Kenny Murphy

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Kenny Murphy
Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Murphy
Date of birth	19 June 1956
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Playing position	Striker (Retired)
Youth clubs
	St Columba's Boys Club
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1973–1976 1976 1976–1977 1989	Dundee United Downfield Forfar Athletic Melbourne Knights South Melbourne Footscray JUST	00 (0) 00 (0) 22 (1)
National team
1983–1986	Australia	15 (1)
Teams managed
1991–1992 1996 1997 1997–2000 2005–2006 2006–	Melbourne Knights Thomastown Zebras Port Melbourne Sharks Fawkner Blues Altona Magic Kingston City
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Kenneth Murphy (born in 19 June 1956 in Dundee) is a Scottish former footballer who played international football for Australia.

[edit] Career

Murphy signed for Dundee United as a youngster but never played for the first team. Murphy moved onto to Forfar Athletic before migrating to Australia. Here, he played for a number of clubs, also qualifying for the national team. Another Dundonian, Alan Boath, played for New Zealand under similar circumstances^[1]

Murphy managed former club Melbourne Knights from 1991 to 1992. Murphy left his assistant role at another former club, South Melbourne, in 2005 to manage Altona Magic although he left after just over a year. In July 2006, two weeks after leaving Altona, he took over at Kingston City.^[2]

[edit] References

Persondata
NAME	Murphy, Kenny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dundee, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH