Philip Mulryne
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Patrick Stephen Mulryne | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1996 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Manchester United | 1 | (0) |
| 1999–2005 | Norwich City | 161 | (18) |
| 2005–2007 | Cardiff City | 4 | (0) |
| 2007 | Leyton Orient | 2 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | King's Lynn | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 168 | (18) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1993 | Northern Ireland U15 | 7 | (1) |
| 1993–1994 | Northern Ireland U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 1994 | Northern Ireland U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Northern Ireland U18 | 4 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | Northern Ireland U21 | 5 | (1) |
| 1996 | Northern Ireland B | 1 | (1) |
| 1997–2007 | Northern Ireland | 27 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Philip Patrick Stephen Mulryne, OP (born 1 January 1978), is a Northern Irish Dominican friar and deacon in the Roman Catholic Church and retired professional footballer. Born in Belfast, he started his career at Manchester United before playing more than 150 games for Norwich City and was a Northern Ireland international. After his retirement from football in 2008 Mulryne began studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood. He was ordained as a deacon in October 2016.
Mulryne began his career as a youth team player at Manchester United in 1994. He was in the FA Youth Cup winning team of 1995, and became a Northern Ireland international even before he made his first team debut. His full international debut came in February 1997 against Belgium but Mulryne had to wait until the following October to make his debut for United against Ipswich in the Coca Cola Cup (a 2–0 defeat). Despite being capable as a striker, midfielder or right winger, these positions were virtually monopolised by accomplished stars such as David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes, Andy Cole and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and so Mulryne only managed a handful of first-team games in five seasons at Old Trafford. His only league appearance for United came on the last day of the 1997–98 season, in which he played the full 90 minutes against Barnsley.
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