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Shane Duffy
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Shane Patrick Michael Duffy is a male association football player and athlete born in Derry in 1992. He holds United Kingdom citizenship and speaks English. Duffy plays as a centre-back and wears the number 4 shirt. He has represented Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in international competition.
His professional career began in 2009. He has played for Burnley F.C., Yeovil Town F.C., Everton F.C., and Scunthorpe United F.C. Duffy has also been associated with Norwich. He has participated in the Premier League and the Football League Championship, as well as the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons of the Premier League and Football League One.
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Key facts
- 2008
- Northern Ireland U16
- 2009
- Northern Ireland U21
- 2010
- Republic of Ireland U19
- 2011
- → Burnley (loan)
- 2014
- Republic of Ireland
- 2023
- Fulham
- Full name
- Shane Patrick Michael Duffy
- Date of birth
- ( 1992-01-01 ) 1 January 1992 (age 34)
- Place of birth
- Derry , Northern Ireland
- Height
- 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Position
- Centre-back
- Current team
- Norwich City
- 2008 2009
- Everton
- Years
- Team
- 2009 2014
- Everton
- 2013 2014
- → Yeovil Town (loan)
- 2014 2016
- Blackburn Rovers
- 2016 2023
- Brighton & Hove Albion
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Norwich
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Ireland
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Patrick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Derry
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2016
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Norwich City F.C.
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Republic of Ireland
- Mass
- 76
- Image
- Shane Duffy 2018.jpg
- Height
- 193
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Shane Duffy
- date of birth
- 1992-01-01
- sport number
- 4
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
- birth name
- Shane Patrick Michael Duffy
- name in native language
- Shane Duffy
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Shane Patrick Michael Duffy (born 1 January 1992) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL Championship club Norwich City and the Republic of Ireland national team.
Duffy came through the youth academy at Everton, where he completed his development after being promoted into the senior squad, spending most of his time at the club out on loan. He joined Blackburn Rovers in 2014 for an undisclosed fee, spending two years with the Lancashire club before moving to Brighton & Hove Albion in 2016, where he earned promotion to the Premier League. He spent the 2020–21 season on loan at Celtic where he won the delayed 2020 Scottish Cup final.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shane Duffy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.