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Chris Sutton
Chris Sutton
Personal information
Full name: Christopher Roy Sutton
Date of birth: 10 March 1973 (1973-03-10) (age 51)
Place of birth:    Nottingham, Flag of England England
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position: Striker
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
1991–1994
1994–1999
1999–2000
2000–2006
206
2006–2007
2012
Total
Flag of England Norwich City
Flag of England Blackburn Rovers
Flag of England Chelsea
Flag of England Celtic
Flag of England Birmingham City
Flag of England Aston Villa
Flag of England Wroxham
102 0(35)
130 0(47)
028 00(1)
130 0(63)
010 00(1)
0000(1)
0000(0)
409 (148)   
National team
1992–1994
1994
1997
Flag of England England U21
Flag of England England B
Flag of England England
013 00(1)
0000(0)
0000(0)
Teams managed
2009–2010 Flag of England Lincoln City

Christopher Roy Sutton (born 10 March 1973) is an English former professional football player and manager. He later became a pundit and commentator for BT Sport, regularly working on their coverage of Scottish football. He was also an occasional match co-commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live.

He played as a forward from 1991 to 2007 for Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Celtic, Birmingham City and Aston Villa. Sutton scored over 150 career goals in over 400 league appearances spanning 16 years in the English and Scottish Premier Leagues. He was capped once by England.

Sutton played principally in midfield or attack, although usually in the latter role as a striker. A very physical player, Sutton was a fairly prolific goalscorer throughout his career and was joint top goalscorer (with Dion Dublin and Michael Owen) in the FA Premier League 1997–98 season. He was also known as being one of the foremost exponents of the glancing header. He scored many goals with this technique which made him particularly effective from set-pieces.

In September 2009, Sutton was appointed manager of Lincoln City, but he resigned due to personal reasons twelve months later. In 2012, he came out of retirement briefly and featured for non-league Wroxham.

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