Kristian Dennis (born 12 March 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two club Tranmere Rovers.
Dennis began his career at Football League Two club Macclesfield Town, graduating from the Centre of Excellence and Youth Academy and making his first-team debut in 2007.
[2] In May 2006, the Macclesfield Express reported that Dennis was one of ten Macclesfield Town U16 squad members, including Christopher Dykes, Danny White, Ben Hunt, Shaun Brisley, James Rothel, Danny Egan, Chris Hirst, Matt Pearson and Jordan Walker who signed as first year scholars for the club's U18 Academy squad, where they also joined Christian Millar.
[5] In November 2006, Dennis scored a first half goal for Macclesfield Town's U18 squad in a 1–1 away fixture against League leaders Walsall in the 2006–07 North West Conference Group B season.
[10] After shooting wide from goalkeeper Martin Hunter's post in a one-on-one opportunity and then being denied by a point-blank stop from him again, Dennis rose high to head from a cross from John Rooney.
[12] Dennis and Hirst joined Shaun Brisley, Christian Millar, James Jennings, Izak Reid, Jordan Hadfield, Matthew Flynn and Nick Blackman as first-team squad members who were trained by John Askey and Mick Holgate before getting a professional deal.
[14] In July 2009, Dennis was one of five strikers, with Emile Sinclaire, Stephen Reed, Kyle Wilson and Vinny Mukendi, in Macclesfield Town's first-team squad ahead of the 2009–10 season.
[15][16] In November 2009, he joined Northern Premier League Division One North side Woodley Sports on an initial one-month loan,[17] which was extended for a second month,[18] before he returned to Macclesfield in mid-January 2010.
[25] The "Nash" finished as runners-up to AFC Fylde in the Northern Premier League Division One North during the 2011–12 campaign, losing out to Witton Albion in the play-off final.
[38] He scored ten goals in 42 appearances during the 2016–17 campaign, finishing as the "Spireites" top-scorer, though could not prevent Gary Caldwell's side being relegated in last place.
[39] He was nominated for the EFL League Two Player of the Month award for November after scoring three goals and providing one assist for Jack Lester's struggling side.
[40] He again finished as top-scorer at the Proact Stadium in the 2017–18 season with 21 goals in 48 games, and despite his 19-goal tally being the joint-fifth highest in League Two, Chesterfield were again relegated in last place.
[48] On 28 May 2023, Dennis was used as a substitute in the play-off final, scoring his penalty in the shoot-out as Carlisle defeated Stockport County to earn promotion to League One.