David Healy (footballer)

David Healy (footballer)
David Healy
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Personal information
Full name David Jonathan Healy
Date of birth 5 August 1979 (1979-08-05) (age 32)
Place of birth Killyleagh, Northern Ireland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Rangers
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1999–2001 Manchester United 1 (0)
2000 → Port Vale (loan) 16 (3)
2000–2001 → Preston North End (loan) 2 (1)
2001–2004 Preston North End 137 (44)
2003 → Norwich City (loan) 5 (1)
2003 → Norwich City (loan) 8 (1)
2004–2007 Leeds United 111 (29)
2007–2008 Fulham 30 (4)
2008–2011 Sunderland 13 (1)
2010 → Ipswich Town (loan) 12 (1)
2010–2011 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 8 (2)
2011– Rangers 11 (1)
National team‡
1998–1999 Northern Ireland U21 8 (4)
1999 Northern Ireland B 1 (0)
2000– Northern Ireland 91 (35)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 September 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2011

David Jonathan Healy, MBE (born 5 August 1979) is a Northern Ireland international footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League champions Rangers. He is the all-time leading scorer for Northern Ireland with 35 goals, and also holds the record for the highest scoring tally during a UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign with 13.

He began his career at Manchester United in 1999, but signed for Preston North End two years later after a short loan spell. He spent three years with Preston, maintaining a healthy goals to games ratio, before transferring to Leeds United in 2004. After three years to Leeds he moved on to Fulham for a season, before settling at Sunderland in 2008. He moved north to Scotland to play for Rangers in January 2011. In addition to these clubs he has also played for Port Vale, Norwich City, Ipswich Town, and Doncaster Rovers on loan.

Before representing his country at a senior level, he also played for both the U21 team and the B team.

Contents

Club career

Manchester United

Healy was born and raised in Killyleagh, Northern Ireland, and played for Crossgar, Lisburn Youth and Down Academy High School in Downpatrick.[citation needed] He signed for Manchester United in August 1999, just four days before his 20th birthday. He made his début for United in a 3-0 defeat to Aston Villa in the League Cup at Villa Park on 13 October 1999. In February 2000 he was loaned to Port Vale, but could only manage three goals in sixteen games for Brian Horton's relegation side.

In the following season he made a second appearance in the League Cup (as a 90th minute substitute in a game that went into extra time, United eventually losing to Sunderland). He made his Premier League début on 28 November 2000 as a second half substitute in a 2–0 victory over Ipswich Town. This was to be his last appearance for United; he signed for Preston North End on loan on 29 December 2000, and the deal was made permanent five days later for a £1.5 million fee.

Preston North End

In the remainder of the 2000–01 season, Healy made 26 appearances for Preston and scored 10 goals. He was a virtual ever-present in the 2001–02 season, appearing in 44 league games and scoring 10 goals.

In the 2002–03 season he was less successful after Craig Brown replaced the departed David Moyes.[1] By the end of January 2003 he had made only 23 league appearances but scored five goals. Healy joined Nigel Worthington's Norwich City on a month's loan at the end of January. In the end he stayed for the remainder of the season, but in thirteen appearances for the Canaries he scored only scored past Sheffield Wednesday[2] and Wimbledon.[3] Having attempted to sign him from Man United two years previously, Norwich attempted to sign Healy permanently from Preston but were denied by Brown.[1]

He found his scoring form again in 2003–04, and netted 15 times in 42 matches for Preston.

Leeds United

Aiming for a move away from Deepdale, Healy got his wish in October 2004, as he was signed by Leeds United for a £650,000 fee.[1] In his first season at Leeds he was the club's joint top scorer alongside Brian Deane with seven goals, despite only joining Leeds halfway through the season.[4] During his time at Elland Road he was linked with dozens of moves to other clubs, the most notable rumour reported in the press being a potential £3 million move to Manchester City.[1]

He again finished as joint top scorer in the 2005–06 season, both he and Rob Hulse on fourteen goals. Leeds reached the play-off finals this season but lost in the final 3–0 to Watford. During the management of Kevin Blackwell Healy found himself regularly being played out of position at Leeds, mainly as a right winger, with Leeds rotating Hulse, Cresswell and Blake up front.

