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Christopher John "Chris" Killen (born October 8, 1981 in Wellington) is a New Zealand born football (soccer) player, currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Celtic F.C..

Club career

Killen began his career at Manchester City F.C. where he made 3 substitute appearances and had loan spells at Wrexham F.C. and Port Vale F.C.. He joined Oldham Athletic F.C. in July 2002 for £250,000. He remained with Oldham for 3 and a half years, scoring 24 goals in 78 league appearances. Failing to match his price tag and seemingly high wage through continuous injury Oldham no longer required his services and released him on a free transfer.

In January 2006, Killen joined Hibernian F.C. on a free transfer (soccer). He scored on his debut as he netted the third goal of Hibs' 3-0 defeat of Rangers F.C. at Ibrox Stadium in the Scottish Cup 4th round in February 2006. His first home goal was the opener in a 7-0 win against Livingston F.C. four days later. 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 FC in the Intertoto Cup 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 2006-07 in Scottish football. By December 2006 he had scored 11 goals, including 2 in a 2-1 win over Rangers, however a knee injury prematurely ended his season in January 2007.

Killen's contract with Hibernian expired in mid-2007. He rejected the offer of a one-year extension from the Edinburgh club and was expected to sign for Cardiff City F.C. before Celtic's intervention. On 30 May 2007 he was confirmed a Celtic player..

International career

Killen plays for New Zealand national soccer team (known as the All Whites) and collected his 20th cap (8 goals) against Brazil national football team on June 4 2006.