Christopher Grossman (born 6 March 1987) is a retired Australian

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player who is currently Head Coach of the

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Club career

He was signed from the

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. The Roar allowed him to play for then current

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champions,

Rochedale Rovers Football Club Rochedale Rovers are a semi-professional football club which plays at Underwood Park in Priestdale, Queensland, Australia and currently competes in the Queensland Premier League with senior and junior teams competing in both Football Queens ...

, prior to the commencement of the

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's third season to maintain match sharpness. On 24 December 2008, Grossman announced that he had signed with

expansion team

North Queensland Fury Northern Fury Football Club was an Australian professional soccer club based in Townsville, Queensland. The club was founded in 2008 and competed in the A-League under the name North Queensland Fury. On 1 March 2011, the club was removed from th ...

for the 2009–10 season. During the season, he has found himself the unfamiliar role of

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, to which he has excelled in and revelled at the chance of first team starting football. Coach Ian Ferguson elected to play him there largely due to the extensive injury list at North Queensland Fury. On 21 November 2012 Grossman joined the

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as a short-term injury replacement for

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. Grossman signed with

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ahead of the 2013 season and spent the next 3 seasons at the club, serving as captain and vice-captain during this period. He left the club following the 2015 season.

A-League statistics

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final series statistics
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statistics;

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statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. ACL in A-League seasons etc.)

References

External links

North Queensland Fury profileNewcastle Jets profile
1987 births Living people Soccer players from Brisbane Australia men's youth international soccer players Australia men's under-20 international soccer players A-League Men players Brisbane Roar FC players Northern Fury FC players Newcastle Jets FC players Australian Institute of Sport soccer players National Premier Leagues players Port Melbourne SC players Men's association football midfielders Men's association football central defenders Australian men's soccer players 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-footy-bio-stub