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David Healy is a footballer and football coach from Northern Ireland, born on 5 August 1979. He holds citizenship of the United Kingdom, plays as a wing half, and has competed in the Premier League. He speaks English and began his career in 1999.
He has played for Ipswich Town F.C., Sunderland A.F.C., Preston North End F.C., and Port Vale F.C. He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Key facts
- 1999
- Northern Ireland B
- 2000
- → Port Vale (loan)
- 2003
- → Norwich City (loan)
- 2010
- → Ipswich Town (loan)
- 2015
- Linfield
- Full name
- David Jonathan Healy
- Date of birth
- ( 1979-08-05 ) 5 August 1979 (age 46)
- Place of birth
- Killyleagh , County Down , Northern Ireland
- Height
- 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
- Position
- Striker
- Current team
- Linfield (manager)
- 1995 1999
- Manchester United
- Years
- Team
- 1999 2001
- Manchester United
- 2000 2001
- → Preston North End (loan)
- 2001 2004
- Preston North End
- 2004 2007
- Leeds United
- 2007 2008
- Fulham
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Forward
- Nationality
- Northern Ireland
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Downpatrick
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Bury F.C.
- Position played
- wing half
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Northern Ireland
- Mass
- 68
- Image
- David Healy (footballer).jpg
- Height
- 176
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- Commons category
- David Healy
- date of birth
- 1979-08-05
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
David Jonathan Healy (born 5 August 1979) is a Northern Irish football manager and former professional footballer who is in charge at NIFL Premiership club Linfield. A striker during his playing career, he is the men's all-time leading scorer for Northern Ireland with 36 goals.
He also held the record for the joint highest scoring tally during a UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign, with 13 goals. He shared this record with Robert Lewandowski, until it was surpassed by Romelu Lukaku.
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