Michael Duff (footballer)

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Personal information
Michael Duff
Full name	Michael James Duff
Date of birth	January 11, 1978 (1978-01-11) (age 30)
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Burnley
Number	4
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2004 2004–	Cheltenham Town Burnley	242 (15) 135 0(3)
National team²
2002–	Northern Ireland	020 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 12 September 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Michael James Duff (born January 11, 1978 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish international footballer who plays in the centre of defence or at right-back. His younger brother, Shane Duff plays for League One side Cheltenham.

[edit] Career

Despite being Northern Irish he grew up in Bedale in the Yorkshire Dales, and as a school boy represented North Yorkshire and joined the Darlington Football Club School of Excellence before moving to Cheltenham in 1994.

Spotted by Cheltenham Town scout Derek Bragg playing for Carterton Town and moved to Cheltenham Town. After a brief loan spell at Cirencester Town Micheal made his debut for Cheltenham Town in 1997 and went on to play 242 games and scored 15 times.

On July 5, 2004, he made a £30,000^[1] switch to Burnley where he became a regular, if not always automatic, first-team choice. Over the next couple of seasons he established himself as first choice right-back, although he had equally often played at centre-back. His first Burnley goal was credited in a Carling Cup game against Carlisle United, even though it might equally have been credited as an own goal. He finally got incontrovertibly on the score-sheet on October 14, 2006 against Hull City.

Duff was part of two of Northern Ireland's finest international moments of recent years; as a late substitute in their 1–0 victory over England on September 7, 2005 and then in a 3–2 victory over Spain on September 6, 2006.

In the 2007–08 season Duff picked up a serious injury after the Championship match against Crystal Palace F.C and ruled out for a long period of time. He suffered multiple ligament damage and hamstring damage as well as a cruciate knee injury.^[2]

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[edit] External links

Michael Duff career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Burnley F.C. – current squad

1 Király • 2 Alexander • 4 Duff • 5 Carlisle • 6 Caldwell • 8 Guðjónsson • 9 Akinbiyi • 11 Elliott • 12 Jensen • 14 Jones • 16 McCann • 17 Lafferty • 18 Mahon • 19 Rodriguez • 20 Blake • 22 Berisha • 23 Jordan • 25 Kay • 26 Unsworth • 28 MacDonald • Manager: Coyle

Persondata
NAME	Michael James Duff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Michael Duff
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 11, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Belfast, Northern Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH