.jpg) Duff in 2012 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Damien Anthony Duff | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1979 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ballyboden, Dublin, Ireland | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Leicester Celtic | ||||||||||||||
| Lourdes Celtic | ||||||||||||||
| St. Kevin's Boys | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1996–2003 | Blackburn Rovers | 185 | (27) | |||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Chelsea | 81 | (14) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Newcastle United | 69 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Fulham | 130 | (15) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Melbourne City | 15 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Shamrock Rovers | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Total | 489 | (62) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2012 | Republic of Ireland | 100 | (8) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Shelbourne | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Damien Anthony Duff (born 2 March 1979) is an Irish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of League of Ireland champions Shelbourne F.C.
He began his professional playing career with Blackburn Rovers, with whom he won the Football League Cup, and in 2003 was signed for £17 million by Chelsea, where he won two Premier League titles and another League Cup. After three seasons at Stamford Bridge, he left for Newcastle United where he won the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup, and then moved on to Fulham, with whom he played in the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final. He ended his career with brief spells in the A-League with Melbourne City and the League of Ireland with Shamrock Rovers before retiring in December 2015. Since then, he has moved into coaching, working with Shamrock Rovers, Celtic and Republic of Ireland youth teams.
Duff played international football for the Republic of Ireland for 14 years, winning 100 caps between 1998 and 2012. He played at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and captained the country at UEFA Euro 2012.