–15|League One|27|3|1|0|1|0|1|0|30|3|||||
|2015–16|League One|10|2|1|0|0|0|1|0|12|2|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Trinidad and Tobago|2005|14|2|
|2006|11|2|||
|2007|0|0|||
|2008|6|0|||
|2009|5|0|||
|2010|0|0|||
|2011|3|0|||
|2012|0|0|||
|2013|5|0|||

## Honours

**LA Galaxy**
- MLS Cup: 2011
- Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield: 2010, 2011
- Major League Soccer Western Conference Championship: 2009, 2011

**Port Vale**
- League Two promotion: 2012–13

**Individual**
- Chaconia Medal Gold Class: 2006

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Chris Birchall
<small>Chaconia Medal, CM</small>
- **image**: Birchall.JPG
- **caption**: Birchall training for the Galaxy (October 2011).
- **fullname**: Christopher Birchall
- **birth place**: Stafford, England
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1993–2001
- **youthclubs1**: Port Vale F.C., Port Vale
- **years1**: 2001–2006
- **clubs1**: Port Vale F.C., Port Vale
- **caps1**: 78
- **goals1**: 7
- **years2**: 2006–2009
- **clubs2**: Coventry City F.C., Coventry City
- **caps2**: 29
- **goals2**: 2
- **years3**: 2007
- **clubs3**: → St Mirren F.C., St Mirren (loan)
- **caps3**: 9
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2008
- **clubs4**: → Carlisle United F.C., Carlisle United (loan)
- **caps4**: 2
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2009
- **clubs5**: Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion
- **caps5**: 9
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2009–2011
- **clubs6**: LA Galaxy
- **caps6**: 66
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2012
- **clubs7**: Columbus Crew SC, Columbus Crew
- **caps7**: 18
- **goals7**: 1
- **years8**: 2013–2016
- **clubs8**: Port Vale F.C., Port Vale
- **caps8**: 75
- **goals8**: 7
- **years9**: 2016–2017
- **clubs9**: Kidsgrove Athletic F.C., Kidsgrove Athletic
- **goals9**: 4
- **totalcaps**: 286
- **totalgoals**: 22
- **nationalyears1**: 2005–2013
- **nationalteam1**: Trinidad and Tobago national football team, Trinidad and Tobago
- **nationalcaps1**: 44
- **nationalgoals1**: 4