Christopher Cahill (born 25 December 1984) is a retired

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. Born in Australia, he represented Samoa at International level.

Club career

Cahill was born on Christmas Day 1984 in Sydney, Australia to a father of

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descent and a Samoan mother. Cahill played four games for Dulwich Hill FC in 2004. He then moved to

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, where he played from 2006 to 2012.

International career

He played for

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and was briefly national team captain.Tim Cahill, Football (soccer)
He played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, scoring twice against American Samoa. He did not appear at the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, which was Samoa's first appearance at a major tournament.

Personal life

He is the brother of Australian international

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, and cousin of Ben Roberts (

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* * 1984 births Living people People with acquired Samoan citizenship Samoan footballers Association football midfielders Samoa international footballers Samoan people of Irish descent Soccer players from Sydney Australian soccer players Australian people of Irish descent Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent Stanley family (rugby) {{Samoa-footy-bio-stub