Christer Simon Warren (born 10 October 1974) is an English former

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Football career

Warren started his career at

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then in the Beazer Homes League. On 5 December 1992, he scored Cheltenham's goal in their 1–1 Second Round

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game against

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forcing a replay. He became Cheltenham's then record "sale" for a fee of £40,000 with clauses about appearances etc. He was signed for

Southampton Southampton is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253, ...

at the end of the 1994–95 season and was viewed by manager Alan Ball as a good investment, who could play in any position on the left side. He made his debut for The Saints as a substitute away to

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on 23 September 1995, and made a total of seven appearances under new manager David Merrington, including his only start in a 3–0 defeat at

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. It became clear that the Premiership was too much for him, and in October 1996 he was loaned to

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for a month. He made one further substitute appearance for Southampton in March 1997 before spending the rest of the season on loan at

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, where he helped them gain promotion from Division 3 under manager

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. In October 1997, he moved across the

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for a fee of £50,000 to join Bournemouth where he spent three seasons in Division 2. In June 2000, he moved on to

on a free transfer and was part of the squad who saw Q.P.R. relegated to Football League Division 2 at the end of the 2000–01 season. After a trial at

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in the summer of 2002 he spent a few weeks with Bristol Rovers on a non-contract basis before dropping down to lower-league football. In October 2002 he signed for

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and in October

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he joined Winchester City of the

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. In September 2006 he left Winchester to join Lymington & New Milton, before moving on to Wimborne Town in February 2007. In April 2007, he was appointed first-team manager at Wimborne Town but was relieved of his duties in November 2008. Later he played in French football for FC Boutonnais and finally at US Melle. He settled in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Warren, Christer 1974 births Footballers from Weymouth Living people English men's footballers Premier League players English Football League players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Southampton F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Eastleigh F.C. players Winchester City F.C. players New Milton Town F.C. players Wimborne Town F.C. players Men's association football midfielders