Chris Payne (soccer)

Christopher Payne (born 15 September 1990) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Bankstown City Lions in NSW League One.

Chris Payne
Payne playing for Sydney FC Youth in 2008
Personal information
Full name Christopher Payne
Date of birth (1990-09-15) 15 September 1990
Place of birth Gosford, Australia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Bankstown City Lions
Youth career
Umina United
Sydney United 58
2008–2009 Sydney FC
2011–2012 Newcastle Jets
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Manly United 13 (1)
2008–2010 Sydney FC 19 (3)
2010 Manly United 5 (1)
2010–2011 North Queensland Fury 21 (4)
2011–2012 Newcastle Jets 1 (0)
2012–2012 Manly United 0 (0)
2012 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 20 (4)
2013–2014 CCM Academy 21 (8)
2014–2015 Manly United 43 (19)
2016 Sydney United 58 24 (22)
2017 East Bengal 7 (3)
2017–2018 Sydney United 58 33 (16)
2019–2020 APIA Leichhardt 38 (27)
2021–2023 Sydney United 58 63 (26)
2024– Bankstown City Lions 0 (0)
International career‡
2009 Australia U20 13 (1)
2010 Australia U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:30, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Club career

He finished his HSC at Narrabeen Sports High School.

Sydney FC

Payne played in all of Sydney's three trial matches and scored a double against his former club Manly United at Cromer Park.[1] His first official competitive outing for Sydney FC came against Queensland Roar in the opening Pre-Season Cup match of the season. Sydney ended up winning the match 2–1 with Payne scoring Sydney's first to level the scores at 1–1 and as a consequence become the club's youngest ever player to score in a fully competitive match. He was officially transferred from Manly a week before the opening round of the 2008/09 season with Manly FC receiving $3000 for the transfer.

He scored his first goal for Sydney FC in the 3–1 victory against Newcastle Jets at EnergyAustralia Stadium.[2] While playing against the Wellington Phoenix in the 2009/10 Preliminary final, he scored a controversial[3] goal with his arm.[4] Despite displaying good form during Sydney FC's Finals run, he was not offered a new contract, and went back to his junior club Manly United.[5][6] On 28 June Payne signed a deal with North Queensland Fury for their following season.[7]

North Queensland Fury

Payne scored his first goal for the Townsville club in their Round 1, 3–3 draw with Perth Glory. His goal leveled the scores in the first half at 1–1.[8] He again scored against the Glory in the return match in Townsville, hitting a spectacular strike to the top corner of the Glory goal to open the scoring in the Fury's 2–1 win.[9] On 7 December 2010, as a result of the North Queensland Fury folding, it was confirmed Payne signed a two-year contract with the Newcastle Jets. [10]

Newcastle Jets

Payne made his debut for the Jets, in a pre-season friendly against NSW Premier League club Sutherland Sharks, where he helped the Jets to a 2–1 victory, scoring in the first half.[11] His first A-League appearance for the club came in the 2–1 loss to his former club Sydney FC at Ausgrid Stadium on 17 December 2011.[12]

Despite having a year left on his contract, Payne's future at the Jets looks to be uncertain under new manager Gary van Egmond who has made it clear that Payne is not part of his squad plans, as he believes he is not good enough.[13] It was revealed in January 2012, that the Jets and fellow A-League club Gold Coast United were preparing a 'trade' for Payne with Tahj Minniecon.[14] However this move was thwarted, when Minniecon suffered a heel injury a week before the transfer was to go through, in a Youth League game against Sydney FC.[15] It was announced on 3 February 2012 that Newcastle Jets and Payne had mutually agreed to terminate his contract, more than a year before it expired, due to being unable to secure his position in the squad, as well as it being publicly known that Payne was not part of Van Egmond's squad plans.[16]

Bonnyrigg White Eagles

Following his unceremonious axing from Newcastle, Payne signed with Bonnyrigg White Eagles for the 2012 New South Wales Premier League season.[17]

Central Coast Mariners Academy

He scored a goal on his debut for New South Wales Premier League club Central Coast Mariners Academy, in 3–1 loss to Sutherland Sharks on 3 February.[18]

