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Chris Eagles

クリス・イーグルス　/　くりす・いーぐるす

Association football player from United Kingdom

November 19, 1985 (age 40)　・　Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

association football player

My Take

Chris Eagles' story sits in a place I always find moving: the gifted youngster who reaches Manchester United yet cannot quite force open the first-team door. Seventeen appearances, including two Community Shields, prove the talent was real; the rest is the brutal math of competing against the world's best. What interests me is what came after, the years grinding through other clubs as a winger who kept playing. That persistence, the willingness to keep running when the spotlight moves on, is to me the truer measure of a footballer's character, and it earns my respect.

Overview

Christopher Mark Eagles (born 19 November 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. After coming through the youth system at Watford, he began his professional career with Manchester United. He was unable to break into the first-team regularly. He played 17 times for United, including in the 2004 and 2007 FA Community Shield matches.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Chris Eagles
Name (Japanese): クリス・イーグルス
Reading: くりす・いーぐるす
Born: November 19, 1985 (age 40)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Ox
Origin: Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: 178 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Greater Manchester

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9

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