Club career Chris Gunter

1 club career

1.1 cardiff city
1.2 tottenham hotspur
1.3 nottingham forest
1.4 reading

club career
cardiff city

gunter started out striker when played durham colts , albion rovers junior teams in newport switched full-back @ young age , signed cardiff city youth side @ age of eight. signed first professional contract club on 1 august 2006 along fellow cardiff academy graduate darcy blake.

primarily right-sided defender, gunter made debut cardiff city on 22 august 2006 against barnet in league cup first round, playing full 90 minutes of 0–2 loss @ ninian park. league debut came in 1–0 home loss qpr on 17 november. gunter praised performance manager dave jones.

in march 2007 won football league s apprentice of year award after impressing in first team squad due injuries regular players , during summer of 2007, gunter subject of 2 bids premier league club everton. both, however, rejected.

tottenham hotspur

according reports on 21 december 2007, cardiff agreed substantial fee tottenham hotspur , therefore allowed gunter enter talks club. cardiff stated tottenham had met valuation of player had been reported @ £4 million. on 22 december gunter passed medical @ white hart lane view £2 million move. move made official on 24 december , joined club after transfer window opened on 1 january 2008.

gunter made debut spurs on 15 january in fa cup third round against reading @ madejski stadium, playing entirety of 1–0 victory. fifteen days later, made top-flight debut spurs, playing 62 minutes of goalless draw @ everton before being replaced kevin-prince boateng. made 1 more league appearance season, filling in didier zokora final 17 minutes of 4–1 loss @ birmingham city on 1 march. cup-tied win in 2008 football league cup final.

his second season did not see him become regular, featured in 3 league matches, playing full 90 minutes in none of them. on 12 march 2009, gunter moved on loan nottingham forest rest of 2008–09 season.

nottingham forest

gunter playing nottingham forest in 2011

on 17 july 2009, tottenham hotspur accepted bid of £1.75 million nottingham forest. forest completed signing of gunter on 20 july on four-year contract. scored first goal club in 1–0 victory @ plymouth argyle on 27 september 2009. gunter s first goal in senior football. in match between nottingham forest , crystal palace on 23 march 2010, gunter made 100th senior club appearance. in may 2010 selected in championship pfa team of year 2009–10 season.

on 15 august 2010, gunter , sanchez watt booked referee tony bates on-field altercation; later month fa retrospectively gave gunter three-match ban when replays showed him stamping on leeds united player.

a regular @ right-back during time @ forest, gunter scored other goal club on 16 august 2011, goal of match @ doncaster rovers.

reading

gunter playing reading in 2014

gunter completed move reading on 17 july 2012, signing three-year deal club had been promoted premier league. fee undisclosed has been reported have been between £2.3 million , £2.5 million. scored first goal reading against peterborough united in league cup on 28 august 2012, 3–2 home victory putting team third round. played 20 league matches royals, ended season relegated. on 29 november 2013, gunter sent off reading won 3–2 @ former club forest.

on 27 march 2015, reading took option in gunter s contract extend stay royals additional year. in league cup first round on 11 august, scored extra-time goal reading won away @ colchester united.

on 18 february 2016, gunter signed new two-year contract keep him @ reading until summer of 2018. gunter again extended contract reading on 5 july 2017, agreeing new three-year contract, keeping him @ club until summer of 2020. in october 2017, gunter named welsh footballer of year football association of wales.