DAVID HEALY (FOOTBALLER)

'David Healy' (born August 5, 1979 in Killyleagh) is a professional footballer who has scored a record 31
international goals for Northern Ireland. He plays his club football for Fulham.

Contents

Club career

Manchester United

Preston North End

Leeds United

Fulham

International career

References

External links

Club career

Manchester United

Healy was raised in Killyleagh. He played for the local youth side and for Down Academy High School in Downpatrick before being signed by Manchester United in the late 1990s. Healy made only three substitute appearances for the Manchester United first team before being loaned to Port Vale in 1999-00, appearing in 16 matches and scoring 3 goals.

Preston North End

Healy joined Preston North End in 2000. In 2000-01, He scored 10 goals in 26 games and 10 more in 49 games in 2001-02. He got half that tally in 2002-03 in 28 games. David joined Norwich City on a month's loan on Thursday January 30, 2003 by Nigel Worthington. However, in 2003-04, he returned to Preston and netted 15 times in 42 matches.

Leeds United

Healy joined Leeds United on the October 29, 2004, already a fan favourite. In his first season at Leeds, he was the club's top scorer with seven goals, and in the 2005-06 season, he finished with 12 goals in 25 appearances. He left for Fulham after the 2006-07 season because of Leeds United's relegation from the Championship after they went into administration.

Fulham

Healy reunited with ex Northern Ireland boss and current Fulham Boss; Lawrie Sanchez on the 13th July 2007 from cash strapped Leeds United for an undisclosed fee, reportedly around £1.5m ^[1] He scored his first goal for Fulham in a Pre-Season friendly against South China in the Asia Trophy, with a low diving header.
In his first match for Fulham in the Premiership, Healy repaid Sanchez' faith in him with a goal against Arsenal after 50 seconds play after a Jens Lehmann mistake. His second match against Bolton also had Healy scoring a goal which made him joint top goalscorer in the Premiership.

International career

On 7 September 2005, Healy scored the winning goal against England at Windsor Park in a 1-0 victory
On 6 September 2006, Healy became the first man since Colin Clarke to score a hat-trick for Northern Ireland and the first since George Best to achieve this feat in Belfast when they defeated Spain 3-2 in a historic victory for the side.
Healy followed this feat with the winner against Latvia on 11 October ^[2] He then became the first ever player to score two hat-tricks for Northern Ireland, in a game against Liechtenstein. ^[3]
Against Sweden on 28 March 2007 he scored twice in a 2-1 win.^[4]
Healy scored another 2 goals against Liechtenstein on the 22 August 2007 putting his total of goals to 11 in the Euro 2008 qualifiers. He is currently top goal scorer in the qualifiers.

References

1. STRIKER HEALY AGREES FULHAM MOVE
2. NI team spirit is key, says Healy BBC Sport Online, 13 October 2006. Retrieved 14 October 2006.
3. David Healy scored a hat-trick as Northern Ireland beat Liechtenstein 4-1 in their Euro 2008 qualifier in Vaduz. BBC Sport Online, 23 March 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2007.
4. Healy does it again! Classic brace against Sweden takes Northern Ireland to top of group. BBC Sport Online, 28 March 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2007.

External links

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★ Northern Ireland Fans Forum

★ Our Wee Country Supporters Forum

★ Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk