Michael Murphy (Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full Forward | ||
| Born |
4 August 1989 Letterkenny, County Donegal |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Nickname | The Man Child The Murph-Monster |
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| Occupation | Shopkeeper | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2006 – present | Glenswilly | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Donegal titles | 2 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| ? – ? | DCU | ||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2007 – present | Donegal | 30+ (16–97) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Michael Murphy (born 4 August 1989) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who captains Donegal. Widely regarded as the one of the best Gaelic footballer's in the game today,The Irish Times has described him as "one of football's most conspicuous talents", and he has earned comparisons with the soccer players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as a result of the skill and intensity with which he is capable of changing games.
A club player with Glenswilly and graduate of the Phoenix Elite Academy, Murphy has captained the Donegal senior inter-county football team since 2011, when he became one of the youngest skippers in the county's history. Though targeted by Australian rules football clubs since 2007, Murphy has declined all offers, preferring instead to stay in Ireland and continue his immensely successful Gaelic football career. He has, however, played for the Ireland international rules football team and captained the team for 2013 and 2014.
Murphy was named All Stars Young Footballer of the Year in 2009 after a sensational season during which he scored an average of 6 points per game over 6 games, before being one of few to play well in his team's heavy loss to Cork at that year's All-Ireland quarter-final stage.
Since attempts to lure him to Australia failed, Murphy has led Donegal to consecutive Ulster Senior Football Championships, the first Donegal captain to do so. He then led them further by lifting the Sam Maguire Cup in 2012 after defeating Mayo, when he became only the second Donegal captain to win the All-Ireland, after Anthony Molloy in 1992. Man of the Match in that game, he scored Donegal's opening goal and later received his first All Star.
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