12 Facts About Charlie Christie

Charlie Christie was born on 30 March 1966 and is a Scottish former professional football player and coach who played as a striker and latterly as a midfielder.

Charlie Christie played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle throughout the club's first ten years of existence which saw three promotions from the old Third Division, to the Scottish Premier League, making over 250 appearances, later managed the club from January 2006 until August 2007 and one game in September 2023 as interim manager after Billy Dodds was sacked.

Charlie Christie played in the Scottish Highland Football League for Caledonian and Inverness Thistle before those clubs merged to become Caledonian Thistle, and was a reserve player at Celtic.

Charlie Christie was unable to break into the Celtic first team, partly due to the performances of Frank McAvennie, who played in the same striker position.

Charlie Christie rejoined Caledonian in 1989, in the combined role of player and commercial manager.

In 1994, when Inverness Thistle and Caledonian merged to form Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Charlie Christie joined the new club, where he combined his playing role with running the Centenary Club lottery.

Charlie Christie retired from playing in May 2004, having made a total of 314 appearances and scoring 34 goals.

In November 2004, when then-manager John Robertson left Caley Thistle to become manager of Hearts, Charlie Christie assisted the club's Director of football Graeme Bennett in managing the team until a replacement could be found.

When Craig Brewster joined as player-manager Charlie Christie was made first team coach and continued in this role until January 2006.

When Brewster left the club on 13 January 2006, Charlie Christie was appointed caretaker manager.

Charlie Christie remained in the job for nearly nineteen months before his resignation in August 2007.

Charlie Christie has been involved in Inverness Caledonian Thistle's academy since 2009, taking on the role as head of youth development.