caption fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place image_size height position article_title birth_date clubnumber image currentclub name
chris porter playing for sheffield united in january 2014 christopher john porter 2003 2009 -- 2011 2011 -- 2015 2013 2013 2015 -- -- 2005 2005 -- 2007 2007 -- 2009 bury shrewsbury town -lrb- loan -rrb- → chesterfield -lrb- loan -rrb- oldham colchester united athletic motherwell derby county sheffield united → 71 66 59 44 88 5 3 22 18 28 23 9 15 1 0 7 wigan , england 150 1.85 forward chris porter -lrb- footballer , born 1983 -rrb-
 12 december 1983 9 chris porter 01 ija.png colchester united chris porter
chris porter -lrb- footballer , born 1983 -rrb-

christopher john `` chris '' porter -lrb- born 12 december 1983 -rrb- is an english professional footballer who plays as a forward for colchester united .
porter began his career at third division side bury , where he scored 20 goals in 78 appearances between 2003 and 2005 .
this prompted a move to league one club oldham athletic , where he scored 31 goals in 75 games .
he moved to the scottish premier league with motherwell in 2007 , scoring 27 goals in 65 games .
he returned to england with championship club derby county , but could only manage nine goals in 50 outings in three years .
he dropped down a division in 2011 , joining sheffield united .
with the blades , he made over 100 appearances in three-and-a-half years , scoring 23 goals .
he had two loan spells away from the club , briefly playing for shrewsbury town and chesterfield .
he then joined colchester united in january 2015 .
