Chris Cahill

{{Short description|Australian-Samoan footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

|name = Chris Cahill

|image =

|caption =

|fullname = Christopher Uli Cahill

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|12|25|df=y}}

|birth_place = Sydney, Australia

|height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}

|position = Midfielder

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 = Marconi-Fairfield

|years1 = 2004–2005

|years2 = 2006–2012

|clubs1 = Dulwich Hill

|clubs2 = St. George Saints

|caps1 = 10

|goals1 = 7

|nationalyears1 = 2007–2011

|nationalteam1 = Samoa

|nationalcaps1 = 15

|nationalgoals1 = 7

|pcupdate =

|ntupdate = January 2014

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Christopher Cahill (born 25 December 1984) is a retired professional footballer. Born in Australia, he represented Samoa at international level.

Club career

Cahill was born on Christmas Day 1984 in Sydney to a father of Irish descent and a Samoan mother. Cahill played four games for Dulwich Hill FC in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/C/CA.html|title=Australian Player Database|publisher=}} He then moved to St. George Saints, where he played from 2006 to 2012.

International career

He played for Samoa national football team and was briefly national team captain.[https://products.schools.nsw.edu.au/psc/content/getContent.html?contentId=41. Tim Cahill, Football (soccer)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706120118/https://products.schools.nsw.edu.au/psc/content/getContent.html?contentId=41 |date=6 July 2011 }}

He played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, scoring twice against American Samoa.{{cite book|last=Barclay|first=Simon|title=The 2010 World Cup|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn= 9781446160008|chapter=SECTION 6 - Oceanic Zone|year=2010|page=181}} 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 Tim Cahill, and cousin of Ben Roberts (New Zealand Kiwis), Joe Stanley (New Zealand All Blacks), and Jeremy Stanley (New Zealand All Blacks).

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