Christopher Gerald McClellan Bart-Williams (born 16 June 1974) is an English football coach and former professional footballer. As a player, he was a defender and midfielder and notably played in the Premier League for Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest and Charlton Athletic. He also played in the Football League for Leyton Orient and Ipswich Town, in Cyprus with APOEL and in Malta with Marsaxlokk. He was capped by England at youth level and went on to play for England under-21s and was called up to train with the senior squad although he never won a full England cap. Following retirement, Bart-Williams has moved into coaching in the United States and has notably worked as assistant coach of Women's Premier Soccer League side SoccerPlus Connecticut. Early life Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Bart-Williams grew up in North London and attended The School of St. David's and St Katharine's in Hornsey. He represented his school, borough (Haringey), county (Middlesex). Playing career When he was just 16 years old, Bart-Williams launched his professional career with Leyton Orient. He made 36 appearances with the club and scored twice. Sheffield Wednesday showed interest in him and subsequently bought him for the record sum of £275,000 in 1991, the year they won promotion to the Football League First Division and were also winners of the Football League Cup. Once with Sheffield Wednesday, Bart-Williams got a place in the first team immediately despite his young age. He began his career playing as an attacking midfielder. On 12 April 1993, he scored a hat-trick against Southampton in a 5–2 win. Bart-Williams played for Wednesday as a substitute in the 1993 FA Cup Final replacing Chris Waddle in the first game and Roland Nilsson towards the end of the replay. He also helped the Owls reach the Football League Cup semi-finals in the 1993–94 season and also appeared in their short-lived UEFA Cup campaign (the club's first European run since the 1960s) the previous season. After four years, he moved to Nottingham Forest for the sum of £2.5 million. Bart-Williams had a successful spell with Forest, and even though he played as a defensive midfielder he managed to score 35 goals, even being the club's top scorer in the 2000–2001 season, and was often clinical from free kicks and penalties. During a game in 2000, Forest tried to experiment with their formation by playing 3–5–2 and played Bart-Williams as a