Richard Duffy

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Personal information
Richard Duffy
Full name	Richard Duffy
Date of birth	August 30, 1985 (age 21)
Place of birth	Swansea, Wales
Playing position	Right Full-back
Club information
Current club	Swansea City (on loan from Portsmouth)
Number	30
Youth clubs
	Swansea City
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2004 2004- 2004-2005 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007	Swansea City Portsmouth → Burnley (loan) → Coventry City (loan) → Coventry City (loan) → Coventry City (loan) → Swansea City (loan)	18 (1) 01 (0) 07 (1) 14 (0) 32 (0) 13 (0) 03 (0)
National team²
2005-	Wales	9 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:16, 31 January 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 14/11/2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Richard Duffy, (born August 30, 1985 in Swansea), is a Welsh football player who is the brother of Oxford United striker, Robert. He currently plays for Swansea City on loan from Portsmouth F.C.. He is a versatile player who can contribute in defensive or midfield positions.

Duffy began his career at Swansea City A.F.C., making his debut for them in December 2001. He soon established himself as an important defender in the Swansea squad, but unfortunately suffered spondylosis of the lower back and was out injured for over a year.

He returned at the start of the 2003/04 season, and soon won a regular place in the first team. The Wales youth international soon began to attract the attention of scouts from bigger clubs, and in January 2004 he was sold to Premiership side Portsmouth for £300,000, having made 23 appearances for Swansea.

He made his debut in May 2004, coming on as a substitute. At the beginning of the 2004/05 season he was loaned out to Burnley F.C. in order to gain match experience, and gained much admiration from the Burnley fans for his excellent performances. Duffy scored in Burnley's 2-1 win away to Leeds United at Elland Road. The young Welshman spent some of his loan spell at Turf Moor playing as a right-winger and showed his versatility before later being loaned to Coventry City.

For the 2005/06 season he was again loaned to Coventry City where he played in the right-back position for the whole season. In October 2006 he was loaned to Coventry for the third time until 1 January, 2007. On 10 January, a loan to Swansea City was agreed until the end of the season.

He made his full international debut for Wales versus Slovenia on 17 August 2005 at Liberty Stadium, Swansea and has so far made nine appearances for his country.

His elder brother Robert Duffy plays centre-forward for Oxford United.

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Swansea City A.F.C. - Current Squad
1 Guéret \| 2 Amankwaah \| 3 Austin \| 4 O'Leary \| 5 Tate \| 6 Iriekpen \| 7 Britton \| 8 Pratley \| 9 Akinfenwa \| 10 Trundle \| 11 Abbott \| 12 Watt \| 14 Painter \| 15 Williams \| 16 Monk \| 17 Tudur-Jones \| 18 Robinson \| 19 Way \| 20 MacDonald \| 21 Jones \| 22 Lawrence \| 24 D. Duffy \| 26 Oakes \| 27 Graves \| 28 Butler \| 29 Craney \| 30 R. Duffy \| 34 Howard \| Manager: Martínez