Tadhg Purcell
Purcell playing for Shamrock Rovers in April 2007.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Tadhg Purcell | ||
| Date of birth | 2 September 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundrum, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward / Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Northbridge FC | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Leicester Celtic | ||
| 2004–2005 | Kilkenny City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | Kilkenny City | 35 | (10) |
| 2006–2009 | Shamrock Rovers | 112 | (30) |
| 2010 | Darlington | 22 | (9) |
| 2010–2012 | Northampton Town | 5 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Darlington (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2012 | → Cork City (loan) | 16 | (3) |
| 2013 | Marconi Stallions | 22 | (8) |
| 2014 | Rockdale City Suns | 20 | (2) |
| 2015– | Northbridge FC | 45 | (10) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 January 2017. |
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Tadhg Purcell(pronounced "Thai-g Pur-cell") (born 2 September 1985) is an Irish footballer who plays for Northbridge FC in the National Premier League. His main position is as a striker, although he can play on the wing.
He spent his youth with Leicester Celtic, before joining Kilkenny City in 2004. He moved onto Shamrock Rovers two years later, and enjoyed a successful three-year spell with the club, helping Shamrock to win the First Division title in 2006. He won a move to English club Darlington in January 2010, before joining Northampton Town six months later. He was loaned back to Darlington in September 2011, and later went out on loan to Irish side Cork City. He joined Australian side Marconi Stallions in March 2013, he then joined Rockdale City Suns in 2014, and North Shore Mariners in 2015.
Tadhg Purcell played most his schoolboy career at Leicester Celtic, where he played alongside future teammate Barry Murphy. He also gained success with his St Benildus team, and was part of the under-18s Dublin Soccer champions team at St Benildus College in 2003, when they beat Malahide 1–0 in the final, which was held at Wayside Celtic's ground.
Tadgh Purcell originally received a soccer scholarship from University College Dublin (UCD AFC), where he played the beginning of his senior career. Following the end of his scholarship, Purcell moved to First Division side Kilkenny City, under the management of Pat Scully, for the 2005 season. He scored his first League of Ireland goal on 9 April at Buckley Park. After one season with the "Black Cats", he then moved to Shamrock Rovers for the 2006 season, along with his manager Scully, after Kilkenny City failed to gain promotion from the First Division.
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