Please answer the following question: Facts: - clubs: liverpool vale bury linfield ballymena united fleetwood town leigh rmi mossley blackpool -lrb- loan -rrb- crewe alexandra port - caps: 0 4 155 18 3 9 12 5 - position: midfielder - years: 1987 2003 2003 2003 -- 2005 2005 -- 2006 2006 -- -- 2007 2007 -- 2008 2008 1992 1996 1996 -- 2002 2002 -- - height: 5 11 - totalcaps: 206 + - youthclubs: liverpool - youthyears: 1987 -- 1992 - birth date: 14 february 1975 - fullname: philip anthony charnock - name: phil charnock - totalgoals: 10 + - birth place: southport , england - goals: 0 0 8 1 0 1 0 1 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of phil charnock .
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philip anthony '' phil '' charnock -lrb- born 14 february 1975 -rrb- is an english former footballer who played as a midfielder .he began his career at liverpool , and made his debut at the age of 17 years and nine months to become the youngest player ever to play for the club in european competition .however he did not play a league game for the '' reds '' , and after a loan spell to blackpool in 1996 , he signed with crewe alexandra in december 1996 .he helped the '' railwaymen '' to win the second division play-offs in 1997 , but injuries hampered his progress at the club , and he was released and signed with port vale in august 2002 .he moved on to bury in august 2003 , before moving on to linfield the following month .the club won the ifa premiership in 2003 -- 04 and finished second the following season , and he moved on to ballymena united in october 2005 .he trvalled back to england in summer 2006 for brief spells with non-league clubs fleetwood town , leigh rmi , and mossley .