Cyrus Sylvester Frederick Christie (born 30 September 1992) is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 football player. He is a defender

Defender (association football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 who currently plays for Football League Championship

Football League Championship

The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

 team Coventry City

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

.

Career

Christie made his professional debut as a substitute on 10 August 2010 in a 2–0 League Cup

Football League Cup

The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

 loss to Morecambe

Morecambe F.C.

Morecambe Football Club is an English football club based in Morecambe, Lancashire. It plays its football in League Two, the fourth division of English football, having been promoted in 2007 for the first time in their history to the Football League. They played their home matches at Christie Park...

, coming on to replace injured Chris Hussey

Chris Hussey

Christopher "Chris" Ian Hussey is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Championship side Coventry City.-Career:...

 after 31 minutes.

He joined Conference North

Conference North

The Conference North also known as Blue Square Bet North for sponsorship reasons, is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. Along with Conference South it is at Step 2 of the National League System and the sixth overall tier of...

 side Nuneaton Town on loan in January 2011, but was recalled by Coventry after only one start and three substitute appearances. He then went on a 'work experience' loan to another Conference North club Hinckley United

Hinckley United F.C.

Hinckley United Football Club are an English football club, from Hinckley, Leicestershire currently playing in the Conference North. Formed only in 1997, the club has risen from the Southern League Midland/West Division to the Conference North in those 14 years...

, in February 2011.

After Coventry's first league win of the 2011/12, a 2-0 home win against Derby, Christie made it into the Championship team of the week after putting in a man of the match performance.

External links

• Cyrus Christie player profile at ccfc.co.uk