Vinny Faherty

Vinny Faherty
Personal information
Full name Vincent Faherty
Date of birth 13 June 1987 (1987-06-13) (age 24)
Place of birth Galway, Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Whittlesea Zebras
Youth career
2003–2006 Salthill Devon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006–2007 Salthill Devon
2007–2009 Galway United 73 (11)
2010 St Patrick's Athletic[1] 33 (8)
2011– Whittlesea Zebras[2] 20 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:08, 5 October 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Vincent "Vinny" Faherty (born 13 June 1987 in Galway)[3] is an Irish footballer who plays in Australia for Whittlesea Zebras, promoted as champions to the Victorian Premier League for the 2012 season. He plays in either the forward position or as an attacking midfielder.

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Career

Early career

As a youngster, Faherty began his career with Salthill Devon. While playing for the Galway representative team, he broke Kevin Doyle's scoring record in the under-18 FAI Youth Interleague competition with 21 goals.[3] As captain of Salthill Devon's under-21 team, he opened the scoring in the 2006 eircom U21 League semi-final against Sligo Rovers,[4] and led his side to victory in the final, beating Cork City 2–1 to become the first club without a team in the National Leagues to succeed at that level.[5] In early 2007, Faherty spent two spells on trial with Ipswich Town of the English Championship. He scored twice against Millwall in a friendly, and played for the reserve team against Luton Town,[6][7] but no contract ensued.

Galway United

After three years with Salthill Devon,[3] Faherty chose to defer going to college[8] and, despite interest from clubs including Ipswich Town and Coventry City, joined Galway United, his hometown team, in July 2007.[9] Described by the Galway Advertiser as having "impressed when introduced for his debut" against Cork City,[10] he appeared regularly for the remainder of the season, sometimes in the starting eleven but more often as a substitute.[11] Faherty's first senior goal for the club coincided with Jeff Kenna's first game as manager, as Galway lost 3–2 at home to Bray Wanderers in April 2008.[12] He finished the 2008 season with five goals in the league,[13] and the following year was the club's top scorer with eight in all competitions, two short of the target he had set for himself.[14][15] He also notched up 17 assists which was the highest total in the league.

St Patrick's Athletic

Faherty and team-mate John Russell were linked with a move to Scottish Premier League club Hibernian in November 2009,[3] and Faherty also had a trial with Crystal Palace of the English Championship. However, Palace's reserve games were postponed because of heavy snow,[16] and when Faherty discovered that players were not being paid because of the club's financial difficulties, he returned to Ireland and signed for St Patrick's Athletic for the 2010 season.[3][17]

Faherty scored on his St Patrick's Athletic debut against Wexford Youths in a 3–0 victory for the Saints in pre-season. He started the season well, chalking up goals and assists, and was central to a team that found itself top of the table and in the Setanta Sports Cup Final. Faherty finished the 2010 league season as St. Patrick's Athletic's top scorer, with his goals including a diving header against rivals Shamrock Rovers and away to Bohemians.

He left St Patrick's at the end of the season.[18]

Whittlesea Zebras

Faherty signed for Australian club Whittlesea Zebras of the Victorian State League Division 1 for the 2011 season.[19] His 14 goals from 20 league games made him the club's top scorer, and second only to Caleb Nicholas of Langwarrin in the VSL Division 1 list,[2] as Zebras finished as champions, thus earning promotion to the Victorian Premier League.[20] Zebras confirmed that Faherty had signed on again for the 2012 season.[21]

International career

Faherty's performances for Salthill earned him selection for Ireland at various levels. He played for the Irish amateur team against Northern Ireland in March 2007, scoring twice and creating a third,[22] and an international against Scotland in April,[23] and for the National League representative team in the 2007 Four Nations Tournament.[24] In 2010, Faherty played for the Ireland under-23 side in a training match against the senior national squad.[25][26]

