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Ceri Evans (born October 2, 1963 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand football (soccer) player who frequently represented his country as a central defender in the 1980s and 90s. Evans attended Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar, where he studied medicine and played for Oxford United FC. He was recommended to Oxford by former player Richard Hill, who played in New Zealand for a while after leaving the club.

Evans headed to the UK in 1988 to study Psychology at Oxford University. Having become a Rhodes Scholar, Ceri spent the next 15 years working in London hospitals. Today Ceri is a Forensic Psychiatrist, a uniquely specialist role managing a secure ward of “acute mentally unwell” patients that pose a threat and require security as part of their treatment.

International career

Evans made his full All Whites debut in a 5-1 win over Kuwait on 16 October, 1980 and ended his international playing career with 56 A-international caps and 2 goals to his credit, his final cap coming in a 0-3 loss to Australia on 6 June, 1993.