Kris Thackray is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 professional footballer.

Career

He started his career with Newcastle United, but was released at the age of 16. He signed for Italian Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 side Reggina, after being spotted playing in tournament for England Colleges XI. He spent his first professional season on loan with Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Monopoli

A.C. Monopoli

A.S.D. Liberty Monopoli is an Italian association football from Monopoli, Apulia. The club was refounded in 2003, and, after winning Eccellenza Apulia in 2004–05 , has played Serie D/H in 2005/2006, ending it in second place, and successively reaching the Serie D playoff finals ; therefore,...

. He is currently on loan to Reggina's fellow Serie B

Serie B

Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

 side, Ancona

A.C. Ancona

Associazione Calcio Ancona was a professional Italian football club, based in Ancona, Marche. It was founded in 1905 as Unione Sportiva Anconitana, changing its name to Ancona Calcio 1905 in 1981 and being refounded in 2004 with its last denomination....

 He played only ten games at Ancona, mostly as a used substitute.

On July 2010 he was sold to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Andria

A.S. Andria BAT

Associazione Sportiva Andria BAT or simply A.S. Andria is an Italian football club, based in Andria, Apulia.The team currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione.The team's colors are blue and white.- Fidelis Andria :...

 in a co-ownership bid

Co-ownership (football)

Co-ownership is a system whereby two football clubs own the contract of a player jointly, although the player is only registered to play for one club...

. Later on January 2011 he was loaned out to Cosenza, another club from Lega Pro Prima Divisione. He scored his first professional goal for Cosenza against Pisa on the 13th of February.

Thackray went on trial at Conference National

Conference National

Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...

 side Gateshead

Gateshead F.C.

Gateshead Football Club are a professional Association football club, based in Gateshead, England. They currently play in the Conference National, the fifth level of the English football league system.Ian Bogie is the current manager....

 in August 2011, appearing for the reserve side in a Central League Cup game against Hartlepool United Reserves

Hartlepool United F.C.

Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...

 on 31 August 2011. Before went back to England, he also trailed at F.C. Treviso.

External links

• Profile at Football.it