Brian Murphy (soccer player)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian Murphy | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Waterford, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Cardiff City | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Waterford Bohemians | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2003 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Swansea City | 27 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Bohemians | 97 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Ipswich Town | 29 | (0) |
| 2011–2015 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Portsmouth | 21 | (0) |
| 2016– | Cardiff City | 3 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2000 | Republic of Ireland U16 | 39 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:22, 16 January 2017 (UTC). |
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Brian Murphy (born 7 May 1983) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cardiff City.
Murphy played football and hurling with one of his primary schools, Killea BNS in Dunmore East. As a teenager, Murphy did not harbour ambitions to be a professional football player. He was involved in many sports as a child including gaelic football, hurling and rugby union. It was rugby that Murphy wished to pursue as a career, playing as an outside half for his school and club. He was also the kicker for his teams, and once confessed to being able to "boom a ball a long way from about 14 years old". This is now something that he has developed a reputation for as a professional goalkeeper. At 15 years of age, Murphy had rugby trials with Ireland but ultimately decided not to pursue when Manchester City offered him a place in their youth set-up.
Murphy spent four seasons with Manchester City where the competition for the number one jersey included David Seaman, Nicky Weaver and Carlo Nash, but made the 1st team bench on a number of occasions in the old 1st Division (second tier) and the Premier League. Loaned out to Oldham Athletic in 2002–03, he made his senior début during a loan period with Peterborough United that same season away to Brentford in League One in May 2003.
Brian Flynn signed him for Swansea City on a free transfer two months later, and he made 13 appearances for the club during the 2003–04 season. He was kept out of the first team in the following two seasons by the form of Frenchman Willy Gueret.
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