Wikipedia

David Healy

Northern Irish footballer & manager

David Healy (born 5 August 1979) is a Northern Irish retired football player.

David Healy
MBE
Healy as a Fulham player in 2007
Personal information
Full name David Jonathan Healy[1]
Date of birth (1979-08-05) 5 August 1979 (age 45)[2]
Place of birth Killyleagh, County Down, Northern Ireland[3]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[4]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Linfield (manager)
Youth career
1995–1999 Manchester United
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)
2011–2012 Rangers 19 (4)
2012–2013 Bury 16 (1)
Total 378 (92)
National team
1993–1994 Northern Ireland U15 10 (6)
1994–1995 Northern Ireland U16 2 (1)
1995–1997 Northern Ireland U18 5 (2)
1998–1999 Northern Ireland U21 8 (4)
1999 Northern Ireland B 1 (0)
2000–2013 Northern Ireland 95 (36)
Teams managed
2015– Linfield
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

change

Club

change
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester United 1999–2000[6] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2000–01[7] Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Total 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
Port Vale (loan) 1999–2000[6] First Division 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3
Preston North End 2000–01[7] First Division 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2000–01[7] First Division 21 8 1 0 0 0 3[a] 1 25 9
2001–02[8] First Division 44 10 3 0 2 0 0 0 49 10
2002–03[9] First Division 22 5 1 0 4 0 0 0 27 5
2003–04[10] First Division 38 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 42 15
2004–05[11] Championship 11 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 5
Total 137 44 8 0 8 0 0 0 156 45
Norwich City (loan) 2002–03[9] First Division 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
Leeds United 2004–05[11] Championship 28 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 7
2005–06[12] Championship 42 12 2 2 2 0 2[a] 0 48 14
2006–07[13] Championship 41 10 1 0 2 0 0 0 44 10
Total 111 29 4 2 4 0 0 0 121 31
Fulham 2007–08[14] Premier League 30 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 34 6
Sunderland 2008–09[15] Premier League 10 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 14 3
2009–10[16] Premier League 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 0
Total 13 1 4 1 4 1 0 0 21 3
Ipswich Town (loan) 2009–10[16] Championship 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
Doncaster Rovers (loan) 2010–11[17] Championship 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
Rangers 2010–11[17] SPL 8 1 0 0 0 0 2[b] 0 10 1
2011–12[18] SPL 11 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 4
Total 19 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 24 5
Bury 2012–13[19] League One 16 1 1 0 0 0 2[c] 0 19 1
Career total 377 91 21 5 21 2 4 0 428 99
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearance/s in play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance/s in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearance/s in Football League Trophy

International

change
See the main article: List of international goals scored by David Healy
Appearances and goals by national team and year[20]
National team Year Apps Goals
Northern Ireland 2000 7 5
2001 8 3
2002 6 0
2003 8 0
2004 10 8
2005 9 3
2006 6 5
2007 8 9
2008 8 2
2009 9 0
2010 5 0
2011 7 0
2012 3 1
2013 1 0
Total 95 36

Managerial

change
As of match played 11 November 2023
Team From To Record
G W D L F A GD Win %
Linfield 14 October 2015 present 421 266 66 89 875 389 +486 63.18
Total 421 266 66 89 875 389 +486 63.18

Honours

change

As a player

change

Rangers

Individual

As a manager

change

Linfield

Individual

References

change
  1. ↑ "David Healy". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ↑ "David Healy - Manchester United Player Profile & Stats". www.mufcinfo.com. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Leeds United F.C. History". www.ozwhitelufc.net.au. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 1999/00". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "David Healy". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Games played by David Healy in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Games played by David Healy in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Games played by David Healy in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Games played by David Healy in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Games played by David Healy in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Games played by David Healy in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Games played by David Healy in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Games played by David Healy in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by David Healy in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  15. ↑ "Games played by David Healy in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Games played by David Healy in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Games played by David Healy in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  18. ↑ "Games played by David Healy in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  19. ↑ "Games played by David Healy in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  20. ↑ "David Healy". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  21. ↑ "Dunlop and Best are honoured". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 December 2000. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  22. ↑ Mills, Alex (6 May 2017). "Irish Cup Final: Linfield 3 Coleraine 0 - Rampant Andy Waterworth seals win with hat-trick - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "NI Football Awards: Linfield defender Callacher named player of the year". BBC Sport. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  24. ↑ Crossan, Brendan (27 June 2020). "We earned the right to be crowned champions: Linfield boss David Healy". The Irish News. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Irish Premiership: 'I don't want to outstay my welcome' - Healy after Linfield win title". 30 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  26. ↑ "'I've never quite won the supporters over' - Healy". BBC Sport. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  27. ↑ "LINFIELD - BETMCLEAN LEAGUE CUP WINNERS 2018/19!". www.nifootballleague.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  28. ↑ "2023-03-12 - Linfield v Coleraine". NI Football League. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  29. ↑ "County Antrim Shield final: Crusaders 1-3 Linfield". BBC Sport. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  30. ↑ "Coleraine 1-3 Linfield: Blues come back to win first silverware of the season". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Healy&oldid=9419015"