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David Murphy
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Murphy in 2011 pre-season
Personal information
Full name David Paul Murphy[1]
Date of birth 1 March 1984 (1984-03-01) (age 27)
Place of birth Hartlepool, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Birmingham City
Number 3
Youth career
Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2001–2004 Middlesbrough 13 (0)
2004 → Barnsley (loan) 10 (2)
2004–2008 Hibernian 107 (4)
2008– Birmingham City 71 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:47, 22 January 2012 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

David Paul Murphy (born 1 March 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays for Birmingham City. Murphy, born in Hartlepool, County Durham, is a defender who plays at left back.[2]

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[edit] Club career

Murphy started his career with Middlesbrough, and had a spell on loan at Barnsley. He scored once during his time at Middlesbrough, during a League Cup tie with Northampton in September 2001.[3] He was released by Middlesbrough and signed for Hibernian in the summer of 2004 after making a trial appearance against Cardiff City in a pre-season friendly. Murphy was a player that manager Tony Mowbray became aware of through contacts at Middlesbrough.

Murphy went on to become an important part of a relatively successful Hibernian side, which won the Scottish League Cup in 2007. On 6 October 2007, Murphy scored the winning goal in a 1–0 victory against Rangers at Ibrox Stadium to send Hibernian top of the league for the first time in seven years.[4]

[edit] Birmingham City

On 17 January 2008, Murphy signed for Birmingham City for a fee of £1.5 million.[5] He made his first-team debut on 2 February 2008 in the Premier League against Derby County,[6] taking over the position from Franck Queudrue.[7] He scored his first goal for Birmingham on the final day of the season, but this was not enough to stave off relegation to the Championship.[8] Murphy began the 2008–09 season as first-choice left back, and largely held off competition from Queudrue as the latter was more often needed at centre-back. Towards the end of the season he suffered a broken kneecap which caused him to miss the whole of the 2009–10 Premier League season as Liam Ridgewell, nominally a centre back, established himself as first choice left back.[9]

On his return to first-team action, Murphy scored the opening goal as Birmingham beat Rochdale in the second round of the League Cup in August 2010.[10] He was an unused substitute as Birmingham went on to win the competition, defeating favourites Arsenal 2–1 in the final.[11] Murphy made his first appearance of the 2011–12 season in the Europa League play-off round first leg against Portuguese club Nacional, the first time that Birmingham had participated in major European competition for nearly 50 years.[12] He scored Birmingham's first goal as they beat Club Brugge 2–1 away in the Europa League group stage.[13]

[edit] International career

Alex McLeish, who signed Murphy for Birmingham, said that while he was Scotland manager he had investigated whether Murphy was eligible to play for Scotland.[14] It transpired that Murphy had no Scottish ancestors and was therefore ineligible.[14] Murphy himself looked into whether he could play for the Republic of Ireland, but it transpired that he was also ineligible for that country.[15] Murphy's closest Irish relation, a great-grandparent, was one generation too far back to confer qualification.[15]

[edit] Honours

Hibernian
Birmingham City

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists". Premier League. 1 September 2010. http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~2142220,00.html. Retrieved 8 September 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "Player Profiles: David Murphy". Birmingham City F.C. http://www.bcfc.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10412~7146,00.html. Retrieved 16 March 2011. 
  3. ^ "Boro 3–1 Northampton". BBC Sport. 11 September 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/worthington_cup/1531284.stm. Retrieved 2 November 2009. 
  4. ^ Moffat, Colin (6 October 2007). "Rangers 0–1 Hibernian". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/7029174.stm. Retrieved 10 November 2008. 
  5. ^ "Murphy completes Blues move". Birmingham City F.C. 17 January 2008. http://www.blues.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~1218184,00.html. Retrieved 17 January 2008. 
  6. ^ Barbuti, Jon (2 February 2008). "Birmingham 1–1 Derby". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7210597.stm. Retrieved 5 February 2008. 
  7. ^ Tattum, Colin (10 April 2008). "Frank Quedrue: Competition with David Murphy is a good thing". Birmingham Mail. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/birmingham-city-fc/birmingham-city-fc-news/2008/04/10/frank-quedrue-competition-with-david-murphy-is-a-good-thing-97319-20745811/. Retrieved 8 September 2010. 
  8. ^ McKenzie, Andrew (11 May 2008). "Birmingham 4–1 Blackburn". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7381773.stm. Retrieved 5 February 2008. 
  9. ^ Tattum, Colin (13 March 2010). "Birmingham City: David Murphy desperate to get into the thick of things after making comeback". Birmingham Mail. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/birmingham-city-fc/birmingham-city-fc-news/2010/03/13/david-murphy-desperate-to-get-into-the-thick-of-things-for-birmingham-city-after-making-comeback-97319-26022676/. Retrieved 8 September 2010. 
  10. ^ "Birmingham 3–2 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 26 August 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/8939700.stm. Retrieved 8 September 2010. 
  11. ^ McNulty, Philip (27 February 2011). "Arsenal 1–2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/9405702.stm. Retrieved 28 February 2011. 
  12. ^ Tattum, Colin (19 August 2011). "Nacional 0, Birmingham City 0". Birmingham Mail. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/birmingham-city-fc/birmingham-city-fc-news/2011/08/19/nacional-0-birmingham-city-0-colin-tattum-s-big-match-verdict-and-player-ratings-97319-29265450/. Retrieved 19 August 2011. 
  13. ^ "Birmingham strike late to beat Club Brugge". UEFA. 20 October 2011. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000272/match=2007339/index.html. Retrieved 22 October 2011. 
  14. ^ a b "McLeish praise for Murphy". Sky Sports (BSkyB). 17 January 2008. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_3055771,00.html. Retrieved 10 November 2008. 
  15. ^ a b Clarkson, Ian (26 February 2008). "David Murphy official PFA interview". Professional Footballers' Association. http://www.givemefootball.com/championship/david-murphy---official-pfa-interview. Retrieved 10 November 2008. 

[edit] External links

Birmingham City F.C. – current squad
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