Chris Iwelumo

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Personal information
Chris Iwelumo
Full name	Christopher Robert Iwelumo
Date of birth	August 1, 1978 (1978-08-01) (age 29)
Place of birth	Coatbridge, Scotland
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Charlton Athletic
Number	16
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–1998 1998–2000 2000–2004 2000 2001 2004 2005 2005–2007 2007–	St Mirren Aarhus Fremad Stoke City → York City (loan) → Cheltenham Town (loan) → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) Alemannia Aachen Colchester United Charlton Athletic	13 0(0) 27 0(4) 84 (15) 12 0(2) 04 0(1) 10 0(4) 09 0(0) 92 (35) 46 (10)
National team²
2007–	Scotland B	01 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:48, 20 April 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 20:50, 21 December 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Christopher Robert "Chris" Iwelumo (born August 1, 1978 in Coatbridge) is a Scottish footballer, currently playing for Charlton Athletic. He is mixed-race Scottish - Nigerian.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Club career

Iwelumo started his career at St Mirren, who he joined in August 1996 as a trainee. He had only made nineteen appearances for the club before his performances were being noticed and in early 1998, Aarhus Fremad of Denmark signed him up. Aarhus released him two years later in February 2000 and he had a trial at Preston North End before signing a four year deal with Stoke City.

Later that year he was sent out on loan to York City where he made eleven appearances before returning to Stoke. He remained there for some time before being loaned out again, this time to Cheltenham Town in February 2001. He played four times for Cheltenham, scoring once before being recalled back from his loan by Stoke City where he managed to build on his appearances without actually gaining a regular place in the first team. He signed a two-year contract extension with Stoke in March 2002.^[1]

Barnsley revealed an interest in signing Iwelumo in January 2004.^[2] He was subject of a loan move once more when he moved to Brighton & Hove Albion in March 2004.^[3] and when he returned to the club two months later, he was released, after four years at the club.

German side Alemannia Aachen signed Iwelumo on a free transfer in July 2004, after rejecting a two-year deal from Brighton.^[4] However his stay at Aachen was short-lived, and he was released after just six months and nine substitute appearances. Iwelumo signed for Colchester United in July 2005.^[5] On 28 November 2006, he scored 4 goals as Colchester demolished Hull City 5–1 in a Championship league match.^[6] Whilst at Colchester, he helped them achieve promotion to the Championship in 2006 and finish in a club record 10th position the following season.

Iwelumo rejected a new contract offer from Colchester on 21 May 2007,^[7] and on the same day signed for Charlton Athletic on a free transfer.^[8]

[edit] International career

Iwelumo has stated his wish to play for the Scottish team. He was called up for the Scotland squad tour to South Korea in 2002 but had to withdraw as Stoke were involved in the play-offs. In November 2007, he was named in the Scotland B squad to face the Republic of Ireland.^[9]