Kenny Murphy (soccer)

Kenny Murphy
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-06-19) 19 June 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
St Columba's Boys Club; Dundee Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1976 Dundee United[1] 1 (0)
1976–1977 Forfar Athletic[2] 0 (0)
Melbourne Knights
1983–1987 South Melbourne 96 (8)
1989 Footscray JUST 22 (1)
International career
1983–1987 Australia 15 (1)
Managerial career
1991–1992 Melbourne Knights
1996 Melbourne Zebras
1997 Port Melbourne Sharks
1997–2000 Fawkner Blues
2005–2006 Altona Magic
2006– Kingston City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Murphy (born 19 June 1956) 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 on 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[3]

Murphy managed former club National League clubs Melbourne Knights FC 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.[4]

Honours

Player

Melbourne Knights

South Melbourne

Australia national team

Manager

Melbourne Knights

References

  1. ^ "Morton 0 : Dundee Utd 6, League (Division One)". Arab Archive. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Murphy, Kenneth". Fitbastats. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Blether with Brown – 31 January 2005". The Evening Telegraph. 31 January 2005. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Murphy's Law – "A change is as good as a holiday"". Football Federation Victoria. 25 July 2006.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ a b "Socceroos Greats - Where are they now: Ken Murphy". SBS Sport. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  6. ^ "1979 Victorian State League Cup Results". Oz Football. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  7. ^ "1980 Victorian State League Cup Results". Oz Football. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  8. ^ "1979 Dockerty Cup Results". Oz Football. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  9. ^ "1978 Ampol Cup Results". Oz Football. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  10. ^ "1980 Victorian Ampol Cup Results". Oz Football. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1985". Oz Football. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1983". Oz Football. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Days of pride and celebration: Melbourne Knights' glory years – Part 1". The Corner Flag. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2023.


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