Daryl Michael Murphy (born 15 March 1983) is an Irish former professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
.
Murphy began his career at
Waterford United
Waterford Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Phort Láirge) formerly Waterford United Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Waterford who play in the League of Ireland First Division. The club was founded and elected to the ...
, having previously played youth football for Waterford based side Southend United and English side
Luton Town
Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknam ...
, whilst also spending a brief spell on loan at
Harrow Borough in 2002. After a three year spell at Waterford he signed for
Sunderland in 2005. Murphy went on to make over 100 appearances for Sunderland, whilst also spending time out on loan with
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot ...
and
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 ...
, before joining Scottish side
Celtic in 2010. He spent much of his time at Celtic on loan at former loan club Ipswich Town, where he spent two consecutive season on loan before making the move permanent in June 2013. He spent the following three seasons at
Portman Road
Portman Road is a football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, which has been the home ground of Ipswich Town F.C. since 1884. The stadium has also hosted many England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly internation ...
, making over 200 appearances and scoring over 60 goals before moving to
Newcastle United in 2016. He spent one season at Newcastle before leaving to join
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...
. He made 60 appearances over two seasons at Forest before joining
Bolton Wanderers in 2019. He returned to Waterford in August 2020.
Murphy made his debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2007, and went on to make over 30 appearances for his country, including representing Ireland at the
UEFA Euro 2016
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.
He announced his retirement from international football in January 2018.
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Club career
Early career
Murphy was born in Waterford
"Waterford remains the untaken city"
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, County Waterford. He played youth football for local side Southend United before joining English club Luton Town
Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknam ...
on 14 November 2000. He spent a brief spell on loan at Harrow Borough in 2002. He was released on 18 April 2002 before signing for hometown club Waterford United
Waterford Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Phort Láirge) formerly Waterford United Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Waterford who play in the League of Ireland First Division. The club was founded and elected to the ...
. He scored his first League of Ireland
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goal in a 3–1 away win over rivals Kilkenny City on 19 September. He scored eight league goals in that last "winter" season as the Blues won the League of Ireland First Division
The League of Ireland First Division ( ga, Céad Roinn Sraith na hÉireann), also known as the SSE Airtricity League First Division, is the second level division in both the League of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland football league system. Th ...
title. In the 2004 season, he notched 14 league goals in the Premier Division which earned him the PFAI Young Player of the Year
The Professional Footballers' Association of Ireland Players' Young Player of the Year (often called the PFAI Players' Young Player of the Year, the PFAI Young Player of the Year, or simply the Young Player of the Year) award is given to the footb ...
award.
Sunderland
In May 2005, Murphy signed a two-year contract with Premier League
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side Sunderland.[ He made his premier league debut in a 1–1 home draw with ]West Ham United
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at the Stadium of Light on 1 October 2005. Murphy had a one-month loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday
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during the 2005–06 season, making 4 appearances before being recalled by Sunderland. On 12 February 2006, he scored his first Premier League
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goal after coming off the bench at home to Tottenham Hotspur
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, equalising with minutes to go.
In the 2006–07 season, Murphy scored 10 goals in the Championship despite being used sparingly for the early weeks.[ He netted one goal each on the opening day of the season against ]Coventry City
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and on 12 August against Plymouth Argyle though both matches were lost. Murphy scored his third goal of the season in the Black Cats' 2–1 away win over Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...
on 28 November, and then notched in successive games against Norwich City
Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...
and Luton Town. On the final day of the season, he scored two goals against Luton Town in a 0–5 away win, while also setting up Anthony Stokes for his goal.
Murphy scored in a pre-season friendly against Juventus in August 2007. He made his first appearance of the 2007–08 season in Sunderland's opening day victory over Tottenham Hotspur. He scored his first goal of the season on 29 December in a 3–1 win over Bolton Wanderers. His third goal of the 2007–08 season came against Wigan Athletic
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Founded in 1932, ...
on 9 February 2008 at The Stadium of Light, with the goal later being chosen by ''Match of the Day
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'' pundits as the 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
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, securing Sunderland's status in the Premier League for the following season. He made 28 appearances during the 2007–08 season, scoring 3 goals.
Ipswich Town (loan)
On 1 February 2010, Murphy signed 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 ...
on loan for the remainder of the 2009–10 season, once again joining up with Roy Keane, his former manager at Sunderland. He marked his first appearance against Middlesbrough with a goal after 23 seconds. He then scored the crucial second goal at Queens Park Rangers on 9 February, and another in his third appearance against Peterborough
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, making his record 3 in 3 for Ipswich. Murphy continued his scoring form for Ipswich by scoring a brace against Cardiff City on 9 March 2010, handing the Tractor Boys three points. Murphy made 18 appearances during his loan spell at Portman Road
Portman Road is a football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, which has been the home ground of Ipswich Town F.C. since 1884. The stadium has also hosted many England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly internation ...
, scoring 6 goals.
Celtic
On 16 July 2010, Celtic signed Murphy on a three-year contract for £1 million. He made his debut the following week in a friendly against Lincoln City, scoring his first goal for the club in a 4–1 win. He scored his second pre-season goal against Arsenal in the Emirates Cup
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on 1 August. Murphy made his competitive debut for the club on 28 July 2010, coming on as a second half substitute in a 0–3 away defeat to Braga
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in a third-round UEFA Champions League
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qualifying match. He came off the bench to make his Scottish Premier League debut in a 4–0 victory over St Mirren on 22 August 2010. The following week, Murphy scored his first goal for Celtic, netting the match-winner from the penalty spot
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Wit ...
in a 1–0 victory over Motherwell on 29 August. He scored his second goal for the club again from the penalty spot away to Kilmarnock on 19 September, helping the team to a 1–2 away win. On 1 May 2011, Murphy scored his first goal at Celtic Park
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in a 4–1 victory against Dundee United
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. He made 21 appearances during his first season at Celtic, scoring 3 goals.
Return to Ipswich Town
Murphy returned to Ipswich on a season-long loan on 25 August 2011. He made his first appearance of the season on 27 August, starting in a 2–1 home win over Leeds United
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at Portman Road. He scored his first goal of the season in a 2–3 loss to Reading
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on 26 November. He made 34 appearances during his second loan spell with the club, scoring 4 goals.
On 30 August 2012, Murphy signed for Ipswich Town on a season-long loan. He made his first appearance following his return to the club on 1 September, in a 2–2 draw with Huddersfield Town
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. He scored his first goal of the season on 2 October, netting in a 1–1 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion
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. He went on to make 40 appearances in all competitions over the course of the 2012–13 season, scoring 7 goals, before returning to Celtic at the end of the season.
On 7 June 2013, Murphy agreed a two-year deal with Ipswich, finally making his move permanent after several loan spells with the club. He made his first appearance for the club following his permanent move to Suffolk on 3 August, in a 1–2 away loss to Reading. His first goal of the season came on 17 September 2013, netting in a 2–1 win over Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to:
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. Murphy formed a strong partnership with fellow new signing David McGoldrick
David James McGoldrick (born 29 November 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Derby County. He won 14 caps for the Republic of Ireland national team between 2014 and 2020, scoring one international goal.
A trai ...
, the duo netting 29 goals between them during the season, with Murphy scoring 13 of those.
Murphy went into the 2014–15 season continuing his good form, scoring on the opening day of the season in a 2–1 home win against Fulham. On 17 September 2014, Murphy netted a wonder goal against Brighton & Hove Albion
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; Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Deon Mings (born 13 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Aston Villa and the England national team.
Mings started his career playing non-League football with Yate Town, having previou ...
played a long ball to Murphy which he struck on the volley from the left edge of the 18-yard box. He scored 6 goals during December, including braces in victories over Leeds United and Brentford, with his impressive form earning him the Football League Championship Player of the Month award for December.[ On 14 February 2015, he scored a brace in a 1–2 away win over Fulham at ]Craven Cottage
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, bringing his goal tally to 21 in the league. Thus, Murphy became the first Ipswich player since Darren Bent
Darren Ashley Bent (born 6 February 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in the Premier League and Championship for nine clubs, and at senior international level for the England national team.
...
in the 2004–05 season to score 20 league goals in a season. He finished the 2014–15 season as the top scorer in the Championship with 27 league goals as Ipswich finished 6th and qualified for the Championship play-offs, while also earning a place in the 2014–15 Championship PFA Team of the Year[ and being named Ipswich's ]Player of the Year
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and Players' Player of the Year.[
On 15 July 2015, it was announced that Murphy had signed a two-year contract extension with the club. After a comparatively slow start to the 2015–16 season in which he failed to score in his first 13 appearances of the league campaign, Murphy ended his drought by netting his first hat-trick in English football in a 2–5 away victory over ]Rotherham United
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on 7 November 2015. He went on to score 6 goals during November, earning him another Championship Player of the Month award.[ He made 35 appearances during the season, scoring 10 goals.]
Newcastle United
On 28 August 2016, Murphy signed for Championship club Newcastle United on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee. A calf injury prevented Murphy from making his debut for the club until 1 January 2017. He scored his first goal for Newcastle in an FA Cup
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tie with Birmingham City
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on 7 January. He then scored in the next two matches for Newcastle, in wins against Brentford and Rotherham United
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. In March, he also scored in matches against Huddersfield Town
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and Fulham. On 17 April, he scored an equalising goal in a 3–1 loss against his former club, Ipswich Town. He scored 6 goals in 18 appearances as Newcastle won the Championship title and promotion to the Premier League.
In an interview with the ''Shields Gazette'', Murphy said that although it was expected he would leave the club, he knew he was brought in to do a specific job, and praised Rafael Benítez
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Benítez joined Real Madrid's coaching staff at the age of 26, going on to work as the under- ...
for his man-management skills.
Nottingham Forest
On 21 July 2017, Murphy joined Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...
on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut on the opening day of the 2017–18 season in a 1–0 home win over Millwall
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at the City Ground
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The stadium was a venue when En ...
. He scored his first goal for Forest in a 4–3 win at Brentford on 12 August 2017. He netted 7 goals in 28 appearances during his first season at the City Ground.
Murphy scored on the opening day of the 2018–19 season, scoring the equalising goal in a 1–1 draw with Bristol City
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at Ashton Gate. He scored 4 goals in his first 6 appearances of the season, including scoring the opening goal after 2 minutes in a 3–1 EFL Cup victory over former club Newcastle United. He made 32 appearances in all competitions during the 2018–19 season, scoring 6 goals.
In late 2018, Murphy was banned for six weeks for failing a drugs test, testing positive for cocaine.
On 2 September 2019, Nottingham Forest and Murphy mutually agreed to terminate his contract, allowing him to become a free agent
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.
Bolton Wanderers
On 2 September 2019, Murphy joined Bolton Wanderers on a contract until the end of the season, following his release from Nottingham Forest
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and made his debut in a 1–0 defeat at Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
on 28 September. He scored his first goal for the club on in a 0–2 away win over Bristol Rovers
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They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been ...
, helping Bolton to their first win of the season. He then scored in Bolton's next four league games, a 2–1 win against Fleetwood Town
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, a 1–0 win against MK Dons
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, a 1–7 defeat against Accrington Stanley
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, and a 2–2 draw against AFC Wimbledon. On 26 June it was announced Murphy would be one of 14 senior players released at the end of his contract on 30 June.
Return to Waterford
On 4 September 2020, Murphy rejoined home town team Waterford
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International career
Having previously represented the Republic of Ireland at under-23 level, Murphy won his first call-up to the senior Republic of Ireland
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national team in 2006 due to the absence of Robbie Keane through injury, but only featured as an unused substitute. He made his senior debut against Ecuador
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at the Giants Stadium on 24 May 2007. He made his first competitive appearance as a second-half substitute in a Euro 2008 qualifier away to Slovakia
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in September 2008.
He did not receive another call up until 2014, when Ireland manager Martin O'Neil called him up for a friendly against Serbia on 5 March 2014. He was included in the Republic of Ireland squad for the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament, featuring in the 1–0 group stage victory over Italy
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, while also starting in the 2–1 knockout stage defeat to France
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on 26 June 2016.
He scored his first goal for the Republic of Ireland in his 23rd appearance, netting in a 2–2 draw away to Serbia
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in a 2018 World Cup Qualifier on 5 September 2016. On 6 October 2017, Murphy scored a brace in a 2–0 victory over Moldova
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in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
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match at the Aviva Stadium
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in Dublin
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.
In January 2018, Murphy announced his retirement from international football.
Career statistics
Club
International
International goals
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Honours
Waterford United
*League of Ireland First Division
The League of Ireland First Division ( ga, Céad Roinn Sraith na hÉireann), also known as the SSE Airtricity League First Division, is the second level division in both the League of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland football league system. Th ...
: 2002–03
Sunderland
* Football League Championship: 2006–07
Newcastle United
* EFL Championship: 2016–17
Individual
*PFAI Young Player of the Year
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: 2004[
* Football League Championship Player of the Month: December 2014, November 2015]
* Football League Championship Golden Boot: 2014–15
* PFA Team of the Year: 2014–15 Championship
* Ipswich Town Player of the Year: 2014–15
*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 ...
Players' Player of the Year: 2014–15
References
External links
Daryl Murphy profile
at the Football Association of Ireland website
Ireland profile
at Soccerscene
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1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Waterford (city)
Association footballers from County Waterford
Republic of Ireland association footballers
Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers
Republic of Ireland international footballers
Association football wingers
Association football forwards
Luton Town F.C. players
Harrow Borough F.C. players
Waterford F.C. players
Sunderland A.F.C. players
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
Ipswich Town F.C. players
Celtic F.C. players
Newcastle United F.C. players
Nottingham Forest F.C. players
Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
Isthmian League players
League of Ireland players
Premier League players
English Football League players
Scottish Premier League players
UEFA Euro 2016 players
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate footballers in Scotland
Irish expatriate sportspeople in England
Irish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Doping cases in association football