Murphy Wiredu (born January 15, 1985) is a Canadian former
soccer
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player who played in the
USL Premier Development League
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,
Canadian Soccer League
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, and the
S.League
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.
Career
He first played soccer at Monsignor Johnson Catholic High School in
North York
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, where he was captain of the soccer team and also earned MVP honours for the volleyball team. In his youth years he played with CS Azzurri Hearts. In 2004, he received a scholarship to play for Saint Peter's College in
Premier Development League
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where he appeared in five games and notched two goals. In 2007, he signed for the
Toronto Lynx
Toronto Lynx was a Canadian soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1997, the team last played in the 2014 season of the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes D ...
, where in his debut season he scored 10 goals in the team’s final nine games. He was awarded the club's Best Offensive Player award for finishing as the team's top goalscorer. He helped the Lynx finish the season with a 6-6-4 record, good for fourth place in the division and only 6 points short of a playoff berth.
The following year he signed with
Italia Shooters
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for the 2008 CSL season. On October 5, 2008 he scored a hat trick against defending champions
Toronto Croatia
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in a 6-1 victory which clinched the International Division title for the Shooters. In the playoff run he contributed by helping the Shooters advance to the semifinals, but unfortunately the Shooters were defeated by eventual champions
Serbian White Eagles
Serbian White Eagles Football Club ( sr, Фудбалски клуб Српски бели орлови / ''Fudbalski klub Srpski beli orlovi'') is a Canadian soccer team. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, an unsanctioned soc ...
in the semi-final match. In 2009, he went abroad to Singapore to play with
Sengkang Punggol FC
Hougang United Football Club is a Singaporean professional football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League.
History
Hougang United Football Club was founded as Marine Castle United Football Club, which was formed by Newcastle Un ...
in the
S.League
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, for the 2009 season. In July 2010, on the transfer window, he was released from his contract.