Christian Stephen Scales (born 3 December 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a defender.

Christian Scales
Personal information
Full name Christian Stephen Scales[1]
Date of birth (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth Hertfordshire, England[3]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
2012–2014 Norwich City
2014–2015 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
2015Crawley Town (loan) 8 (0)
2017 Whitehawk 6 (0)
2017–2018 Leyton Orient 0 (0)
2017Harlow Town (loan) 1 (0)
2018Harlow Town (loan) 13 (1)
2018–2019 Skellefteå 13 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:13, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Career

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Scales was born in Hertfordshire and began his career at the Norwich City academy.[4] He left for Crystal Palace in the summer of 2014 and signed a professional contract with the club in April 2015.[5] On 20 August 2015, Scales joined League Two side Crawley Town on loan.[6] He made his Football League debut on 22 August 2015 in a 3–0 win away at Cambridge United.[7]

On 6 May 2016, it was announced that Scales was being released by Crystal Palace.[8] Following a week's trial at FC Liefering who play in the First League, the second tier of Austrian football,[9] he signed for National League South side Whitehawk in February 2017.[10]

In July 2017, he signed a two-year contract with National League side Leyton Orient. He then went on a month's loan to Isthmian League Premier Division club Harlow Town, but was injured on his debut, the 2–0 win over Lowestoft Town on 26 August.[11] He subsequently returned to Orient for treatment.

In February 2018, Scales returned on loan to Harlow after the completion of his recovery.[12]

In December 2018, Scales joined Swedish Division 2 side Skellefteå on a two-year deal.[13]

Career statistics

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As of 1 June 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Crawley Town (loan) 2015–16[14] League Two 8 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
Whitehawk 2016–17[15] National League South 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 14 0 1 0 0 0 15 0

References

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  1. ^ "Clubs announce 2015/16 Barclays Premier League squads". Premier League. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Christian Scales". 11v11. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. ^ England and Wales Civil Registration Birth Index, General Register Office (Southport), Christian Stephen Scales, birth registered December 1996, Hatfield Registration District
  4. ^ "Scales signs for Norwich City". Hertfordshire Mercury. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Christian Scales". Flown From the Nest. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Christian Scales: Crawley sign Crystal Palace youngster on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Cambridge 0-3 Crawley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Eight Development Players Released". cpfc.co.uk. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  9. ^ "St. Johann schlägt Liefering - News - Regionalliga West - Regionalliga - fanreport.com - Amateurfußball in Österreich". Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Christian Scales". Whitehawk FC. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Harlow Town 2–0 Lowestoft Town". Harlow Town F.C. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Scales Returns To Hawks On Loan". Non-League Pitchero. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  13. ^ @SkellefteåFF (27 December 2018). "Skellefteå FF har gjort klart med Christian Scales, som tidigare bland annat tillhört Crystal Palace" (Tweet) (in Swedish) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Christian Scales - Season 2015/2016 - Soccerbase". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  15. ^ "England - C. Scales - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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