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{{short description|English footballer (born 1972)}}

{{Infobox Football biography

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| playername = Chris MacKenzie

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Chris Mackenzie

| image =

| fullname = Christopher Neil MacKenzie

| height = 6 {{height|ft 0 in / 1.80 m=6}}

| birth_date = {{birth nicknamedate =and age|1972|5|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Northampton]], England

| dateofbirth = [[May 14]][[1972]]

| cityofbirth position = [[NorthamptonGoalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]

| youthyears1 =

| countryofbirth = [[England]]

| youthclubs1 =

| currentclub = [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]

| years1 = 1993–1994

| clubnumber = 21

| years2 = 1994–1997

| position = [[Goalkeeper]]

| years3 = 1994

| youthyears =

| years4 = 1998–1999

| youthclubs =

| years5 = 1999–2003

| years = 1993 - 1994<br>1994 - 1997<br>1994<br>1998 - 1999<br>1999 - 2003<br>2003 - 2004<br>2004 - 2006<br>2006—

| years6 = 2003–2004

| clubs = [[Corby F.C.|Corby]]<br>[[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]] <br>[[Rushden & Diamonds F.C.|Rushden & Diamonds]] <br>[[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]] <br>[[Nuneaton Borough F.C.|Nuneaton Borough]] <br>[[Telford United F.C.|Telford United]] <br>[[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]] <br>[[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]

| years7 = 2004

| caps(goals) = n/a <br>60 (1) <br>n/a - ''Loan''<br>26 (0) <br>153 (0) <br>39 (0) <br>54 (0) <br> 6 (0)

| years8 = 2004–2006

| pcupdate = 19:12, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

| years9 = 2006–2008

| nationalyears =

| years10 = 2007

| nationalteam =

| years11 = 2008

| nationalcaps(goals) =

| years12 = 2008–2010

| ntupdate =

| years13 = 2010–2011

}}'''Chris MacKenzie''' (b. [[May 14]], [[1972]] in [[Northampton]]) is an [[England|English]] [[football (soccer)|football]] player. He is a [[goalkeeper]] and currently plays for [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.]] in [[Football League Two]].

| years14 = 2011

| years15 = 2011–2012

| clubs1 = [[Corby Town F.C.|Corby Town]]

| clubs2 = [[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]]

| clubs3 = → [[Rushden & Diamonds F.C.|Rushden & Diamonds]] (loan)

| clubs4 = [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]]

| clubs5 = [[Nuneaton Borough F.C.|Nuneaton Borough]]

| clubs6 = [[Telford United F.C.|Telford United]]

| clubs7 = → [[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]] (loan)

| clubs8 = [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]]

| clubs9 = [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]

| clubs10 = → [[Kidderminster Harriers F.C.|Kidderminster Harriers]] (loan)

| clubs11 = [[Kidderminster Harriers F.C.|Kidderminster Harriers]]

| clubs12 = [[Hinckley United F.C.|Hinckley United]]

| clubs13 = [[Corby Town F.C.|Corby Town]]

| clubs14 = [[Alfreton Town F.C.|Alfreton Town]]

| clubs15 = [[Corby Town F.C.|Corby Town]]

| caps1 = 47

| caps2 = 60

| caps3 = 6

| caps4 = 26

| caps5 = 153

| caps6 = 39

| caps7 = 0

| caps8 = 54

| caps9 = 20

| caps10 = 9

| caps11 = 12

| caps12 = 97

| caps13 = 22

| caps14 = 19

| caps15 = 28

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 1

| goals3 =

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| goals11 = 0

| goals12 = 0

| goals13 = 0

| goals14 = 0

| goals15 = 0

| totalcaps = 592 | totalgoals = 1

}}

'''Christopher Neil Mackenzie''' (born 14 May 1972) is an English former [[Association football|footballer]]. He was a [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] and most recently played for [[Corby Town F.C.|Corby Town]] in the [[Conference North]].

==Career==

He has also played for [[Hereford United F.C.]] 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 debut on that very day.

Mackenzie has also played for [[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]] and even scored a goal for them. The goal was scored against Barnet on the opening day of the 1995–96 season and the conceding goalkeeper was [[Maik Taylor]], who was making his league début. As well as Shrewsbury and Hereford and several non-league clubs, Mackenzie has played in [[the Football League]] for [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]] and [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]].

He signed for Shrewsbury on [[15 May]][[2006]]. He started the season as second choice goalkeeper behind [[Ryan Esson]], but was handed his club debut on [[August 22]][[2006]] in the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] match at [[Birmingham City F.C.|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.

Mackenzie signed for Shrewsbury on 15 May 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 22 August 2006 in the [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] match at [[Birmingham City F.C.|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 F.C.|Bristol Rovers]] in the League Two play-off final. At the age of 35, MacKenzie subsequently got his chance to line up at [[Wembley Stadium|Wembley]] for the first time, though Shrewsbury succumbed to a 3–1 defeat.

On 21 September 2007, Mackenzie joined Conference side [[Kidderminster Harriers F.C.|Kidderminster Harriers]] on a month-long loan to provide cover for the injured [[Scott Bevan]]. Despite having a bad debut at Aggborough, this was later extended by a further month, and he returned to Shrewsbury in November. However, Mackenzie made the permanent move to Kidderminster on 31 January 2008, as part of a deal that saw Bevan move in the opposite direction.<ref>{{cite web | title=Deadline Day Movements | work=shrewsburytown.co.uk | url=http://www.shrewsburytown.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10443~1230620,00.html | accessdate=1 February 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517012226/http://www.shrewsburytown.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10443~1230620%2C00.html | archivedate=17 May 2008 }}</ref>

At the end of the 2007–08 season he was released by Kidderminster Harriers. Mackenzie then signed for [[Hinckley United F.C.|Hinckley United]] in May 2008.

He rejoined his first club, [[Corby Town F.C.|Corby Town]] in May 2010, before signing for [[Alfreton Town F.C.|Alfreton Town]] in 2011. He helped Alfreton win promotion into the [[Conference Premier]] but Alfreton decided to turn to a full-time football club and Mackenzie did not wish to give up his career outside of football so rejoined Corby Town at the start of the 2011–12 season.

Mackenzie retired from football on 29 February 2012, during a team meeting which followed Corby Town's 3–1 home win against Long Buckby in the Hillier Senior Cup Semi-final, in which all the players were asked to take a pay-cut. This announcement came shortly after Mackenzie broke the record for being the oldest player ever to play for Corby Town.

==Honours==

* [[Football League Two]] play-off finalists, [[2006–07 in English football|2006–07]], [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]].

==References==

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==External links==

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* [http://www.chester-city.co.uk/chris_mackenzie_0506.asp Chester City official profile]

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