Christian Sansam (born 26 December 1975) is an English retired professional

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who played as a

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Playing career

Born in

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, Sansam played in

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for

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was formed in ...

Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to: People * Scarborough (surname) * Earl of Scarbrough Places Australia * Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth * Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong * Scarborough, Queensland, sub ...

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in , the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander. The club was founded in 1903 and ...

and

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. They play their home ...

, and in Singapore for

Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Wellington Football Club was a professional association football, football club based in Woodlands, Singapore, Woodlands, Singapore which played in the S.League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club took part in S.League ...

. While a Scunthorpe United player, Sansam spent a month on loan to

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in the National League, the fifth level of English football league system. They replaced Halifax Town, who went i ...

; he made five appearances in the

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and scored once.

Later career

As of November 2020 Sansam is working as kitman for

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Peterborough United formed in ...

, having previously held the same role at

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system after winning the 202 ...

References

External links

Profile at On Cloud Seven
1975 births Living people Footballers from Kingston upon Hull English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Scunthorpe United F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Woodlands Wellington FC players English Football League players National League (English football) players Peterborough United F.C. non-playing staff Doncaster Rovers F.C. non-playing staff English expatriate men's footballers English expatriates in Singapore Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore {{England-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub