Joe Murphy (footballer)

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Personal information
Joe Murphy
Full name	Joe Murphy
Date of birth	August 21, 1981 (1981-08-21) (age 26)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Scunthorpe United
Number	1
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–2002 2002–2005 2004–2005 2005–2006 2005–2006 2006–	Tranmere Rovers West Bromwich Albion → Walsall (loan) Sunderland → Walsall (loan) Scunthorpe United	63 (0) 06 (0) 25 (0) 00 (0) 14 (0) 81 (0)
National team²
2003	Republic of Ireland	01 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:32, 12 March 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 14:34, 10 November 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Joe Murphy (born 21 August 1981) is an Irish football goalkeeper for Scunthorpe United.

[edit] Football career

Murphy began his career at Tranmere Rovers, playing as their goalkeeper in the 2–1 defeat to Leicester City in the Worthington Cup Final at the old Wembley Stadium in 2000, before joining West Bromwich Albion in July 2002.^[1] His first action as an Albion player was to save a Michael Owen penalty at Anfield, having come on as a substitute following the dismissal of Russell Hoult. Murphy spent the majority of the 2004–05 season on loan at Walsall. In August 2005 he moved from Albion to Sunderland, but was again loaned to Walsall during 2005–06.^[2] In May 2006 Murphy signed for Scunthorpe after being released by Sunderland.^[3]

He had an excellent 2006–07 season, and was an integral part of the team that led Scunthorpe to the League One trophy. He was in the League One team of the season, and also won the golden glove (award for most clean sheets). He was also named League One player of the month for February 2007.^[4] On top of this, he hit the crossbar during Soccer AM's crossbar challenge. His clean sheet in Scunthorpe's 2–0 home victory over Burnley on 30 September 2007 earned him a place in the Championship Team of the Week.^[5] He made the Team of the Week once more following his side's 1–0 victory over Charlton Athletic in February.^[6]

Joe is a former member of the Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team.

[edit] References

^ "West Brom land Murphy", BBC Sport, 2002-07-13. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
^ "Murphy returns to Walsall on loan", BBC Sport, 2005-10-21. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
^ "Scunthorpe sign up keeper Murphy", BBC Sport, 2006-05-13. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
^ "Murphy is handed League One prize", BBC Sport, 2007-03-04. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
^ Coca-Cola Championship Team Of The Week (20/08/2007) (pdf). The Football League (2007-08-20). Retrieved on 2007-10-09.
^ Coca-Cola Championship Team Of The Week (04/02/2008) (pdf). The Football League (2008-02-04). Retrieved on 2008-02-22.

[edit] External links

Profile at Scunthorpe United F.C. official site
Joe Murphy career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Scunthorpe United F.C. – current squad

1 Murphy • 3 Williams • 4 Crosby • 5 Iriekpen • 6 Byrne • 7 Sparrow • 9 Hayes • 10 Paterson • 11 Baraclough • 17 McCann • 18 Butler • 19 Forte • 22 Lillis • 23 Hurst • 24 Wright • 25 Winn • 27 Morris • 29 Wilcox • 30 May • 40 Pressman • -- Thompson • Manager: Adkins