Christopher Ross Gunter is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for Charlton Athletic and the Wales national team. He joined Cardiff City’s youth system and was signed by Tottenham Hotspur for £4million in January 2008. Rarely used at Tottenham, he returned to the Championship with Nottingham Forest, initially on loan, before joining Reading in 2012. He made 314 appearances for Reading before being released in 2020 and moving to Charlton. In 2017 he was named Welsh Footballer of the Year.
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Christopher Ross Gunter is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for Charlton Athletic and the Wales national team. He joined Cardiff City’s youth system and was signed by Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur for £4 million in January 2008. Rarely used at Tottenham, he returned to the Championship with Nottingham Forest, initially on loan, before joining Reading in 2012. He made 314 appearances for Reading before being released in 2020 and moving to Charlton. Gunter has been a Welsh international since under-17 level and holds the record as the second youngest debutant for the under-21 team. In 2017 he was named Welsh Footballer of the Year. On 20 November 2018 Gunter surpassed the record of 92 caps held by Neville Southall, making him the most capped player for Wales. He was part of the Wales squad that reached the semi-finals at UEFA Euro 2016. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 victory at Plymouth Argyle on 27 September 2009. He also played in the FA Cup Final against Manchester City on 4 March 2010. He signed a four-year contract with the club on July 20, 2014. He is currently on loan at Championship side Nottingham Forest until the end of the 2015-16 season.
He has also been linked with a move to Premier League side West Ham United. He started his career as a striker when he played for local youth sides Durham Colts and Albion Rovers in Newport but switched to playing as a full back at a young age and signed for the Cardiff City youth side at the age of eight. In March 2007 he won the Football League’s Apprentice of the year award after impressing in the first team squad due to injuries to some regular players. He became Cardiff’s youngest player to win a senior international cap after making his debut, beating the 48-year old club record held by Graham Moore. In January 2008, Gunter signed a £4million deal with Tottenham Hotspot. He played 62 minutes of a goalless draw at Everton before being replaced by Kevin-Prince Boateng for the final 17 minutes of the match. He then made his debut for Spurs on 15 January in an FA Cup third round tie against Reading at the Madejski Stadium, playing the entirety of a 1-0 victory. On 17 July 2009, Tottenham accepted a bid of £1.1 million from Nottingham Forest for the rest of the 2008–09 season.
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