Daryl Murphy

Daryl Murphy
Murphy playing for Ipswich Town in 2016
Personal information
Full name Daryl Michael Murphy[1]
Date of birth (1983-03-15) 15 March 1983 (age 41)[2]
Place of birth Waterford, Ireland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
0000–2000 Southend United
2000–2001 Luton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Luton Town 0 (0)
2001-2002Harrow Borough (loan) 3 (0)
2002–2005 Waterford United 41 (14)
2005–2010 Sunderland 110 (14)
2005–2006Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 4 (0)
2009-2010Ipswich Town (loan) 18 (6)
2010–2013 Celtic 19 (3)
2011–2012Ipswich Town (loan) 33 (4)
2012–2013Ipswich Town (loan) 39 (7)
2013–2016 Ipswich Town 127 (50)
2016–2017 Newcastle United 15 (5)
2017–2019 Nottingham Forest 55 (11)
2019–2020 Bolton Wanderers 24 (8)
2020–2021 Waterford 9 (0)
Total 497 (122)
International career
2004–2005 Republic of Ireland U21 9 (3)
2007–2017 Republic of Ireland 32 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:38, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:58, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Daryl Michael Murphy (born 15 March 1983) is an Irish former professional footballer.

Murphy began his career at Waterford United, having previously played youth football for Waterford-based side Southend United and English side Luton Town, whilst also spending a brief spell on loan at Harrow Borough in 2002. After a three year spell at Waterford he signed for Sunderland in 2005. Murphy went on to make over 100 appearances for Sunderland, whilst also spending time out on loan with Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town, before joining Scottish side Celtic in 2010. He spent much of his time at Celtic on loan at former loan club Ipswich Town, where he spent two consecutive season on loan before making the move permanent in June 2013. He spent the following three seasons at Portman Road, making over 200 appearances and scoring over 60 goals before moving to Newcastle United in 2016. He spent one season at Newcastle before leaving to join Nottingham Forest. He made 60 appearances over two seasons at Forest before joining Bolton Wanderers in 2019.[4] He returned to Waterford in August 2020.

Murphy made his debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2007, and went on to make over 30 appearances for his country, including representing Ireland at the UEFA Euro 2016.[5] He announced his retirement from international football in January 2018.[6]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Bolton Wanderers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 9. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Daryl Murphy: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Daryl Murphy". Bolton Wanderers F.C. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Daryl Murphy at Soccerbase". Soccerbase.com. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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