Damien Duff

Damien Duff
Duff at Camp Shamrock, Tebnine, Lebanon, in 2012
Personal information
Full name Damien Anthony Duff
Date of birth (1979-03-02) 2 March 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Ballyboden, Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Leicester Celtic
Lourdes Celtic
St. Kevin's Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2003 Blackburn Rovers 185 (27)
2003–2006 Chelsea 81 (14)
2006–2009 Newcastle United 69 (5)
2009–2014 Fulham 130 (15)
2014–2015 Melbourne City 15 (1)
2015 Shamrock Rovers 9 (0)
Total 489 (62)
National team
1998–2012 Republic of Ireland 100 (8)
Teams managed
2015 Shamrock Rovers U15
2016–2018 Shamrock Rovers U17
2020–2021 Shelbourne U17
2021– Shelbourne
Honours
Representing  Ireland
FIFA World Youth Championship
Third place 1997 Malaysia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Damien Anthony Duff (born 2 March 1979) is an Irish professional football manager and former player, He is currently the manager of League of Ireland club Shelbourne F.C.

Career statistics

Damien Duff playing for Newcastle United, 2008

Club

As of match played 17 December 2015[1][2][3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club    Season    League FA cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Blackburn Rovers 1996–97 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
1997–98 Premier League 26 4 4 1 3 0 — 33 5
1998–99 Premier League 28 1 4 0 3 0 1[a] 0 36 1
1999–00 First Division 39 5 3 1 2 1 — 44 7
2000–01 First Division 32 1 5 0 2 2 — 39 3
2001–02 Premier League 32 7 2 0 5 1 — 39 8
2002–03 Premier League 26 9 0 0 2 1 3[a] 1 31 11
Total 184 27 18 2 17 5 4 1 223 35
Chelsea 2003–04 Premier League 23 5 1 0 2 0 11[b] 1 37 6
2004–05 Premier League 30 6 2 0 6 2 10[b] 2 48 10
2005–06 Premier League 28 3 5 0 0 0 7[c] 0 40 3
Total 81 14 8 0 8 2 28 3 125 19
Newcastle United 2006–07 Premier League 22 1 0 0 2 0 9[a] 0 33 1
2007–08 Premier League 16 0 3 1 0 0 — 19 1
2008–09 Premier League 30 3 2 0 1 0 — 33 3
2009–10 Championship 1 1 0 0 0 0 — 1 1
Total 69 5 5 1 3 0 9 0 86 6
Fulham 2009–10 Premier League 32 6 4 2 0 0 14[d] 1 50 9
2010–11 Premier League 24 4 2 0 1 0 — 27 4
2011–12 Premier League 28 2 2 1 0 0 14[d] 3 44 6
2012–13 Premier League 31 3 2 0 1 0 — 34 3
2013–14 Premier League 15 0 2 0 1 0 — 18 0
Total 130 15 12 3 3 0 28 4 173 22
Melbourne City 2014–15 A-League 15 1 1 0 — — 16 1
Shamrock Rovers 2015 League of Ireland 9 0 0 0 — — 9 0
Career total 488 62 44 6 31 7 69 8 632 83
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ One appearance in FA Community Shield, 6 appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Republic of Ireland[4] 1998 5 0
1999 8 0
2000 3 0
2001 6 1
2002 11 1
2003 9 4
2004 7 0
2005 8 0
2006 6 1
2007 3 0
2008 6 0
2009 8 0
2010 5 0
2011 9 1
2012 6 0
Total 100[5] 8
Scores and results list Republic of Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Duff goal.
List of international goals scored by Damien Duff[6]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 August 2001 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland  Croatia 1–0 2–2 Friendly
2 11 June 2002 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan  Saudi Arabia 3–0 3–0 2002 FIFA World Cup
3 29 March 2003 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia  Georgia 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4 30 April 2003 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland  Norway 1–0 1–0 Friendly
5 6 September 2003 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland  Russia 1–0 1–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
6 18 November 2003 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland  Canada 1–0 3–0 Friendly
7 1 March 2006 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland  Sweden 1–0 3–0 Friendly
8 8 February 2011 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland  Wales 2–0 3–0 2011 Nations Cup

Managerial

As of 22 April 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Shelbourne 3 November 2021 Present 90 35 30 25 109 90 +19 038.89
Career total 90 35 30 25 109 90 +19 038.89

Honours

Duff with the Republic of Ireland during UEFA Euro 2012

Player

Blackburn Rovers

Chelsea

Newcastle United

Fulham

Republic of Ireland U20

Republic of Ireland

Individual

Manager

Shelbourne

References

  1. ↑ "Damien Duff | Profiles". Newcastle United FC. Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Damien Duff Career Stats". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "D. Duff". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Damien Duff". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  5. ↑ "Damien Duff allowed to keep his century of caps after dispute". Irish Independent. 20 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Damien Duff - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Devey, Neil (10 June 2014). "Melbourne City sign Damien Duff". The West Australian. AAP. Retrieved 12 June 2014 – via Yahoo News.
  8. ↑ "Damien Duff: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Irish Medal Winners". Green Scene. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  10. ↑ Damien Duff, Nowland Premier Soccer Academy
  11. ↑ "Duff wins FAI's senior Player of the Year award". RTÉ. 28 April 2003. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  12. ↑ Hugman, Barry J, ed. (2001). The 2001–2002 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. AFS. p. 368. ISBN 0-946531-34-X.
  13. ↑ "Team of the Year 2002". UEFA. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.