Chris Mackenzie

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Chris Mackenzie
Personal information
Full name Christopher Neil MacKenzie
Date of birth May 14, 1972 (1972-05-14) (age 36)
Place of birth    Northampton, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Free Agent
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1993 – 1994
1994 – 1997
1994
1998 – 1999
1999 – 2003
2003 – 2004
2004
2004 – 2006
2006 – 2008
2007
2008–		 Corby Town
Hereford United
→ Rushden & Diamonds (loan)
Leyton Orient
Nuneaton Borough
Telford United
→ Hereford United (loan)
Chester City
Shrewsbury Town
→ Kidderminster Harriers (loan)
Kidderminster Harriers		 0n/a
060 (1)
0n/a
026 (0)
153 (0)
039 (0)
0 0 (0)
054 (0)
020 (0)
009 (0)
012 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 27 April 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Christopher Neil Mackenzie (b. May 14, 1972 in Northampton) is an English football player. He is a goalkeeper and currently plays for Hinckley United in the Blue Sq North.

Mackenzie has also played for Hereford United and even scored a goal for them - very unusual for a goalkeeper! The goal was scored against Barnet and the conceding goalkeeper was none other than Maik Taylor, who was making his league début on that very day. As well as Shrewsbury and Hereford and several non-league clubs, Mackenzie has played in the Football League for Leyton Orient and Chester City.

Mackenzie signed for Shrewsbury on May 15, 2006 on the Bosman ruling from Chester City, where he had spent two years as predominantly first choice goalkeeper. He started the season as second choice goalkeeper behind Ryan Esson, but was handed his club début on August 22, 2006 in the League Cup match at Birmingham City, which Town lost 1-0. By mid-September Mackenzie had gained a spot in the starting line-up, and shortly afterwards, Esson suffered an injury in a reserve fixture, giving Mackenzie a chance to make an extended run in the team.

As Esson continued to struggle, Mackenzie found himself competing with loanee Scott Shearer for a place in the starting eleven. In the closing month of the season Shearer was being picked ahead of Mackenzie but (due to an agreement made prior to his loan signing) was not allowed to play against his parent-club Bristol Rovers in the League Two play-off final. At the age of 35, MacKenzie subsequently got his chance to line up at Wembley for the first time, though Shrewsbury succumbed to a 3-1 defeat.

On September 21, 2007 Mackenzie joined Conference side Kidderminster Harriers on a month long loan to provide cover for the injured Scott Bevan. Despite having a appalling début at Aggborough where he got lobbed from 40 yards this was later extended by a further month, and he returned to Shrewsbury in November. However, Mackenzie made the permanent move to Kidderminster on January 31, 2008, as part of a deal that saw Bevan move in the opposite direction.[1]

At the end of the 07/08 season he was released by Kidderminster Harriers.


[edit] Honours

[edit] References

  1. ^ Deadline Day Movements. www.shrewsburytown.co.uk. Retrieved on February 1, 2008.

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Persondata
NAME Mackenzie, Christopher Neil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mackenzie, Chris
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1972-05-14
PLACE OF BIRTH Northampton, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH