Murray playing for Crystal Palace in 2012
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Glenn Murray | ||
Date of birth | 25 September 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Maryport, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2004 | Workington Reds | ||
2004 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 14 | (3) |
2004 | Barrow | 6 | (6) |
2004–2007 | Carlisle United | 46 | (5) |
2006 | → (loan) | 11 | (3) |
2006–2007 | → Rochdale (loan) | 12 | (4) |
2007–2008 | Rochdale | 42 | (21) |
2008–2011 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 118 | (53) |
2011–2015 | Crystal Palace | 112 | (44) |
2014 | → Reading (loan) | 18 | (8) |
2015–2017 | Bournemouth | 19 | (3) |
2016–2017 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 26 | (15) |
2017– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 12 | (7) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:50, 11 March 2017 (UTC). |
Glenn Murray (born 25 September 1983) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Football League Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion. Prior to joining Brighton in January 2017, Murray previously played for Workington Reds, Wilmington Hammerheads, Barrow, Carlisle United, , Rochdale, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth. He has the record for most goals scored in the championship with 30 goals in the 2012/2013 season.
Born in Maryport, Cumbria, Murray began his playing career playing for non-League side Workington Reds before joining American team Wilmington Hammerheads in 2004. He spent one season with the North Carolina club playing 14 times and scoring three goals in the USL Professional League. After his time in America he joined Barrow where he scored seven goals in seven games. Murray then signed for Conference National side Carlisle United and was part of the Conference play-off winning team in 2005 and League Two winning side a season later in 2006.
Murray joined on loan for two months and he returned to Carlisle after this loan deal, following teammate Karl Hawley's rib injury.