Chris Innes

Chris Innes (born 13 July 1976) is a Scottish football coach and former professional player who is currently the youth team coach at Motherwell.

Chris Innes
Innes playing for Sydney FC in a trial match, 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-07-13) 13 July 1976
Place of birth Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Blackburn United
1996–1998 Stenhousemuir 35 (2)
1998–2003 Kilmarnock 75 (3)
1999 → St Mirren (loan) 9 (0)
1999 → Falkirk (loan) 2 (0)
2003–2005 Dundee United 45 (2)
2005–2008 Gretna 89 (12)
2008–2009 Livingston 30 (1)
2009–2010 St Mirren 21 (3)
2010–2011 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 13 (1)
2011 East Fife (trial) 1 (0)
2012 Arbroath 12 (2)
Total 376 (34)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Innes was born on 13 July 1976, in Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland. He started his career at Stenhousemuir after joining the Warriors from Blackburn United in 1996 and moved to Kilmarnock for £50,000 in 1998. In 1999, he went out on loan twice, to St Mirren for 3 months and to Falkirk for just over a week. In 2003, he moved Dundee United where he played exactly fifty times.

Innes signed for Gretna on a free transfer in 2005. Although he missed out on United's Scottish Cup final appearance that season as he had already left for Gretna, Innes made it the following season when the Black and Whites were runners-up against Hearts. Innes was made captain of the rising club from the borders and helped the side gain promotion from the Scottish Third Division to the Scottish Premier League. After a season of bad results and financial difficulties for Gretna, Innes was made redundant on 25 March 2008. Gretna's reason for releasing their captain was because he had "attracted interest from other clubs".[1]

One of those clubs was New York Red Bulls of MLS, whom Innes trained with in April 2008. However, he decided against a move to the U.S. after failing to settle and returned to Scotland after two weeks, with St Johnstone and Dunfermline Athletic amongst several clubs keen to sign him.[2] In June 2008, Innes was thought to be near completing a move back to Tayside with Dundee,[3] but Livingston announced on their website in July 2008 that he had signed for them.[4] On 31 July 2009, Innes left Livingston to re-sign for St Mirren.

St Mirren

Innes scored his first St Mirren goal against Hibernian on 21 November 2009 and netted his second for the club against Kilmarnock on 2 January 2010. His third goal for the Buddies came against Aberdeen on 12 January, resulting in a 1–0 win, just a week after his second, ramming in a volley from an Andy Dorman corner.

On 10 June 2010, St Mirren announced that Innes was to leave the club when his contract expired.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Innes joined newly promoted SPL club Inverness Caledonian for the 2010–11 season on 20 July 2010, ahead of interest from former club Kilmarnock, Dundee and Falkirk. At the end of the 2010–11 season Innes announced that he would be leaving the club due to wanting to spend more time with his family in Edinburgh.

East Fife

Following his departure from Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Innes had trial period at East Fife playing for them in a Scottish Second Division fixture against Brechin City.[5] However, he decided against joining them permanently as he wanted to join a full-time club.[6]

Arbroath

On 8 February 2012, Innes signed for Scottish Second Division club Arbroath until the end of the season. The deal was confirmed by manager Paul Sheerin via Twitter. He then left the club after this deal expired in May 2012.

Career statistics

After 26 September 2009[7]

ClubSeasonLeagueCupLg CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stenhousemuir1996–9720N/AN/A-20
1997–983022010-332
Total322201000352
Kilmarnock1998–9941---41
St Mirren (loan)1998–999010--100
Kilmarnock1999–0050--2070
Falkirk (loan)1999–0020---20
Kilmarnock2000–012402030-290
2001–02201-1041252
2002–032011010-221
2003–0410---10
Total753305061894
Dundee United2003–04291-20-311
2004–05161-31-192
Total452005100503
Gretna2004–05112---112
2005–063186020-398
2006–07262201010302
2007–0821020--230
Total753305061894
Livingston2008–09301003010151
2009–10---1010
Total301003020351
St Mirren2009–109300000041
Total0000000000
Career total273191601719131521

Honours

Kilmarnock

Gretna

References
  1. "Gretna's Innes is made redundant". BBC Sport. 25 March 2008.
  2. "Chris Innes to train with the Red Bulls". Soccer by Ives. 7 April 2008.
  3. Roache, Ian (11 June 2008). "Dundee near Innes signing". The Courier (Dundee). Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
  4. "Chris Innes signs for Livi". 15 July 2008.
  5. "Point Apiece". eastfifefc.info. East Fife F.C. 17 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  6. "Fifers have to move on from Innes". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  7. "Chris Innes". Soccerbase. CenturyComm. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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