Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adam David Murray | ||
Date of birth | 30 September 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2003 | Derby County | 54 | (0) |
2002 | → Mansfield Town (loan) | 13 | (7) |
2003 | → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2003 | Notts County | 1 | (0) |
2003 | Burton Albion | 2 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Notts County | 2 | (0) |
2004 | Kidderminster Harriers | 19 | (3) |
2004–2005 | Mansfield Town | 32 | (5) |
2005–2006 | Carlisle United | 46 | (2) |
2006–2007 | Torquay United | 21 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Macclesfield Town | 34 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Oxford United | 87 | (11) |
2010 | Luton Town | 7 | (0) |
2010–2011 | → Mansfield Town (loan) | 15 | (3) |
2011–2015 | Mansfield Town | 110 | (7) |
Total | 446 | (38) | |
Teams managed | |||
2014 | Mansfield Town (caretaker) | ||
2014–2016 | Mansfield Town | ||
2016– | Boston United | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:07, 10 December 2014 (UTC). |
Adam David Murray (born 30 September 1981) is an English professional footballer and manager. He is currently manager of Boston United.
Born in Birmingham, West Midlands, Murray began his career as a trainee with Derby County, turning professional in August 1998. He made his league debut on 17 April 1999, coming on as a second-half substitute for Mikkel Beck in Derby's 5–1 FA Premier League defeat away to West Ham United. He gradually established himself in Derby's first team, but in their final Premiership season, he lost his place and joined Mansfield Town on loan in February 2002. With Derby relegated he played more regularly in their Championship side, but by the start of the 2003–04 season was out of favour and joined Kidderminster Harriers on loan.
He returned early from the loan spell due to health reasons and it later emerged that he had an alcohol problem and had been treated for his addiction at the Priory Clinic.
He left Derby in November 2003, joining Notts County and later that month played twice in a one-week non-contract spell with Burton Albion before returning to Notts County. In January 2004, Murray rejoined Kidderminster Harriers and was a regular in their side until the end of the season.
In June 2004, he joined Mansfield Town where he was a regular until his move to Carlisle United in March 2005. On 10 August 2006 he handed in a transfer request to Carlisle manager Neil McDonald, which came after failing to appear in Carlisle's opening two games of the 2006–07 season and on 31 August 2006 (Summer transfer deadline day) he finally moved to Torquay United for a fee of £10,000. His most memorable moment at Carlisle was scoring the equaliser in the 2006 Football League Trophy Final against Swansea City. However his side went on to lose 2–1.