Christopher James "Chris" Solly (born 20 January 1991 in Rochester, Kent

Kent

Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

) is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 football player, currently playing for Charlton Athletic

Charlton Athletic F.C.

Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...

. He plays as a defender

Defender (association football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

.

Career

On 3 May 2009, he made his debut for Charlton

Charlton Athletic F.C.

Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...

 coming on as a first half substitute for the injured Darren Ward in a 4-2 victory over Norwich City

Norwich City F.C.

Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...

. Solly made his first full debut for the 1st team in the Football League Trophy against Barnet on October 6, 2009. He scored his first goal for the club after coming on as a substitute in the 3-1 win over Leyton Orient on 13 August 2010. Due to the uncertainty over the future of Carl Jenkinson

Carl Jenkinson

Carl Daniel Jenkinson is a footballer with dual English and Finnish nationality who plays for Arsenal as a defender. He has a British father and a Finnish mother, and has represented both England and Finland at youth international level....

, Solly established himself as first choice right back towards the end of the 2010–11

2010–11 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

-League One:-League Cup:-Football League Trophy:-Squad:-Winter:*Bradley Wright-Phillips - Plymouth*Nathan Eccleston - Liverpool*Federico Bessone - Leeds-References:...

 season. Despite the arrival of Andy Hughes

Andrew Hughes (footballer)

Andrew John Hughes is an English footballer, currently playing for Charlton Athletic in League One of the English Football League. Known for his versatility, his main position is as a central midfielder, but he has also played regularly at fullback during his career...

, he continued to keep his place in the side, the following season.

External links

• Chris Solly player profile at cafc.co.uk