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Vincent Faherty". AirtricityLeague. http://inform.fai.ie/Statsportal/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerID=92482&CompID=1. Retrieved 17 December 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "Football Federation Victoria: Goal Scorers". Results Vault Football. InteractSport. http://football.resultsvault.com/pages/GoalScorers.aspx?entityid=7250. Retrieved 5 October 2011.  Select 2011 from Season dropdown and Mens State League Div 1 from the Grade dropdown.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Player profiles: Vinny Faherty". St Patrick's Athletic. http://www.stpatsfc.com/player.php?playerid=99. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  4. ^ "Sligo Rovers are blown away". Sligo Weekender. 28 November 2006. http://archives.tcm.ie/sligoweekender/2006/11/28/story30869.asp. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  5. ^ "Salthill Devon score a magnificent victory to win the eircom U21 League". Football Association of Ireland. 6 December 2006. http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1535. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  6. ^ "Faherty in Reserves". TWTD.co.uk. Philip Ham. 12 February 2007. http://www.twtd.co.uk/news.php?storyid=10806. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  7. ^ O'Rourke, Peter (12 February 2007). "Town hope to keep Peters". Sky Sports. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11707_2405239,00.html. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  8. ^ Malone, Emmet (18 May 2010). "League Of Ireland, Premier Division Previews". Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0326/1224267099067.html. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  9. ^ "Faherty Signs". Galway United F.C. 12 July 2007. http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/Faherty-Signs. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  10. ^ O'Connell, Caomhan (12 July 2007). "O'Donovan bags the goals as Cork City take the points". Galway Advertiser: p. 148. http://archive.advertiser.ie/pages/preview.php?ref=100038&ext=jpg&k=&search=!collection1940&offset=0&order_by=field8&sort=DESC&archive=0. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  11. ^ "Stats for 2007 season". Galway United F.C. 21 January 2008. http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/Galway-United-Player-Stats-2007. Retrieved 12 November 2010. 
  12. ^ Rooney, Declan (26 April 2008). "Result: Galway United 2 Bray Wanderers 3". Galway United F.C. http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/Result-Galway-United-2-Bray-Wanderers-3. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  13. ^ "Stats for 2008 season". Galway United F.C. 18 March 2009. http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/Galway-United-Player-Stats-2008. Retrieved 12 November 2010. 
  14. ^ "Stats for 2009 season". Galway United F.C. 18 November 2009. http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/galway-united-player-statistics. Retrieved 12 November 2010. 
  15. ^ "Vinny Faherty signs for Pat's". St Patrick's Athletic F.C. 14 January 2010. http://www.stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=3423. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  16. ^ O'Hehir, Paul (15 January 2010). "Crowe flies to Sporting" (reprint). The Mirror (The Free Library (Farlex)). http://www.thefreelibrary.com/CROWE+FLIES+TO+SPORTING%3B+Glen%3A+We+can+challenge+for+honours+this+year-a0216599112. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  17. ^ O'Hehir, Paul (9 April 2010). "It's a fine start but we're far from Vinished" (reprint). The Mirror (The Free Library (Farlex)). http://www.thefreelibrary.com/IT%27S+A+FINE+START+BUT+WE%27RE+FAR+FROM+VINISHED%3B+RICHMOND+ST+PAT%27S+v...-a0223500093. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  18. ^ Fitzmaurice, Aidan (6 November 2010). "McAllister in blades wait". Evening Herald (Dublin). http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/mcallister-in-blades-wait-2410242.html. Retrieved 19 November 2010. 
  19. ^ Landsberger, Sam (15 March 2011). "Sky's the limit". Whittlesea Leader. http://whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/skys-the-limit-1/. Retrieved 16 June 2011. 
  20. ^ Suleyman, Mem (18 September 2011). "Zebras snatch title as Port stumbles". Goal! Weekly. http://www.goalweekly.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2444:zebras-snatch-title-as-port-stumbles&Itemid=131. Retrieved 5 October 2011. 
  21. ^ "Zebras lock in British brigade for 2012". Whittlesea Zebras FC. 1 October 2011. http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/whittleseazebrasfc/news/zebras-lock-in-british-brigade-393852.html. Retrieved 5 October 2011. 
  22. ^ "Football: Salthill Devon v UCD" (reprint). The Mirror (The Free Library (Farlex)). 15 June 2007. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+Salthill+Devon+v+UCD-a0164966082. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  23. ^ "Gerry Smith’s Junior Side Continue Winning Streak Against Scotland". Football Association of Ireland. 30 April 2007. http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1989. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  24. ^ "National League of Ireland represented by youthful squad in Scotland". Football Association of Ireland. 21 May 2007. http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2061. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  25. ^ "Stokes winner gives Trap's troops victory". Football Association of Ireland. 18 May 2010. http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100966:stokes-winner-gives-traps-troops-victory&catid=1:senior-men&Itemid=8. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  26. ^ "Trio pull out of Ireland camp". Irish Times. 18 May 2010. http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/2010/0518/1224270651825.html. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 

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