Chris Killen
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| Chris Killen | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 8, 1981 (age 25) | |
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| Playing position | striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Hibernian | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999-2002 2000 2001 2002-2006 2006- |
Manchester City → Wrexham (loan) → Port Vale (loan) Oldham Athletic Hibernian |
3 (0) 12 (3) 9 (6) 78 (24) 25 (16) |
| National team2 | ||
| ?- | New Zealand | 21 (13) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Chris Killen (born October 8, 1981 in Wellington) is a New Zealand born football player, currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Hibernian in Edinburgh. He plays as a striker.
Killen began his career at Manchester City where he made just 3 substitute appearances and had loan spells at Wrexham and Port Vale. He joined Oldham Athletic in July 2002[1] for £250,000. He remained with Oldham for 3 and a half years, scoring 24 goals in 78 league appearances.
In January 2006, Killen joined Hibernian on a free transfer.[2] He scored on his debut as he netted the third goal of Hibs' 3-0 defeat of Rangers at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup 4th round in February 2006.[3] His first home goal was the opener in the historic 7-0 win against Livingston four days later. He is well good.[4] Despite arriving in January, he had scored 5 goals for Hibs by the end of the season. He also scored the opening goal of Hibs 5-0 defeat of Latvia's Dinaburg in the Intertoto Cup second round game at Easter Road on 2 July 2006.[5]
Following the departure of strikers Garry O'Connor and Derek Riordan, Killen was expected to be an important player for Hibs in season 2006-07. By December 2006, he had scored 11 goals, including 2 in a 2-1 win over Rangers.[6]
He plays for New Zealand (known as the All Whites) and collected his 20th cap (8 goals) against Brazil on June 4 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ "Killen for Oldham", BBC Sport website, 30 July, 2002.
- ^ "All White signs for Hibs", TVNZ ONE Sport, January 27, 2006.
- ^ "Rangers 0-3 Hibernian", BBC Sport website, 4 February 2006.
- ^ "Hibernian 7-0 Livingston", BBC Sport website, 8 February 2006.
- ^ "Hibernian 5-0 Dinaburg Daugavpils", BBC Sport website, 2 July 2006.
- ^ "Hibernian 2-1 Rangers", BBC Sport website, 17 September 2006.
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| Hibernian F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Simon Brown | 2 Whittaker | 3 Murphy | 4 Zemmama | 5 Jones | 6 Stewart | 7 Scott Brown | 9 Killen | 10 Benjelloun | 12 Martis | 14 Beuzelin | 15 Hogg | 17 Sproule | 18 McCluskey | 19 Sowunmi | 20 Fletcher | 21 Baillie | 22 Shiels | 25 McCann | 26 Stevenson | 27 Lynch | 28 Campbell | 32 Ayre | 33 Chisholm | 41 McNeil | 42 Grof | -- Haji | Manager: Collins |
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