Return to Manly

Payne returned to Manly United, signing on for a fourth time.[19] He would play a large part in Manly United's 2014 Waratah Cup run in which they made the Grand Final against fellow NSW NPL 1 club Blacktown City. Payne scored a brace, however this didn't prevent Manly from crashing to a heavy 6–2 defeat at Lambert Park.[20] Manly United also qualified for the inaugural 2014 FFA Cup in which they were drawn against fellow NSW NPL1 side Sydney Olympic at Cromer Park.[21] Manly lost 3–1, despite Payne opening the scoring in the 10th minute.[22]

East Bengal

On 1 February 2017, Payne moved abroad, and signed for Indian I-League club East Bengal. He came as a replacement for Kyrgyzstani Ildar Amirov, who was released by the club and hence completed their foreigner's quota.[23] On 15 February, he made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against Shillong Lajong. He found a shot in the 47th minute of the match which was deflected by the opposition goalkeeper Vishal Kaith.[24] In a match against the same club on 4 March, he scored a brace, scoring in the 9th and the 33rd minute of a 2–1 victory which allowed the club to regain the top spot of the league table.[25] Three days later, he scored in a 2–1 defeat against Churchill Brothers.[26] On 3 May, he was released by the club, ahead of its Federation Cup campaign.[27]

A-League career statistics

(Correct as of 22 February 2015)

Club Season League Cup Asia Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Sydney FC 2007–08 000------000
2008–09 500210---610
2009–10 1430------1403
North Queensland Fury 2010–11 2144------2144
Newcastle Jets 2011–12 100------100
Total 4174210--- 4384

Honours

Sydney FC

Sydney United

APIA Leichhardt

References
  1. Sydney FC inflicts Payne on Manly United Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Cockerill, Michael (25 January 2010). "Sydney rise to the challenge with title hopes on the line". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  3. Can Payne be excused or is he the A-League’s Henry?, The Roar, Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  4. "Wellington Phoenix lament 'unacceptable' goal". Stuff.co.nz. 14 March 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  5. http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/a-league-stars-to-boost-manly-united/ A-League stars to boost Manly United
  6. http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/cap-squeeze-on-perry/ Cap squeeze on Perry
  7. "Fury Swoop For Payne". Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  8. "Late equaliser dampens Glory season opener". WA Today. 7 August 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  9. "Fergie Tastes Defeat in First Game". FourFourTwo Australia. 15 October 2010. Archived from the original on 18 October 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  10. "Chris Payne signs two-year deal with Jets". Fosxsports Australia. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  11. "Newcastle Jets knock off Sutherland Sharks in friendly hit-out". NSW Premier League. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  12. Hughes, Mark (17 December 2011). "Sydney FC claim F3 derby". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  13. Leeson, Josh (3 January 2012). "Van Egmond tells Jets: No compromise". Newcastle Hereld. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  14. Kerry, Craig (25 January 2012). "Tiago upbeat as team goes bush". Newcastle Hereld. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  15. Gardiner, James (26 January 2012). "Tahj Minniecon injury halts Chris Payne's trade". Newcastle Hereld. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  16. "Jets & Payne agree to part ways". Football Federation Australia. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  17. Chris Payne inks deal with Bonnyrigg White Eagles - Football NSW Article
  18. "NSW Pre Season Cup round 1 Review". NSW Premier League. 3 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  19. Stavroulakis, Mark (28 February 2014). "Midgley looking for consistency at Manly". Manly United FC. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  20. Russo, Joe (6 July 2014). "Blacktown crowned 2014 Waratah Cup Champions". Football NSW. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  21. Greco, John (28 July 2014). "Manly's secret Cup pact ahead of 'Sydney Derby'". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  22. Ormond, Aiden (29 July 2014). "FFA Cup: Four teams through to Final 16". FourFourTwo Australia. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  23. "I-League: East Bengal replace Ildar Amirov with Australian striker Christopher Payne". India. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  24. "I-League: Shillong Lajong held East Bengal to a draw at Siliguri". Xtra Time. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  25. "I-League: East Bengal beat Shillong Lajong to regain top spot". Hindustan Times. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  26. "I League: Churchill Brothers hand East Bengal a shocking defeat at Barasat". Xtra Time. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  27. "East Bengal Club Releases the Fourth Foreigner Footballer Chris Payne". East Bengal the Real Power. 3 May 2017. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.


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