James Christopher Moore (born 17 January 1984) is an English former professional footballer. He is a youth coach at Sunderland.

Career Moore was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. He began his football career in Newcastle United's Academy, then played non-League football for Bishop Auckland and Whitley Bay before taking a degree in journalism at Rutgers University in New Jersey. On returning to England in 2008 he rejoined Whitley Bay, and, after a one-game stint at Durham City, was part of their FA Vase-winning team in 2009. In March 2010, he turned professional for the first time, signing a contract with Football League Two club Darlington to run until the end of the 2010–11 season. He made his debut in the Football League two days later as a half-time substitute as Darlington lost 2–0 at Northampton Town.

In September 2010 he joined Northern League club Spennymoor Town on what turned out "an impressive month"'s loan, scoring three goals from six games (one from five in the League). Moore was part of Darlington's FA Trophy winning side, playing all 120 minutes against Mansfield Town on 7 May 2011. He was not offered a new contract and was released by Darlington a week later.

In July 2011, Moore went on trial at Gateshead. He played in five pre-season friendlies before signing an initial six-month contract on 27 July 2011. He made his Gateshead debut as a second-half substitute on 13 August in their 3–2 win over Kidderminster Harriers at Aggborough. He scored his first goal for Gateshead in his first start 10 days later in a 3–1 win against Southport at Haig Avenue. On 31 December 2011, Moore had his contract extended until the end of the season. Moore was released by Gateshead on 30 April 2012.

Moore joined Barrow in August 2012, and subsequently moved onto Darlington 1883, Blyth Spartans, Consett and Ashington,Consett appoint old boy as new manager Consett A.F.C. before becoming manager of Durham City in November 2015.New Durham City manager Chris Moore urges the fans to get behind the team Chronicle Live, 15 November 2015 He left Durham in October 2016,Chris Moore Durham City A.F.C. and subsequently coached at Whitley Bay and North Shields. In May 2018 he was appointed manager of Consett. In May 2019 he left the club to join Sunderland as a youth coach.Chris Moore quits consett to take up role at Sunderland AFC Consett A.F.C.

Career statistics

Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBishop Auckland2003–04Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:34720001024692004–05Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:233110040284Total571031001427413Whitley Bay2004–05Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:1550000321872007–08Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:2221000703022008–09Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:3512410012151142009–10Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:2000000020Durham City2009–10Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:1000000010Whitley Bay2009–10Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:2532000102375Total9922710032513828Darlington2009–101100000001102010–11Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:141300030201Total251300030311Spennymoor Town (loan)2010–11Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:5100001263Gateshead2011–12Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:243200040303Career totals211371520054928048

A.  The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the English Football League, Football Conference, Northern Premier League and Northern League. B.  The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the FA Trophy, FA Vase, Durham Challenge Cup, Northumberland Senior Cup, Northern Premier League Challenge Cup and Northern League Cup.

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