Christopher Pascal Routis (born 3 March 1990) is a French professional

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who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club Servette II. Routis has previously played for

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 Ross County.

Career

Servette

Born in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

, Routis started his career at Swiss club

Servette Servette is a district of the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The district's name comes from the Latin word for forest, ''silva'', and means "little forest". Its name alludes to Servette's rural past, before Geneva grew beyond its walls and incorpora ...

, playing for them between 2010 and 2014. Routis made his Servette debut on 7 November 2010, in a 3–1 Challenge League home victory against

Yverdon Sport FC Yverdon-Sport FC is a Swiss Association football, football club based in Yverdon-les-Bains that is set to compete in the Challenge League (Switzerland), Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football, after being relegated from the top-tier ...

. The following season, Routis scored his first goal for Servette in their first game back in the Swiss Super League, a 1–2 home defeat against

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on 17 July 2011.

Bradford City

On 8 August 2014, it was announced that Routis would sign for

on a one-year contract. On 2 September 2014, he made his Bradford debut in the

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in a 1–0 defeat against

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. He made his league debut two weeks later against

Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Dons Football Club, usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football leag ...

. He made his home debut on 27 September in a 1–1 draw against

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. He scored his first goal for the club on 21 October 2014, scoring in a 2–2 draw against

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. The team compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...

. He scored his second goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against Fleetwood Town on 21 March 2015. During his initial season with the club he played in a number of positions, including in

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. He also adjusted to a language barrier. He signed a new one-year deal with the club in May 2015 after they exercised an option in his contract.

Ross County

Routis signed for

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club Ross County in May 2016. He made his league debut for the club on 6 August 2016 in a 3–1 home defeat to

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He scored his first league goal for the club on 19 November 2016 in a 4–2 away victory over

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. His goal, scored in the 38th minute, made the score 2–0 to Ross County. He left the club in May 2018, after they had been relegated from the Premiership.

Servette (2nd spell)

Routis returned to

after being released by Ross County in the summer of 2018.

Servette (3rd spell)

On 20 July 2022, Routis returned to

once again, this time joining the club's Under-21 second team that plays in the fourth-tier Swiss 1. Liga.

Career statistics

Honours

;Servette *

Swiss Challenge League The Challenge League (known as the Dieci Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the wi ...

: 2018–19

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Routis, Christopher 1990 births Footballers from Bordeaux Living people French men's footballers Men's association football defenders Servette FC players Bradford City A.F.C. players Ross County F.C. players FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss Super League players English Football League players Scottish Premier League players Swiss 1. Liga (football) players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland French expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland 21st-century French sportsmen