Profile Dmien Duff

Personal information :

Full name : Damien Anthony Duff
Date of birth : 2 March 1979
Place of birth : Ballyboden, Ireland
Height : 1.76. m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Left winger
Current club : Fulham
Number : 16
Youth career :
Leicester Celtic
Lourdes Celtic
St. Kevin's Boys
Senior career :
1996–2003 Blackburn Rovers
2003–2006 Chelsea
2006–2009 Newcastle United
2009– Fulham
National team :
1998– Republic of Ireland

Career Club

Chelsea

In the operate up towards the 2003–04 season Chelsea made a series of invitations for Duff, with a £17m bid ultimately triggering a release clause within the player's contract. Duff chose towards move towards West London within July. His former season at Chelsea was plagued via sting, and he missed the latter levels of the season, incorporating the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. Duff scored six goals that season. He was instrumental within hanging for Chelsea the club's highest league cease for 49 years as well as the Champions League operate, but the season eventually ended trophyless and with the sacking of executive Claudio Ranieri. The arrival of Dutch winger Arjen Robben and novel executive José Mourinho posed a threat towards Duff's site within the activating line-up for the 2004–05 season, but an sting towards Robben at the activate of the season observed Duff as the alone available winger. Mourinho, however, did not play Duff within the morning portion of the 2004–05 season, favoring a many narrow approach. Duff ultimately got into the side as soon as four toys and, when Robben replaced towards the side, Duff's versatility observed him move towards the right wing and form a wing partnership with Robben. The season proved towards succeed for both Duff and Chelsea. He scored ten goals, incorporating a crucial knock within a 4–2 victory against Barcelona within the Champions League, whilst the team won the Premiership title and the League Cup within which Duff scored the successful goal within the semi-final against Manchester United.

Newcastle United

In July 2006, Duff conceded terms again a £5m move towards Newcastle United, signing a five-year contract. Duff made his competitive debut within a UEFA Cup Second Round Qualifying former foot against Latvian side Ventspils.He scored his former goal for Newcastle within September that year within a 2–0 victory again West Ham United away at Boleyn Ground. Duff suffered a knee sting within November that kept him out for four months, during which Newcastle had a bad operate of defeats. He replaced but was otherwise ruled out for the lie down of the season due towards an ankle sting within a 2–1 loss towards Portsmouth within April 2007. Sam Allardyce afterwards explained Duff's sting as 'career threatening'. Duff made a full replace towards health within December.
Duff was associated with an exit from the club, but remained at St. James' Park and made a number of key contributions within the consequence of Kevin Keegan's exodus and Joe Kinnear's appointment as temporary manager.

Under the novel appointment of Alan Shearer as executive, because of his versatility, Duff was asked towards play as Left Back. In the final match of the 2008–09 Season, against Aston Villa within a crucial relegation decider, Duff unluckily scored the choosing own goal that posted his side down. Much as when he did when with Blackburn, Duff proved his aim towards stay at the relegated club and assistance them back into the Premier League. Duff scored Newcastle's former goal of the 2009–10 season against West Bromwich Albion. According towards the February effect of FourFourTwo journal Duff was quality £14m, spacing him 92nd within the magazine's 2009 Football Rich List.

Fulham

After performing one toy for Newcastle within 2009–10, Duff replaced towards the Premier League, signing for Fulham onto a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee, and re-joining Roy Hodgson, his former executive at Blackburn Rovers. He made his Fulham debut arriving onto as a spare against Amkar Perm within the Cottagers' Europa League qualifier match, background up the third goal within a 3–1 win.
Duff performed his former Premiership toy against one of his old clubs Chelsea. The toy was at Craven Cottage and Chelsea went onto towards victory the toy with a 0–2 win. Duff scored his former league goal for Fulham within a two – 1 victory again Everton, scoring within the 79th minute towards grant the Cottagers a vital win. His second goal for Fulham was scored against Manchester United as soon as Bobby Zamora had predetermined him up within a three –0 win. On 15 January 2011, Duff made his 500th career impression within English football when he sided against Wigan Athletic performing the full 90 minutes within a 1-1 draw at the DW Stadium.

International career

At junior grade, Duff performed for Ireland within the 1997 and 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. In the former tournament within Malaysia he scored the former ever Golden Goal within a World Cup match at any level. Duff made his senior début for the Republic of Ireland within 1998 against the Czech Republic. He has since gone onto towards victory 83 caps for the Ireland Squad, scoring seven goals. He performed every toy for them at the 2002 World Cup and was voted their musician of the tournament scoring a goal against Saudi Arabia en route towards the second round.