Chris Giles
Chris Giles is a Welsh former footballer, who was most recently acting first team coach at Yeovil Town. He played predominantly as a defender, but could also play as a striker.
Playing career
Yeovil Town
Giles began his career with Yeovil Town, as youth team top goalscorer and Player of the Year. In his time there, they won the FA Trophy and then promotion to the Football League in 2002–03. The following season, he only played one league game for the club before being loaned out to Woking. He was allowed to leave the club in March of the 2003–04 season.Aldershot Town
After leaving Yeovil, Giles soon joined Aldershot Town. During his two years there, he helped them to reach the Play-off Final and Play-off Semi-final of the Conference.Crawley Town
After a two-year stint with Aldershot, he then signed for Crawley Town in 2005, signing a two-year contract with the club. After helping them fight off relegation, he left at the beginning of his second year due to the club's financial troubles.Forest Green Rovers
He soon joined Forest Green Rovers in 2006 and succeeded in helping them avoid relegation. As vice captain he made 33 league appearances in the 2007–08 season as the club finished in their highest ever league placing, but was released at the end of the season.Back to Crawley
He re-signed for Crawley Town on 23 May 2008 and was named Club Captain in the season that they too achieved their highest ever placing. Giles has made 6 appearances for the Wales Semi-Professional side, scoring three times.Giles left Crawley by mutual consent in January 2010 following a number of injury problems.