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David Murphy
Murphy in 2011 pre-season
Personal information
Full name David Paul Murphy[1]
Date of birth (1984-03-01) 1 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Hartlepool, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 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 100 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:21, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

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]

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 Town in September 2001.[3][4] 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.[5]

Birmingham City

On 17 January 2008, Murphy signed for Birmingham City for a fee of £1.5 million.[6] He made his first-team debut on 2 February in the Premier League against Derby County,[7] taking over the position from Franck Queudrue.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11] He was an unused substitute as Birmingham went on to win the competition, defeating favourites Arsenal 2–1 in the final.[12] 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.[13] He scored Birmingham's first goal as they beat Club Brugge 2–1 away in the Europa League group stage.[14] He became a first-team regular after Ridgewell was injured in November 2011, retained his place, and scored seven goals over the season, including three goals towards the end of the campaign that helped the club reach a play-off position. Birmingham took up their option to extend Murphy's contract for a further two years, until June 2014.[15]

Murphy suffered knee cartilage damage in November 2012 which was expected to keep him out of football for the rest of the season.[16]

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. It transpired that Murphy had no Scottish ancestors and was therefore ineligible.[17] Murphy himself looked into whether he could play for the Republic of Ireland, but it transpired that he was also ineligible for that country. Murphy's closest Irish relation, a great-grandparent, was one generation too far back to confer qualification.[18]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 November 2012
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe/Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Middlesbrough 2001–02[3] Premier League 5 0 1 0 2 1 — 8 1
2002–03[19] Premier League 8 0 0 0 0 0 — 8 0
2003–04[20] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Barnsley (loan) 2003–04[20] Division Two 10 2 0 0 0 0 — 10 2
Middlesbrough total 13 0 1 0 2 1 — 16 1
Hibernian 2004–05[21] Scottish Premier League 27 1 3 0 2 0 — 32 1
2005–06[22] Scottish Premier League 30 1 4 0 1 0 2[a] 0 37 1
2006–07[23] Scottish Premier League 33 0 5 1 5 1 4[b] 1 47 3
2007–08[24] Scottish Premier League 17 2 — 1 0 — 18 2
Hibernian total 107 4 12 1 9 1 6 1 134 7
Birmingham City 2007–08[24] Premier League 14 1 — — — 14 1
2008–09[25] Championship 30 0 0 0 2 0 — 32 0
2009–10[26] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2010–11[27] Premier League 10 0 4 2 5 1 — 19 3
2011–12[28] Championship 33 4 4 1 1 0 9[c] 2 47 7
2012–13[29] Championship 13 0 0 0 1 0 — 14 0
Birmingham City total 100 5 8 3 9 1 9 2 126 11
Career total 230 11 21 4 20 3 15 3 286 21
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  3. ^ Two appearances in Football League Championship play-offs, seven appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Hibernian

Birmingham City

References

  1. ^ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists". Premier League. 1 September 2010. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. ^ a b "Player Profile: David Murphy". Birmingham City F.C. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Games played by David Murphy in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Boro 3–1 Northampton". BBC Sport. 11 September 2001. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  5. ^ Moffat, Colin (6 October 2007). "Rangers 0–1 Hibernian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Murphy completes Blues move". Birmingham City F.C. 17 January 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  7. ^ Barbuti, Jon (2 February 2008). "Birmingham 1–1 Derby". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  8. ^ Tattum, Colin (10 April 2008). "Frank Quedrue: Competition with David Murphy is a good thing". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  9. ^ McKenzie, Andrew (11 May 2008). "Birmingham 4–1 Blackburn". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  10. ^ Tattum, Colin (13 March 2010). "David Murphy desperate to get into the thick of things after making comeback". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  11. ^ "Birmingham 3–2 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  12. ^ McNulty, Philip (27 February 2011). "Arsenal 1–2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  13. ^ Tattum, Colin (19 August 2011). "Nacional 0, Birmingham City 0". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  14. ^ Foster, Nick (22 October 2011). "Birmingham strike late to beat Club Brugge". UEFA. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  15. ^ Tattum, Colin (16 May 2012). "Birmingham City secure David Murphy on new deal". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  16. ^ "Murphy to miss rest of season". The Football League. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  17. ^ "McLeish praise for Murphy". Sky Sports. 17 January 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  18. ^ Clarkson, Ian (26 February 2008). "David Murphy official PFA interview". Professional Footballers' Association. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  19. ^ "Games played by David Murphy in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  20. ^ a b "Games played by David Murphy in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  21. ^ "Games played by David Murphy in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  22. ^ "Games played by David Murphy in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  23. ^ "Games played by David Murphy in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  24. ^ a b "Games played by David Murphy in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  25. ^ "Games played by David Murphy in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  26. ^ "Games played by David Murphy in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  27. ^ "Games played by David Murphy in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  28. ^ "Games played by David Murphy in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
    "D. Murphy". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  29. ^ "Games played by David Murphy in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 November 2012.

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