Kenny Murphy (footballer)

Kenny Murphy
Personal information
Full nameKenneth Murphy
Date of birth19 June 1956
Place of birthDundee, Scotland
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionmidfield (Retired)
Youth career
St Columba's Boys Club; Dundee Boys
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973–1976Dundee United0(0)
1976Downfield
1976–1977Forfar Athletic0(0)
Melbourne Knights
1983–1987South Melbourne96(8)
1989Footscray JUST22(1)
National team
1983–1987Australia15(1)
Teams managed
1991–1992Melbourne Knights
1996Melbourne Zebras
1997Port Melbourne Sharks
1997–2000Fawkner Blues
2005–2006Altona Magic
2006–Kingston City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Kenneth Murphy (born 19 June 1956 in Dundee) is a Scottish former footballer who played international football for Australia.

Career

Murphy signed for Dundee United as a youngster and made one official appearance for the first team. Murphy moved onto to Forfar Athletic before transferring to Melbourne CroatiaAustralia. Here, he also played for South Melbourne Hellas and Footscray JUST, also qualifying for the national team. Another Dundonian, Allan Boath, played for New Zealand under similar circumstances[1]

Murphy managed former club National League clubs Melbourne Knights from 1991 to 1992, Melbourne Zebras 1994 to 1995 and was assistant coach in 2005 at another former club, South Melbourne. He managed Altona Magic although he left after just over a year. In July 2006, two weeks after leaving Altona, he took over at Kingston City.[2]

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