Shaun Murphy (footballer)

Personal information
Shaun Murphy
Full name	Shaun Peter Murphy
Date of birth	November 5, 1970 (1970-11-05) (age 37)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1,85 m.
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
1988	AIS
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-1991 1992-1997 1996-1999 1999 1999-2003 2001-2002 2003-2004	Blacktown City Demons Heidelberg United Perth Italia Notts County West Bromwich Albion Sorrento Sheffield United Crystal Palace (loan) Perth Glory	? (?) ? (?) ? (?) 109 (5) 71 (7) ? (?) 158 (9) 11 (0) 28 (4)
National team²
2000-2001	Australia	18 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 July 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 26 July 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Shaun Peter Murphy (born 5 November 1970, in Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian football (soccer) player.

He was a member of the Australian national team and famously scored a winner against Brazil for Australia in the 2001 Confederations Cup. He also represented Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Shaun currently lives in Perth, Western Australia with his family.

His club career included stints with Notts County (1992-1997), West Bromwich Albion (1997-1999), Sheffield United (1999-2003) and Crystal Palace (2001-2) in England, before returning to Australia for one season to captain Perth Glory (2003-4).

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Awards
Preceded by Paul Devlin	Sheffield United Player of the Year 2001	Succeeded by Michael Brown

v • d • e Australia squad - 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup

1 Schwarzer • 2 Muscat • 3 Moore • 4 Okon • 5 Vidmar • 6 Popovic • 7 Lazaridis • 8 Skoko • 9 Aloisi • 10 Emerton • 11 Zdrilic • 12 Bolton • 13 Bresciano • 14 Murphy • 15 Foxe • 16 Horvat • 17 Corica • 18 Chipperfield • 19 Vidmar • 20 Zane • 21 Thompson • 22 Sterjovski • 23 Jurić • Coach: Farina