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Peter Murphy
Personal information
Full name Peter Michael Murphy
Date of birth (1980-10-27) October 27, 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Carlisle United
Number 6
Youth career
Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
2000–2001 → Halifax Town (loan) 21 (1)
2001– Carlisle United 409 (22)
International career‡
1998–1999 Republic of Ireland U19 7 (0)
2000 Republic of Ireland U21 2 (0)
2007– Republic of Ireland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:08, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Peter Michael Murphy (born 27 October 1980 in Dublin, Ireland) is a football player for Carlisle United. Murphy plays as a defender for Carlisle, and also the Republic of Ireland national football team.

Club career

Murphy played his youth football at St Josephs Boys AFC football club in Dublin. He then went on to play for Blackburn Rovers, Halifax Town (on loan) and Carlisle United.

While at Brunton Park he has started 250+ games and scored the winning goal in the Conference National Playoff Final 2005, which ensured The Cumbrians return to the Football League. On their return, Murphy also played a major part in the team that won the League Two title in 2006 and that missed out on the League One play offs in 2007. Murphy was out of contract at the end of the 2006-07 season and was offered a new contract by manager Neil McDonald, but he rejected it and was released from the club in May 2007, ending 6 years service at Carlisle.[1] In July 2007, after a lack offers elsewhere, Murphy re-joined Carlisle United, signing a two-year contract. On 3 April 2011, Murphy scored the winning goal in the Football League Trophy at Wembley Stadium against Brentford.[2] Two days before the match, Murphy's partner Lisa gave birth to a baby son.[3] Within the club and the fans he has became a Carlisle legend because of he bright happy personality with the great loyalty to those around him, he also has had the most games of any outfield player in the clubs history. On 7 October there was a testimonial match to mark his 10+ years of service with the Cumbrian club, in which a host of ex-Carlisle superstars took to the field on Brunton Park, with big names such as Grant Holt, Danny Graham, Keiran Westwood and Ian Harte all making the trip to Cumbria for this special occasion to celebrate his loyalty and service to Carlisle United.

International career

Murphy is a former Ireland under-19 and under-21 international, playing in the UEFA Under-19 Championships in 1999.[4] In May 2007, Murphy received his first call up to the senior Republic of Ireland squad for the two-game American tour against Ecuador and Bolivia.[4] Murphy's international début came against Bolivia. when he started the match and was substituted at half time.[5] This appearance meant he became first United player to win full international honours while with the Brunton Park club since Eric Welsh, who won four caps for Northern Ireland in the 1960s.[6]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Hawley and Murphy leave Carlisle". BBC Sport. 2007-05-11. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
  2. ^ "Brentford 0 - 1 Carlisle". BBC Sport. 3 April 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  3. ^ Pam McClounie (3 April 2011). "Carlisle Utd ace becomes dad two days before Wembley final". News & Star. Retrieved 3 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ a b "Alan Bennett and Peter Murphy added to Ireland's squad for America". Football Association of Ireland official website. 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  5. ^ "Bolivia 1-1 Rep of Ireland". BBC Sport. 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2007-05-27.
  6. ^ "Blues man Murphy gets call-up to Ireland squad". Cumbria News & Star. 2007-05-19. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-19.

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