Healy then finished the following 2006–07 season as Leeds' top scorer with ten goals. With Leeds relegated into League One, he left the club at the end of the campaign.

Fulham

Healy reunited with former Northern Ireland boss Lawrie Sanchez at Fulham in July 2007 for a reported fee of around £1.5 million.[5] He scored his first goal for Fulham in a pre-season friendly against South China in the Asia Trophy, with a low diving header.

He scored fifty seconds into his league debut for the club following a mistake from Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann. He also found the net in his second game against Bolton Wanderers, in a 2-1 win at Craven Cottage. However he only scored two further top-flight goals in the season (past Reading and Sunderland), as well as two cup goals past Bolton and Bristol Rovers. Following the sacking of Sanchez, new manager Roy Hodgson preferred a strike partnership of the American pairing of Brian McBride and Eddie Johnson, leaving Healy on the bench.[6]

In July 2008, Healy caused controversy[7] when he adopted the posture of a flute player (symbolic of the Protestant Orange Order, similar to a previous incident involving Paul Gascoigne). In response to a question posed by Celtic fans chanting "Where were you on the Twelfth?" during a pre-season friendly match against Celtic at Craven Cottage. Healy subsequently apologised profusely for any offence he may have caused and signed many autographs for Celtic fans after the game.[8] He remained out of favour with Roy Hodgson, who regarded his signings Andy Johnson and Bobby Zamora ahead of Healy in the pecking order.[1]

Sunderland

In August 2008, Healy joined Sunderland on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee, believed to be worth £1.2 million.[9] Despite this sum he would never start a league game for the Black Cats. Healy made his début for Sunderland four days later in the League Cup and marked by scoring the winning goal in extra time against Nottingham Forest.[10] Healy also scored in the FA Cup against Blackburn Rovers.[11] Healy scored his first Premier League goal for the club in a 2-0 home win against Stoke City on 7 February 2009.[12] He managed to score in every competition that Sunderland were entered into in his first season with the club.

He was sent out on loan to Ipswich Town during the winter 2010 transfer window along with team-mate Daryl Murphy.[13] He made his debut against Middlesbrough on 6 February 2010, helping Ipswich to earn a point by setting up Murphy to score with a cross.[14] He scored his first goal for Ipswich on 24 February 2010, in a 1–1 draw with Scunthorpe United, salvaging a point and ending his goal drought by scoring for the first time in over a year.[15]

Healy joined Doncaster Rovers on loan in November 2010, to fill the void left by the injured Billy Sharp.[16] He marked his Doncaster debut with a goal, finding the net in a 2-1 win over Millwall on 6 November.[17] Doncaster extended Healy's loan spell into a second month.[18]

Rangers

In January 2011, Healy signed for Rangers on a six month deal, with a view to signing a longer contract.[19] Having scored in his Leeds, Fulham, Sunderland, Doncaster and Northern Ireland débuts, he also marked his first Rangers appearance with a goal, coming off the bench to add the final goal of a 6–0 win over Motherwell on 12 February.[20] Upon the expiry of his contract he signed a new one-year deal with the club, tying him to the Ibrox outfit until the end of the 2011–12 season.[21]

International career

He made his début for Northern Ireland on 23 February 2000, putting a brace past Luxembourg. He was still only 20 years old; having made his début for Manchester United the previous October, he had just joined Port Vale on loan. His competitive international début came in September 2000, in a World Cup qualifying game against Malta, and he scored his first competitive goal for his country a month later against Denmark.

