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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gary Chivers
| image = Chivers at USbank Stadium 2016.jpg
| caption = Chivers in 2016
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|5|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Stockwell]], England
| death_date =
| height = 5 ft 11 in<ref>{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=302 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}</ref>
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[Senrab F.C.|Senrab]]
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| years1 = 1978–1983
| clubs1 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| caps1 = 133
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 1983–1984
| clubs2 = [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1984–1987
| clubs3 = [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]
| caps3 = 60
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1987–1988
| clubs4 = [[Watford F.C.|Watford]]
| caps4 = 14
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1988–1993
| clubs5 = [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]
| caps5 = 217
| goals5 = 14
| years6 = 1993
| clubs6 = [[FC Lyn Oslo|Lyn Oslo]]
| caps6 = 4
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1993–1995
| clubs7 = [[AFC Bournemouth]]
| caps7 = 31
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 1995–1996
| clubs8 = [[St. Leonards F.C.|Stamco]]
| caps8 =
| goals8 =
| years9 =
| clubs9 = [[Worthing F.C.|Worthing]]
| caps9 =
| goals9 =
}}
'''Gary Chivers''' (born 15 May 1960) is an English former [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] in [[the Football League]] for [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]], [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]], [[Watford F.C.|Watford]], [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]], [[AFC Bournemouth]],<ref name=NB>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/garychivers.html |title=Gary Chivers |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=8 October 2009}}</ref> and in the [[Norwegian Premier League]] for [[FC Lyn Oslo|Lyn Oslo]].<ref name=Lyn>{{cite web |url=http://www.lynfotball.net/Lyn_Spiller.asp?id=152 |title=Gary Chivers |work=Lyn Fotball |publisher=Erik Sexe Andersen and Torstein Velvang |accessdate=8 October 2009}}</ref>

A central defender, Chivers began his career with [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] in 1979, and remained with the club until 1983, a poor period in the club's history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=36570 |title=Gary Chivers Chelsea FC |work=Football Heroes |publisher=Sporting Heroes Collections |first=Kelvin |last=Barker |accessdate=6 November 2009}}</ref> He then moved to [[Swansea City F.C.|Swansea City]], followed by spells with [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] and [[Watford F.C.|Watford]]. He settled at [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]], enjoying a six-year stint with the club from 1987.<ref name=NB/> He spent the summer of 1993 playing in Norway with [[Lyn Oslo]]<ref name=Lyn/> before playing out his career at [[AFC Bournemouth]], retiring from professional football in 1995.<ref name=NB/> He played [[non-league football]] in [[Sussex]], becoming a chauffeur (with his own stretch-limo) for a living in Surrey before going on to work in the football-related media and in private [[coach (sport)|coaching]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2001/11/10/168540.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701133626/http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2001/11/10/168540.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2012 |title=Chivers Ready To Do Battle With Cruyff |newspaper=The Argus (Brighton) |date=10 November 2001 |accessdate=8 October 2009 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Lambeth]]
[[Category:People from Stockwell]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Chelsea F.C. players]]
[[Category:Swansea City A.F.C. players]]
[[Category:Queens Park Rangers F.C. players]]
[[Category:Watford F.C. players]]
[[Category:Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players]]
[[Category:Lyn Fotball players]]
[[Category:AFC Bournemouth players]]
[[Category:Worthing F.C. players]]
[[Category:St. Leonards F.C. players]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]
[[Category:Eliteserien players]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Norway]]
[[Category:English expatriate men's footballers]]

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Gary Chivers - Revision history

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