Richard Duffy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Michael Duffy[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 August 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right Back, Centre Back, Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Exeter City | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Swansea City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2004 | Swansea City | 18 | (1) |
| 2004–2009 | Portsmouth | 1 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Burnley (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2005 | → Coventry City (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Coventry City (loan) | 32 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Coventry City (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Swansea City (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Coventry City (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | Milwall | 12 | (0) |
| 2009– | Exeter City | 57 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001–2002 | Wales U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Wales U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Wales U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Wales | 13 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:02, 20 November 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Richard Michael Duffy (born 30 August 1985) is a Wales international footballer who plays for Exeter City. He was originally on trial at League One side Exeter City and decided to join them on a permanent basis in July 2009. He is a versatile player who can contribute in defensive or midfield positions.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Swansea
Duffy, who is the younger brother of footballer Robert Duffy, began his career at Swansea City, making his debut for them in December 2001. He soon established himself as an important defender in the Swansea squad, but unfortunately suffered spondylosis of the lower back and was out injured for over a year.
He returned at the start of the 2003–04 season, and soon won a regular place in the first team. He scored his first career goal in a 3–0 win over Macclesfield in September 2003.[2] The Wales youth international soon began to attract the attention of scouts from bigger clubs, and in January 2004 he was sold to Premiership side Portsmouth for a six-figure sum.[3]
[edit] Portsmouth
Duffy made his debut in May 2004, coming on as a substitute against Fulham. At the beginning of the 2004–05 season he was loaned out to Burnley in order to gain match experience,[4] and gained much admiration from the Burnley fans for his excellent performances. Duffy scored in Burnley's 2–1 win away to Leeds United at Elland Road.[5] The young Welshman spent some of his loan spell at Turf Moor playing as a right-winger and showed his versatility before later being loaned to Coventry City.[6]
For the 2005–06 season, he was again loaned to Coventry City where he played in the right-back position for the whole season. In October 2006, he was loaned to Coventry for the third time until 1 January 2007. On 10 January, a loan to Swansea City was agreed until the end of the season.[7] Following the end of this loan, in which he failed to impress fans and management, his career appears to have stalled, with no further appearances at Portsmouth and no clubs willing to taken him on loan. Reports have suggested he may join his brother at Oxford United at the end of the 2007–08 season.
On 21 March 2008, Duffy rejoined Coventry City for the fourth time on loan until the end of the 2007–08 season.[8]
[edit] Millwall
On 2 February 2009, Duffy joined Millwall on a contract until the end of the season, and made his debut in the televised Sky Sports live game at Leed United in July 2009.
[edit] Exeter City
On 23 July 2009 Duffy signed for newly promoted League One side Exeter City after impressing on a trial at the club during pre-season. He scored his first goal for Exeter in a 1–1 draw with Gillingham on 28 December 2009.[9] Duffy signed a new one-year contract at Exeter City in May 2011.
[edit] International career
Duffy made his full international debut for Wales versus Slovenia on 17 August 2005 at Liberty Stadium, Swansea and has so far made 13 appearances for his country.
[edit] Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2001–02 | Swansea City | Third Division | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2002–03 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2003–04 | 18 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2003–04 | Portsmouth | Premier League | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2004–05 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2004–05 | Burnley | Championship | 7 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2004–05 | Coventry City | Championship | 14 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2005–06 | 32 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2006–07 | Portsmouth | Premier League | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2006–07 | Coventry City | Championship | 13 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2006–07 | Swansea City | League One | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2007–08 | Portsmouth | Premier League | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2007–08 | Coventry City | Championship | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2008–09 | Portsmouth | Premier League | ||||||||||
| Total | England | 98 | 2 | |||||||||
| Career total | 98 | 2 | ||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/birth-indexes-search-start.action. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ^ "Swansea 3–0 Macclesfield". BBC. 16 September 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/3106012.stm. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ^ "Duffy completes Pompey switch". BBC Sport. 2004-01-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/3422953.stm. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- ^ "Burnley borrow Duffy". BBC Sport. 2004-09-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/3686726.stm. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- ^ "Leeds 1–2 Burnley". BBC. 3 November 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3967375.stm. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ^ "Adams signs Portsmouth defender". BBC Sport. 2005-01-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/4208653.stm. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- ^ "Swansea secure Duffy from Pompey". BBC Sport. 2007-01-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/6247955.stm. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- ^ "Fourth City loan for Duffy". CCFC official website. 2008-03-21. http://www.ccfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10269~1271058,00.html. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ "Exeter 1–1 Gillingham". BBC. 28 December 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8419093.stm. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
- ^ Richard Duffy, world-soccer.org
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