Chris Erskine
<templatestyles src="Module:Infobox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chris Erskine | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Rutherglen, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
|
Current team
|
Dundee United | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Clyde | |||
| Calderwood Blue Star | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2009 | Kilbirnie Ladeside | ||
| 2009–2013 | Partick Thistle | 137 | (26) |
| 2013– | Dundee United | 46 | (7) |
| 2014 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 August 2015 | |||
Chris Erskine (born 8 February 1987) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Dundee United in the Scottish Premiership as a midfielder. He has previously played for Partick Thistle, where he began his professional career, having joined from Scottish junior team Kilbirnie Ladeside in 2009.
Contents
Early life
Erskine was born in Rutherglen. He was briefly a youth player with Clyde aged around 12 or 13 before joining Calderwood Blue Star, a boys' team in East Kilbride.[1]
Playing career
Erskine joined junior football team Kilbirnie Ladeside at the age of 18. He spent four years at Kilbirnie while also working as a pipe fitter at a Glasgow shipyard.[1] Erskine signed a one-year contract with Partick Thistle at the start of season 2009–10.[2]
He made his professional debut against Airdrie United, [3] and in his home debut against Berwick Rangers scored twice in a 5–1 victory.[4] On 9 April 2011, Erskine scored two goals in ten minutes against Falkirk. On 17 March 2012, Erskine made his 100th appearance for Thistle and scored two goals in the 5–0 win at Palmerston Park over Queen of the South. He made a significant contribution to Partick Thistle's Championship winning season 2012–13.
On 16 April 2013 it was announced that he, along with Paul Paton, had signed a pre-contract agreement with Dundee United and would join at the start of the 2013–14 season.[5] Erskine scored his first goal for Dundee United in a 4–0 win against St. Mirren.
On 20 January 2014, Erskine returned to Partick Thistle on a loan deal until the end of the season, after failing to secure a regular place in the Dundee United squad.[6]
Having returned to Dundee United for the 2014–15 season, Erskine scored in United's first game of the season, a 3–0 win against Aberdeen at Pittodrie.[7]
Honours
Club
- Partick Thistle
Individual
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />External links
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  |
This biographical article related to a Scottish midfielder is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Pages with reference errors
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Living people
- 1987 births
- Scottish footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- Association football midfielders
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Kilbirnie Ladeside F.C. players
- Dundee United F.C. players
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- People from Rutherglen
- Scottish football midfielder stubs
