Barry Murphy (born 8 June 1985) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the

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for

Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most su ...

over 2 spells,

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and

St Patrick's Athletic St Patrick's Athletic Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa) is a professional Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the Irish Premier Division. Founded in May 1929, they played origin ...

over 3 spells.

Club career

Shamrock Rovers

He made his

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debut on 20 May 2005, keeping a clean sheet against

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, after the departure of Russell Payne. Having come through the club's youth system in 2004, where he was U21 Player of the Year, he made rapid progress to become the club's Young Player of the Year and Player of the Year for 2005. He played a total of 25 league games in his first season keeping seven clean sheets. Murphy kept 24 clean sheets from 35 games during the 2006 campaign as Rovers won the First Division. He made his 100th competitive appearance for The Hoops on 2 October 2007 at

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where for the first time in his Rovers career, he was not only booked but sent off. For the 2007 season he kept 16 clean sheets in 29 league games as Rovers finished fifth in the league. Midway through the 2009 season, Murphy was dropped as first choice goalkeeper by Michael O'Neill and replaced by new signing,

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who held on to the position for the remainder of the campaign.

Bohemians

Having reportedly turned down a new contract at Shamrock Rovers, no press release confirming his departure was ever issued by the club, Murphy reportedly signed for rivals, Bohemians in time for the start of the

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season. It was confirmed on 6 February 2010 that Bohemians' transfer embargo had been lifted, and Barry Murphy was officially registered with the club. He was unveiled to the Bohemians fans in a pre-season friendly against

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, and made his league debut for Bohs at home to

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on 5 March. He made his European debut and kept a clean sheet when Bohemians beat

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1–0 in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualifiers. However the following week Bohs were humiliated 4–0 in one of the worst results in the League's history. Murphy spent the first half of the season as first choice goalkeeper for

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's side but lost his place midway through the season after some poor performances. When Chris O'Connor was suspended towards the end of the season, Murphy regained his place and put in some man of the match performances, most notably against St. Patrick's Athletic on 9 October. Unfortunately for Murphy and Bohs, they would lose the league title on

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. This qualified them for the

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qualifiers where they played

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. Murphy playing in both legs as Bohs were eliminated.

St Patrick's Athletic

On 4 January 2012, it was confirmed that Murphy had signed for

for the 2012 season. Murphy kept his first clean sheet in a competitive game in a 4–0 win against

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. However, he lost his place to

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who appeared in all of the Inchicore sides six

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games and the 2012 FAI Cup Final.

Return to Shamrock Rovers

Murphy re-joined The Hoops on 29 November 2012.

Return to Pats

It was announced that Murphy had returned to

for the 2017 season on 9 January 2017 alongside Kurtis Byrne of

and Alex O'Hanlon from

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. After a year out of football, Murphy returned to

for a third spell with the club on 11 March 2021, ahead of the 2021 season where his fellow goalkeepers were 19 year old

loanee Vítězslav Jaroš and 17 year old Josh Keeley. With Jaros on international duty with the Czech Republic U21 side, Murphy made his first appearance since 2019 on 3 September 2021 in a 3–2 win over

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. On 28 November 2021 Murphy was an unused substitute in the

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, as his side defeated rivals

4–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time in front of a record

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Final crowd of 37,126 at the

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International

Murphy made his Ireland U23 debut in November 2007 and also kept a clean sheet in his second appearance. He then made his third appearance for the U23s in October 2008 against Belgium.

Honours

Club

;Shamrock Rovers *

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* Leinster Senior Cup (1):

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;Bohemians *

(1): 2009-10 ;St Patrick's Athletic * Leinster Senior Cup (1):

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Individual

* Shamrock Rovers Player of the Year (2): 2005, 2013 * Shamrock Rovers Young Player of the Year (1): 2005

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Barry 1989 births Living people Association footballers from County Dublin Republic of Ireland association footballers Shamrock Rovers F.C. players Bohemian F.C. players Association football goalkeepers League of Ireland players St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players League of Ireland XI players Republic of Ireland under-23 international footballers Leicester Celtic A.F.C. players