Antonio James Murray (born 15 September 1984) is an English professional

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who plays in Australia for Wynnum Wolves. He formerly played for

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...

and Hibernian, amongst others.

Club career

As a youngster he played for the Chelsea youth team while studying at school before moving to

as a trainee. His league debut for Ipswich came on 4 May 2003 when he was a late substitute for

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in Ipswich's 4–1 away to Derby County. He signed a new two-year deal with Ipswich in July 2003. He left Ipswich to join Hibernian on a free transfer in January 2005 to replace the departing

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. He was initially on a six-month contract, but in March 2005 signed a new two and a half-year deal with Hibs. His spell with Hibs was disrupted by injury, and he made only 13 appearances before being released at the end of the 2005–06 season. In July 2006 he was on trial with

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, but he signed for

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side Histon in August 2006. He had trouble breaking into the first team at Histon in the opening months of the 2006–07 season, but later went on a scoring spree of scoring seven goals in nine games to help Histon to the top of the league, and into

Steve Fallon Stephen Paul Fallon (born 3 August 1956) is an English former footballer who made 410 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender for Cambridge United. From 1999 to 2010 he was manager of Histon. From 2012 Steve was manager of S ...

's starting eleven. Histon were promoted to the

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at the end of that season for the first time in their history. It was confirmed in May 2009 that Murray was being released by Histon on their official homepage, to make him a free-agent. In August 2009, Murray joined

outfit Chelmsford City. Murray signed for Cambridge United on 1 February 2010, for the remainder of the season, but after failing to impress, including a red card on his debut, he was released by manager

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at the end of the season. He then re-signed for former club Histon before moving to Australia to trial for the Queensland

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club, Brisbane Roar in 2011. Undone by a groin injury, Murray signed for current National Premier Leagues Queensland club,

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. In 2013, he scored 27 goals from 21 games earning him the golden boot award for highest goal scorer in the league.

International career

Born in England, Murray is also eligible to play for

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through his Scottish father,

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, who played professionally for Cambridge United,

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and

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...

, or for

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, through his Italian mother. He was called up to the England C squad for an International Challenge Cup game against Italy on 12 November 2008.Fairclough names squad

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, 27 October 2008.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, Antonio 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Cambridge English people of Scottish descent English footballers Ipswich Town F.C. players Hibernian F.C. players Histon F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Premier League players National League (English football) players Brisbane City FC players English expatriate footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Australia Expatriate soccer players in Australia Association football forwards