Previous clubs: Home Farm, Manchester United, Hamilton Academical and Jerez Industrial CF.

International Honours: 2 Under-21 caps for Republic of Ireland.

Signed: June 2009.

Chris Fagan is a Republic of Ireland Under-21 International having won two caps at this level before joining Lincoln City. Earlier in his career Fagan represented his country at Under-17 and Under-19 levels.

He began his career at Irish club Home Farm as a teenager but was plucked from the club by Manchester United when he was sixteen. Although he never made a first team appearance for Manchester United, he was a vital player in their 2006/07 season's Youth Cup team. Unfortunately for Fagan, he was on the losing side as Liverpool defeated his Manchester United side via penalties in the Youth Cup Final.

Worse news though was to follow as in June 2008: Fagan was released by Manchester United. Despite having offers from other clubs, he rather unusually opted to join Glenn Hoddle's Soccer Academy in Spain. The academy helps young players like Fagan to receive professional coaching in the aim of them returning to the professional game in return for a transfer fee.

Early 2009 saw Fagan have a trial at Huddersfield Town where he scored a hat-trick in a reserve game. He has also featured on trial for Colchester United. Fagan ended the 2008/09 season on the books of Scottish Premier League club Hamilton Academical, although he failed to make a first team appearance.

Lincoln City paid an undisclosed fee to Glenn Hoddle's Academy for the signature of Fagan.

He became an instant first team regular under then Lincoln manager Peter Jackson. Unfortunately, Fagan found scoring difficult in a struggling Lincoln side and he paid the price when new manager Chris Sutton was appointed as he quickly lost his first team place. Transfer day - 1st February 2010 - saw Fagan make a shock return to Spain when he joined Jerez Industrial CF on loan until the end of the 2009/10 season.

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