Chris Beardsley
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Beardsley playing for Mansfield Town in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Kellan Beardsley | ||
| Date of birth | 28 February 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Derby, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mickleover Sports | |||
| 1995–2000 | Derby County | ||
| 2000–2002 | Mansfield Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Mansfield Town | 20 | (1) |
| 2004 | → Worksop Town (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2004 | Doncaster Rovers | 4 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Kidderminster Harriers | 25 | (5) |
| 2005–2007 | Mansfield Town | 13 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) | 3 | (2) |
| 2007 | Rushden & Diamonds | 9 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | York City | 8 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Kettering Town (loan) | 5 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | Kettering Town | 54 | (10) |
| 2008–2009 | → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Stevenage | 92 | (14) |
| 2012–2014 | Preston North End | 19 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Stevenage | 29 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Mansfield Town | 14 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Burton Albion | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 326 | (46) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021 | Burton Albion (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Christopher Kellan Beardsley (born 28 February 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is a talent coach for FIFA.
Beardsley played youth football with Mickleover Sports and Derby County before starting his senior career with Mansfield Town, breaking into the first team in December 2002. After a loan spell at Worksop Town, he joined Doncaster Rovers in July 2004, then moved to Kidderminster Harriers later that year. Beardsley rejoined Mansfield in July 2005 but struggled for first-team opportunities and was loaned, then permanently transferred, to Conference National club Rushden & Diamonds in January 2007. Later that year, he joined York City but failed to establish himself in the team. He joined Kettering Town in December 2007, initially on loan, helping them secure promotion to the Conference Premier, and had a brief loan spell back at Kidderminster in November 2008.
He signed for Stevenage Borough in May 2009 and scored 22 goals in 117 appearances as the club earned back-to-back promotions from the Conference Premier to League One during his three years there. He left Stevenage to rejoin manager Graham Westley at Preston North End in August 2012. He struggled for appearances after a change in management, and spent much of the 2013–14 season on loan at Bristol Rovers. Beardsley returned to Stevenage in July 2014 and helped them to the 2014–15 League Two play-offs, before spending the following season at Mansfield. He retired in 2016, becoming a fitness coach at Burton Albion and briefly serving as caretaker manager in January 2021. He departed Burton in August 2023 to take up a role as a talent scout for FIFA in the Caribbean.