Colin Murdock

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Colin Murdock
Personal information
Date of birth	July 2, 1975 (1975-07-02) (age 32)
Place of birth	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Accrington Stanley
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1997 1997-2003 2003-2005 2005 2005-2007 2007-2008 2008-	Manchester United Preston North End Hibernian Crewe Alexandra Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Accrington Stanley	000 00(0) 180 00(6) 037 00(3) 016 00(0) 043 00(2) 029 00(2)
National team2
2000-2006	Northern Ireland	034 00(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:56, 29 April 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 18:06, 25 August 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Colin Murdock (born 2 July 1975, in Ballymena) is a Northern Irish footballer, currently playing for Accrington Stanley.

He is currently on the Management Committee of the Professional Footballers' Association.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Club career

A Northern Ireland international, Murdock started his career as a junior at Manchester United but had not reached the first team when he moved to Preston in May 1997, commanding a fee of £100,000. Murdock achieved more than 200 league and cup appearances while at Deepdale before moving to Scottish club Hibernian. During his time at Easter Road, he went from villain to hero when he scored the goal which knocked out Rangers in the CIS Cup Semi Final 2004.

Murdock joined Crewe in the latter part of 2004-05. He skippered the team and his form helped to steer them clear of relegation. In summer 2005, Murdock signed for Rotherham, where he brought experience to the centre of the Rotherham defence, making 43 league appearances in two seasons, scoring twice. At the end of the 2006-07 season he left Rotherham and, after a brief trial, signed a one-year contract with Shrewsbury. ^[1] He made 29 league appearances and scored two goals for the Shrews, but was released by new manager Paul Simpson on 29 April 2008.^[2]

On 16 May 2008, Murdock signed a one-year deal with Accrington.^[3]

[edit] International career

Murdock has 34 caps for his country, with one goal, a powerful header, coming in a 3-3 draw against Austria in 2004. He has since dropped down the order in the centre of defence with Aaron Hughes and Stephen Craigan now the first choice and younger plays such as Gareth McAuley, Michael Duff and Jonny Evans coming through as backup.

[edit] External links

• Colin Murdock career stats at Soccerbase
• Biography & Cap Details at NIFG

[edit] References

v • d • e Accrington Stanley F.C. – current squad 1 Arthur • 2 Cavanagh • 3 Richardson • 4 Williams • 6 Proctor • 10 Mullin • 11 Miles • 12 Edwards • 20 Bell • 22 Grant • 23 Craney • 24 Smith • 25 Dunbavin • 32 Turner • 40 Murphy • Manager: Coleman

Persondata
NAME	Murdock, Colin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1975-07-02
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH