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Jamie Mulgrew (born 5 June 1986) is a professional footballer from Northern Ireland who plays for Linfield of the
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and who has been
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by the Northern Ireland national team.


Club career

Mulgrew began his career with
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, making two senior appearances during the 2004–05 season. In 2005, he moved to Glentoran's rivals Linfield and quickly became a fixture with the first team squad. He was named as Linfield's Player of the Season for 2010 and as of the end of the 2019–20 season had appeared 589 times for the club in all competitions, having scored 45 goals. It was reported by the ''
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'' on 8 February 2011 that
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clubs
Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill MheΓ rnaig (IPA: Κ°Κ²ΙͺʎˈveaːɾnΙ™kΚ², "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...
and Hibernian, along with
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club
Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional men's soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The Timbers have played their home games at P ...
, were interested in signing Mulgrew on a Bosman free transfer when his contract expires in the summer. In 2011, Mulgrew had trials with Major League Soccer sides
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and
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. He was named
Ulster Footballer of the Year The Ulster Footballer of the Year is the older of two association football player of the year awards in Northern Ireland. (The other is the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association award.) It is awarded by Castlereagh Glentoran Supporters ...
and
Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year The Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year (often called the NIFWA Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in the IFA Premiership. It is one of two ass ...
for the 2016–17 season.


International career

He has been
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at the under-21 level for his country, playing against Moldova in a
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qualifying match. He made his full debut for
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Γ‰ireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
on 26 May 2010 against Turkey in a friendly.


Honours


Club

Linfield *
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/
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: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10,
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, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20,
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*
Irish Cup The Irish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly referred to as the Irish Cup (currently known as the Samuel Gelston's Whiskey Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) is the primary football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland. Ina ...
: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10,
2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
, 2011–12, 2016–17,
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*
Irish League Cup The Northern Ireland Football League Cup (BetMcLean League Cup for sponsorship purposes), also known colloquially as the Irish League Cup, is a national football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland open to all member clubs of the Nort ...
: 2007–08, 2018–19, 2022-23 Northern Ireland Football League Cup, 2018–19 *
County Antrim Shield The County Antrim & District Football Association Senior Shield (more commonly known as the County Antrim Shield) is a football competition in Northern Ireland. The competition is open to senior teams who are members of the North East Ulster Foo ...
: 2005–06, 2013–14, 2016–17 *
NIFL Charity Shield The Northern Ireland Football League Charity Shield is the national association football super cup in Northern Ireland. It has been held on an occasional basis since its inauguration in 1992. Similar to the English FA Community Shield, it pits to ...
: 2017


Individual

* Linfield Player of the Year: 2009–10 *
Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year The Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year (often called the NIFWA Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in the IFA Premiership. It is one of two ass ...
: 2016–17 *
Ulster Footballer of the Year The Ulster Footballer of the Year is the older of two association football player of the year awards in Northern Ireland. (The other is the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association award.) It is awarded by Castlereagh Glentoran Supporters ...
: 2016–17


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulgrew, Jamie Association footballers from Northern Ireland Living people Northern Ireland under-21 international footballers Linfield F.C. players Glentoran F.C. players Northern Ireland international footballers 1986 births NIFL Premiership players Ulster Footballers of the Year Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Players of the Year Association football midfielders