Rhys Murphy
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rhys Philip Elliott Murphy[1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 November 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Shoreham-by-Sea, England | ||
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Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Oldham Athletic | ||
Number | 39 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2003 | Wimbledon | ||
2004–2009 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
2009–2010 | → Brentford (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2012 | → Preston North End (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Telstar | 28 | (7) |
2013–2015 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 41 | (14) |
2015– | Oldham Athletic | 15 | (1) |
2015– | → Crawley Town (loan) | 15 | (9) |
International career | |||
2005 | Republic of Ireland U15 | 1 | (0) |
2005–2006 | England U16 | 1 | (1) |
2006–2007 | England U17 | 18 | (9) |
2007–2009 | England U19 | 7 | (3) |
2011–2012 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:42, 6 January 2016 (UTC) |
Rhys Philip Elliott Murphy (born 6 November 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Oldham Athletic.
Murphy represented his native England at under-16, under-17 and under-19 international levels, but switched allegiance to the Republic of Ireland in 2011 and played for their under-21 team.
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Club career
Early career
Born in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, Murphy broke into the Arsenal Reserves team as a schoolboy while also scoring 17 goals in 21 games for the Arsenal Academy.[3] Murphy was previously an academy player for Wimbledon before joining Arsenal Academy.[3] He won the 2008–09 Premier Academy League with the Arsenal U18 team and scored the only goal in the playoff final versus Tottenham Hotspur.[4]
He joined Brentford on loan for three months on 24 November 2009.[5]
In August 2011 Murphy had a trial with Scottish Premier League champions Rangers and played for their reserve team.[6] In January 2012, he had a trial with Hibernian, another SPL club,[7] but at the end of that month he signed for League One side Preston North End on loan until the end of the 2011–12 season.[8]
On 22 May 2012 Murphy was released by Arsenal along with the likes of Manuel Almunia, Gavin Hoyte, Sean McDermott, James Campbell, George Brislen-Hall and Jeffrey Monakana.
Telstar
Murphy joined Dutch Eerste Divisie side Telstar on 9 June 2012, signing a one-year deal with an option for a second.[9] He scored his first goal for his new club on his debut in a pre-season friendly against Hartlepool United on 15 July 2012. He made his official debut on 10 August 2012 in the home game against Helmond Sport and lost 1–2. In the 67th minute he was substituted for Leandro Resida who scored three minutes after.
Dagenham & Redbridge
On 22 July 2013, he joined League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract.[10] He scored on his debut in the 3–1 defeat to Fleetwood Town on 3 August 2013. He then scored his second goal for the Daggers in a 2–0 win against York City the following week.
Oldham Athletic
On Deadline Day, 2 February 2015, Murphy signed for Oldham Athletic for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £20,000, to accelerate a pre-contract agreement set to activate in the 2015 summer transfer window.[11] Murphy signed a two and a half year contract with minutes to spare before the deadline of the transfer window.
Manager Lee Johnson said of the arrival, "I'm really pleased to bring Rhys to the club and he is an exciting prospect for us, I'm looking forward to working with him and he will fit into our style of play seamlessly".[12]
He joined League Two Crawley Town on a 93-day loan on 17 September 2015.[13]
International career
England
Murphy has played for the England under-16 and under-17 teams and was part of under-19 squad that reached the final of 2009 UEFA Under-19 Championship.[14][15]
Republic of Ireland
Before playing for England, Murphy represented the Republic of Ireland at under-15 level[16] and after an approach from Irish under-21 Head Coach Noel King, he switched his allegiance back to the country of his grandfather.[17] He was called up to the under-21 squad in August 2011,[18] and made his debut on 1 September 2011 against Hungary at the Showgrounds in Sligo, scoring the winner in a 2–1 victory.[19]
Career statistics
- As of match played 10 October 2015
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford (loan) | 2009–10[20] | League One | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Preston North End (loan) | 2011–12[21] | League One | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Telstar | 2012–13[22] | Eerste Divisie | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 7 | ||
Dagenham & Redbridge | 2013–14[23] | League Two | 32 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 35 | 13 |
2014–15[24] | League Two | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
Total | 41 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 14 | ||
Oldham Athletic | 2014–15[24] | League One | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
2015–16[25] | League One | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
Crawley Town (loan) | 2015–16[25] | League Two | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Career total | 97 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 106 | 23 |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
Honours
Arsenal Winner
International Runner up
References
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External links
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Shoreham-by-Sea
- English footballers
- England youth international footballers
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- Republic of Ireland youth international footballers
- Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers
- Association football forwards
- Wimbledon F.C. players
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Preston North End F.C. players
- SC Telstar players
- Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Crawley Town F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Eerste Divisie players
- English people of Irish descent
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands