Paddy Mulligan

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Paddy Mulligan
Full name	Patrick Martin Mulligan
Date of birth	March 17, 1945 (1945-03-17) (age 63)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Playing position	Right-back
Youth clubs
	Home Farm
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1963-1969 1967 1968 1969-1972 1972-1974 1973 1974-1978 1978-1980	Shamrock Rovers → Boston Rovers (guest) → Boston Beacons (guest) Chelsea Crystal Palace → Shamrock Rovers XI (guest) West Brom Shamrock Rovers	58 (2) 57 (2) 109 (1)
National team
1969-80	Republic of Ireland	50 (1)
Teams managed
1983–84 1985–86	Galway United Shelbourne
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Patrick Martin "Paddy" Mulligan (born 17 March 1945 in Dublin) is a retired Irish footballer who played mainly as a right-back.

Mulligan started his career playing for Shamrock Rovers in 1963, where he won the FAI Cup in 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1969. During the 1963-64 season he was part of the side which won seven trophies. He represented Rovers in European competition 10 times.

On 22 October 1969, Mulligan signed for English club Chelsea for £17,500. He featured in Chelsea's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup success in 1971, making a late substitute appearance in the first final against Real Madrid in Athens. He also played in Chelsea's League Cup final against Stoke City a year later, though they lost 2–1 at Wembley.

Mulligan left Chelsea in 1972 for Crystal Palace. He stayed with the South London club for two years, after which he signed for West Brom. Mulligan re-joined Shamrock Rovers in 1978, making his final appearance on 24 February 1980. He then joined Panathinaikos as assistant manager before retiring from the game in 1982.

During his time at Rovers he won 10 caps for the Irish national team, including three as captain, one under-23 cap and six Inter league caps. Overall he won 50 caps for his country.

Mulligan managed League of Ireland sides Galway United (during the 1983–84 season) and Shelbourne during the first half of the 1985–86 season. He also applied to manage the Irish national team, but lost out to Eoin Hand.