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 44)[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)
2000Port Vale (loan) 16 (3)
2000–2001Preston North End (loan) 2 (1)
2001–2004 Preston North End 137 (44)
2003Norwich City (loan) 5 (1)
2003Norwich City (loan) 8 (1)
2004–2007 Leeds United 111 (29)
2007–2008 Fulham 30 (4)
2008–2011 Sunderland 13 (1)
2010Ipswich Town (loan) 12 (1)
2010–2011Doncaster 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

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.