| full name: |
Timothy Joel Cahill |
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| bio: |
Australian socceroo player. He made history at the 2006
Germany World Cup by scoring the first two goals by an Australian at the
World Cup. Both goals came within the last 6 minutes of a match against
Japan, bringing Australia from 0-1 to 2-1.
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| also known as: |
Tiny Tim, Tim. He has announced that is surname is pronounced "car-hill", not "cay-hill". |
| born: |
6 December 1979, Sydney |
| family: |
- He has a partner, Rebekah, and two sons, Shae and Kyah
- Tim Cahill's mother is from Samoa, his father from England.
- His younger brother Chris Cahill is the captain of the Samoan national football team
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| nationality: |
Australian |
| physical: |
height: 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| sport: |
Football |
| teams / clubs: |
currently Everton (since 2004) and Australia. Prevously 1996 Sydney United,
and
1997-2004 Millwall
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| position: |
attacking central midfielder |
| foot: |
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| jersey number: |
#4 for Australia, #17 for Everton |
| achievements: |
Socceroos debut v Sth Africa in March 2004 |
| what you may not know: |
- Scored a hat-trick against Fiji in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers
- Scored the first ever goal in World Cup finals for Australia
(and the second too). Then in 2007 he became the first Australian
player to score at an Asian Cup.
- He has a trademark corner flag goal celebration, where he pretends to trade punches with the flag.
- He owns a Bugatti Veyron 16.4, the most powerful, expensive and fastest street legal car in the world.
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