Daryl Murphy

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Daryl Murphy
Personal information
Full name	Daryl Murphy
Date of birth	March 15, 1983 (1983-03-15) (age 25)
Place of birth	Waterford, Republic of Ireland
Playing position	Striker, Left winger
Club information
Current club	Sunderland
Number	11
Youth clubs
2000–2002	Luton Town
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2005 2005– 2005	Waterford United Sunderland → Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	0? 0(?) 84 (14) 04 0(0)
National team2
2007–	Republic of Ireland	08 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:32, 9 June 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 29 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Daryl Murphy (born 15 March 1983)^[1] is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Sunderland. He previously played for Waterford United.

Contents 1 Playing Career 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Playing Career

He had a one month loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday during the 05/06 season before he was recalled by Sunderland. The 24-year-old Irishman signed a two-year contract at the Stadium of Light after completing a £100,000 transfer from Irish side Waterford United in 2005. Murphy won the League of Ireland Young Player of the Year award in 2005. He scored his first Premier League goal on Sunday 12 February after coming off the bench at home to Tottenham Hotspur, equalising with minutes to go. A strong pre-season performance earned him a no.11 in 2006.

Daryl scored 10 goals in the 2006–07 season in the Coca-Cola championship despite being used sparingly for the early weeks. One goal on the opening day of the season against Coventry City and another on 12 August against Plymouth Argyle. despite Daryl's goals Sunderland lost both games. Daryl scored his third goal of the season in the Black Cats' 2-1 away win over Queens Park Rangers on November 28, and then notched in successive games against Norwich City and Luton Town. Later in the season the manager Roy Keane started to consider Daryl one of his first choice strikers (the other being David Connolly. He scored a vital goal in the last few minutes of a match against Stoke City, drawing Sunderland level 2-2. He scored two goals against Luton Town on the final day of the season and also set Anthony Stokes up for his goal.

He scored his third goal of the 2007–08 season and arguably the best of his career so far, when he unleashed an unstoppable left footed strike from 25+ yards against Wigan Athletic on 9 February 2008 at The Stadium of Light. The goal was later chosen by Match of the Day viewers as Goal of the Month for February.

On 26 April 2008 Murphy came on as a substitute and scored the winning goal in a 3-2 victory over local rivals Middlesbrough, securing Sunderland's status in the Premiership for the next season and completing Roy Keane's revival of the club.

[edit] International career

Murphy won his first call up to Ireland National squad due to the absence of Robbie Keane due to injury, but was an unused substitute.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Daryl Murphy career stats at Soccerbase
• Official Sunderland FC Profile
• Profile on Playerhistory.com

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