page_title: Chris Shuker
hierarchical_section_title: Chris Shuker
caption_attribution_description: English: Pictured during the 2-2 draw between Port Vale and Northampton Town on 20 April 2013.
context_page_description: Christopher Alan Shuker is an English football coach and former footballer who made 402 appearances in a 14-year career as a midfielder in the English Football League.
  He began his career at Manchester City, making his Premier League debut in 2002. He enjoyed loan spells out at Macclesfield Town, Walsall, Rochdale, and Hartlepool United, before signing a contract with Barnsley in March 2004. A key player at the club, he helped the "Tykes" to promotion out of the League One play-offs in 2006. He left the club after Barnsley withdrew their offer of a contract, and subsequently signed with Tranmere Rovers. He played 144 games for Rovers in league and cup competitions, before transferring to Morecambe for the 2010–11 season. He joined Port Vale on non-contract terms in February 2012, and helped the club to secure promotion out of League Two in 2012–13. He retired in May 2014 due to a chronic knee injury, but, having rejoined Tranmere Rovers as a coach in October 2014, returned to playing two months later.
context_section_description: Christopher Alan Shuker (born 9 May 1982) is an English football coach and former footballer who made 402 appearances in a 14-year career as a midfielder in the English Football League.
  He began his career at Manchester City, making his Premier League debut in 2002. He enjoyed loan spells out at Macclesfield Town, Walsall, Rochdale, and Hartlepool United, before signing a contract with Barnsley in March 2004. A key player at the club, he helped the "Tykes" to promotion out of the League One play-offs in 2006. He left the club after Barnsley withdrew their offer of a contract, and subsequently signed with Tranmere Rovers. He played 144 games for Rovers in league and cup competitions, before transferring to Morecambe for the 2010–11 season. He joined Port Vale on non-contract terms in February 2012, and helped the club to secure promotion out of League Two in 2012–13. He retired in May 2014 due to a chronic knee injury, but, having rejoined Tranmere Rovers as a coach in October 2014, returned to playing two months later.
caption: Shuker warming up for Port Vale before the match against Northampton Town on 20 April 2013.
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