On 6 June 2004, in a friendly game away to Trinidad and Tobago (his 35th international), he scored his 13th and 14th goals for Northern Ireland, thus equalling and overtaking Colin Clarke's record for the country. In September that year, Healy was controversially sent off in Northern Ireland's 2–2 draw with Wales. After celebrating the goal he scored to put Northern Ireland 2–0 up, he made a hand gesture towards the fans. The referee sent him off but Healy later explained that he was celebrating towards his family and that was how he always celebrated when scoring for his then-club, Preston North End.

On 7 September 2005, at Windsor Park, Healy secured a famous victory for his country against England in a World Cup qualifier when he scored the only goal of the game. This was his nation's first win over the English since 1972.[1]

He achieved his 50th cap and 20th international goal against Finland in August 2006, also playing as captain.[1] A month later, 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 do so in Belfast. His three goals gave Northern Ireland a historic 3–2 victory over Spain.[1] Healy followed this feat with the winner against Latvia on 11 October 2006.[22] In the following international game, against Liechtenstein, he scored a second hat-trick, thus becoming the first player ever to score two hat-tricks for Northern Ireland.[23]

He scored both of Northern Ireland's goals in a 2–1 win against Sweden on 28 March 2007,[24] and two more against Liechtenstein on 22 August, followed by a penalty away to Iceland on 12 September. On 17 November 2007, when he scored against Denmark, it was his 13th goal in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group F tournament (in eleven games). This made him the highest-ever goalscorer in a UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign, and also the first Northern Ireland football player to break a football record. The previous record, of twelve goals in ten games, had been set by Davor Šuker of Croatia in 1996.[citation needed]

In October 2008, Healy received several death threats after he welcomed an international goal he had scored by saying 'the famine is over'. The goal had come after an uncharacteristic drought at the time. Healy's comments were interpreted as a reference to Rangers fans' chant – "‘the famine is over, why don`t you go home?" Healy claimed to be oblivious to the fact that he had offended anyone saying, "I’m so disappointed and upset that anyone could even try and make this link. And when told about this I was totally bemused."[25]

He has won a total of 89 senior caps, leaving him third in the nation's all-time appearances chart behind defender Mal Donaghy (91) and goalkeeper Pat Jennings (119); his 35 international goals make him the nation's all-time leading goalscorer by a considerable distance.

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 September 2011[26]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1999–2000[27] Manchester United Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
1999–2000[27] Port Vale (loan) First Division 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3
2000–01[28] Manchester United Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2000–01[28] Preston North End (loan) First Division 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2000–01[28] Preston North End 21 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 25* 9**
2001–02[29] 44 10 3 0 2 0 0 0 49 10
2002–03[30] 22 5 1 0 4 0 0 0 27 5
2002–03[30] Norwich City (loan) 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
2003–04[31] Preston North End 38 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 42 15
2004–05[32] Championship 11 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 5
Preston North End total 137 44 8 0 8 0 0 0 156 45
2004–05[32] Leeds United Championship 28 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 7
2005–06[33] 42 12 2 2 2 0 0 0 48*** 14
2006–07[34] 41 10 1 0 2 0 0 0 44 10
Leeds United total 111 29 4 2 4 0 0 0 121 31
2007–08[35] Fulham Premier League 30 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 34 6
Fulham total 30 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 34 6
2008–09[36] Sunderland Premier League 10 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 14 3
2009–10[37] 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 0
2009–10[37] Ipswich Town (loan) Championship 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
2010–11[38] Doncaster Rovers (loan) Championship 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
Sunderland total 13 1 4 1 4 1 0 0 21 3
2010–11[38] Rangers SPL 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 1
2011–12[39] Rangers SPL 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
Rangers total 11 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 15 1
Career total 352 87 18 4 21 2 3 0 400 94

( * ) include 3 play-off appearances. ( ** ) includes 1 play-off goal. ( *** )include 2 play-off appearances.

International

Northern Ireland's goal tally first.

Personal life

Healy is married to Emma and they have two children, Taylor and Jude.[42] He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to football.[43]

Honours

with Rangers

References

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  41. ^ a b Missed a Penalty
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