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Christopher John Killen (born 8 October 1981) is a former New Zealand international
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. Killen grew up in Wellington and played his club football for
Miramar Rangers Miramar Rangers AFC is an amateur New Zealand association football club in the Wellington suburb of Miramar. The club is one of the most successful in New Zealand having won the Chatham Cup four times and the National League title twice. Over ...
. After a trial with
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, he joined City's
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. His first senior club appearances came during a loan spell at
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in September 2000, and the following season he was loaned to Port Vale. Killen joined
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in July 2002 for £250,000, but failed to match his price tag because of persistent injury, and was eventually released on a free transfer. In January 2006, Killen joined Hibernian, and scored 11 goals in the early part of the 2006–07 season, but a ruptured Achilles tendon prematurely ended his season in January. Killen's contract with Hibernian expired in the summer of 2007, and, after using the Easter Road cub's facilities to regain fitness, he then signed for Celtic on a three-year contract, but found first team opportunities hard to come by, and was loaned to Norwich City during the 2008–09 season. Killen rejoined his former Celtic manager
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at
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in January 2010. Seven months later he moved to China to play for Shenzhen Ruby. He switched clubs to
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in February 2012. Killen made his international debut for
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during the
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, and was included in the New Zealand U23 squad for their appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics as one of three over age players. He was also named as part of the New Zealand squad for the 2002 OFC Nations Cup,
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and
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, and the
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.


Club career


Early career

Born in
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, Killen grew up in the Wellington suburb of Island Bay. As a youth he attended Rongotai College. He represented the college in junior grades, and was selected to tour Australia with the New Zealand Secondary Schools representative team in 1998, along with future "
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" Leo Bertos and
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. Killen played his club football for
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, whose coach arranged a trial with
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. The trial was successful, and the 17-year-old Killen joined City's
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. His first senior club appearances came during a loan spell at Second Division side
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in September 2000, then managed by Brian Flynn. He scored his first league goal on 9 September against
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, and in total scored three goals in nine appearances for the Welsh club. The following season, he was loaned to Brian Horton's Second Division Port Vale. He scored on his debut on 25 September, in a 3–1 win over former club Wrexham at the
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. He scored in a 3–1 defeat at
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four days later, before scoring a brace in a 5–0 win over
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on his home debut at
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on 5 October. He ended his loan tally with six goals in nine games for the "Valiants". In November 2001, he was recalled from his loan by manager
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as a number of Manchester City strikers were injured, and played as a substitute in a 2–1 First Division win against
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. He made two further substitute appearances that season, and finished as top goalscorer for the reserves.


Oldham Athletic

He joined
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in July 2002, after manager Iain Dowie spent £250,000 to acquire the young striker. He went on to score just four goals in 33 appearances in 2002–03. During the 2003–04 campaign he featured 13 times, scoring two goals. Killen was the club's top scorer in the 2004–05 season, with 15 goals in 30 starts. Killen was "jinxed" by injury, however, and after a further twelve appearances in 2005–06, Oldham allowed him to move to Hibernian on a free transfer. After Killen had left the club, recently appointed manager Ronnie Moore claimed that Killen had "underachieved" during his time with the club. The club's managing director also issued a statement on the club website stating that Killen had cost £13,000 per game and £36,000 per goal due to his injury record and expensive contract.


Hibernian

In January 2006, Killen joined Hibernian (Hibs) on a free transfer. He made his debut against Hearts on 28 January, and then scored on his second appearance as he netted the third goal in Hibs' 3–0 defeat of
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at Ibrox in the
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, the opener in a 7–0 win over Livingston. He scored five goals for Hibs by the end of the 2005–06 season. Killen scored the opening goal the 5–0 win over Latvian club Dinaburg in the
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second-round game at Easter Road on 2 July 2006. Following the departure of strikers Garry O'Connor and Derek Riordan, Killen was expected to be an important player for Hibs in the 2006–07 season. By December 2006 he had scored 11 goals, including two in a 2–1 win over Rangers. During a 2–2
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in January, however, Killen suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon which ended his season. Killen's contract with Hibernian expired in the summer of 2007 and he rejected the offer of a one-year extension from the
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club.


Celtic

Killen was expected to sign for
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, but he instead signed for Celtic on a three-year contract in May 2007. Killen made his debut on 5 August, coming off the bench in a goalless draw against Kilmarnock at
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. His first goal for the club came on 7 October at
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; with Celtic trailing 1–0 to Gretna, Killen equalised in the 89th minute before
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scored the winner for Celtic in stoppage time. He made his
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debut on 3 October in a shock 2–1 victory over A.C. Milan at Celtic Park. He made just three league starts in 2007–08, though came off the bench 24 times. After that, however, he found chances hard to come by as he found himself behind Scott McDonald,
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and
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in the pecking order. Killen played mostly for the Celtic reserve team, and hardly featured in the first team at all. On 31 January 2009, Killen joined
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side Norwich City on loan for the remainder of the 2008–09 season. He made his first appearance for Bryan Gunn's "Canaries" in a 3–3 draw to
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at Molineux on 3 February, before he returned to training with Celtic after only making four substitute appearances at
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. At the end of the 2008–09 season, manager
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resigned and was replaced by
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, who had previously managed Killen at Hibernian. Killen's hopes of regaining a first team place at Celtic for the 2009–10 season were boosted in pre-season friendly matches, as he scored two goals against
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and came off the bench to score in a 5–0 win against Al-Ahly. Killen then started Celtic's following pre-season match against
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, and he opened the scoring in this match with a neat headed finish following a pinpoint cross by teammate Paul Caddis. A further goal against
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ensured he finished pre-season with five goals in five games. He scored his first league goal at
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on 20 September, Celtic's first goal in a 2–1 win against Hearts. Three days later he scored against
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at
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in a 4–0 win in the
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.


Middlesbrough

Killen returned to England in January 2010 and joined his former Celtic manager
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at
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, along with teammates Willo Flood and Barry Robson. He scored his first goal at the
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on 9 February, in a 2–1 win over Barnsley. He scored two further headed goals in Championship games against
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and
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, but left the club after the end of the season when his contract expired in June 2010.


China

After being released by Middlesbrough, Killen signed a year and half contract with
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side Shenzhen Ruby in July 2010, then managed by Siniša Gogić. Killen scored his first goal for the "Youth Army" on his debut against Liaoning Whowin at the Tiexi New District Sports Center on 28 July 2010. He finished his first half-year at
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with eight goals from thirteen matches to help the club to avoid relegation by a two-point margin. The club were relegated in 2011 after finishing bottom of the league under Philippe Troussier, despite Killen's nine goals. Killen signed a contract with
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club
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on 17 February 2012; the club play at the 58,680 capacity
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. He finished the 2012 season as division's fourth highest scorer on 17 goals from 26 starts.


International career

Killen has represented New Zealand at
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and under-23 levels, and was included in the New Zealand under-23 squad for their first appearance at the
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as one of three over age players, alongside Ryan Nelsen and Simon Elliott. Killen made his international debut for the
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senior team during the
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against
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, three months before his first senior appearance at club level. The "All Whites" finished the tournament as runners-up, after losing 2–0 to Australia in the final. He was also in the squad for the 2002 OFC Nations Cup, which New Zealand won after beating Australia 1–0 at the
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. He was further named in the
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, and featured in the defeats to Japan and Colombia at the group stage. Killen featured in New Zealand's success at the 2008 OFC Nations Cup, though he played just one game – the 2–0 win over Fiji at Churchill Park. He was named as part of the
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New Zealand squad to travel to South Africa. Killen scored twice in their final warm up game, a 4–3 defeat by
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. In the tournament itself, he played in the defeats to
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and
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, and the draw with
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. Killen also featured in the team that beat
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in a two-legged Asia/Oceania play-off to qualify for the
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and was named in the New Zealand squad for the finals in South Africa, where New Zealand went unbeaten with three draws against
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, Italy, and
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; Killen played all three games.


Personal life

In September 2016, Killen admitted to sexually assaulting a young woman in England. After first denying the charge, Killen change his plea to guilty before he was due to go on trial. Killen received a 12-month jail term but it was suspended for 18 months, he was also ordered to undergo 20 hours of rehabilitation and to perform 200 hours of community service.


Career statistics


Club statistics


International statistics


International caps list

New Zealand's goal tally first.


Honours

New Zealand
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*Winners:
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,
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*Runners-up:
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*Third place:
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Celtic *
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: 2007–08


Notes


References


External links

* *
Player profile on NZ Football official website
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