Gary Doherty
Doherty playing for Norwich City in 2008
|
|||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gary Michael Thomas Doherty | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Carndonagh, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1997 | Luton Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | Luton Town | 70 | (12) |
| 2000–2004 | Tottenham Hotspur | 64 | (4) |
| 2004–2010 | Norwich City | 202 | (10) |
| 2010–2012 | Charlton Athletic | 41 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Wycombe Wanderers | 43 | (2) |
| Total | 433 | (29) | |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2005 | Republic of Ireland | 34 | (4) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
|||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Gary Michael Thomas Doherty (born 31 January 1980) is a retired Irish professional footballer. He also played for San Jose Earthquakes. He played as a defender, having previously also played as a centre forward, and gained international honours for the Republic of Ireland.
He began his career at Luton Town before having a spell with Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League, however, most of his career was with Norwich City, for whom he won the player of the year award. He finished his career with Wycombe Wanderers.
Doherty started his league career with Luton Town in 1997. He made 88 appearances in total over less than three seasons with the Hatters and became a Republic of Ireland international.
He was bought by Luton old boy David Pleat then Director of Football at Tottenham Hotspur for £1million in March 2000. The player made his Spurs debut as a substitute in a 3–1 defeat at Manchester United in May 2000. He played in the team regularly during the 2000/01 season and scored his first goal against Newcastle United on 2 January 2001. Other highlights that season include a late winner against Leyton Orient in the FA Cup, giving his team the lead against North London rivals Arsenal in the FA Cup semi final and scoring twice as Spurs came back from 2–0 down away to Sunderland to win 3–2. However, the following season started badly when he broke his leg in a League Cup match against Torquay United in September following a challenge from Eifion Williams. He returned before the end of the season but found it hard to break back into the side.
...
Wikipedia