Born Eastbourne 20 March 1983.

Chris McPhee came on as a second-half substitute for Exeter City in the Devon Bowl at Plymouth Parkway on 13 September 2022. 

Chris was a trainee at Brighton and Hove Albion from 1999 and a professional between 2001 and 2006 having made his debut at Swansea City aged sixteen. He eventually played around sixty times for Brighton and had loan spells at Aldershot and Swindon. 

Chris came to Devon in June 2006 to sign for Torquay United and, in the season when the club was relegated from the Football League, made 43 league and cup appearances.

Moving to Ebbsfleet in June 2007, although he was soon back living in South Devon, he scored the only goal at Wembley when the Kent club defeated Torquay to win the FA Trophy. Having also appeared for England C, Chris joined Weymouth in July 2008 and was at Kidderminster Harriers from February 2009 to May 2011 before returning to Torquay United for the 2011/12 where he mainly featured as a substitute. 

Between 2012 and 2014 he was player-coach at Salisbury City prior to later playing for Weymouth, Frome, Bideford, Bodmin Town and Buckland Athletic.    

Chris started coaching in the Exeter City academy in 2014 and moved to a lead youth development phase role in 2018. He has an UEFA 'A' coaching licence and a FA Advanced Youth Award and moved into management with Plymouth Parkway in 2024.