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David Healy
Personal information
Full name	David Jonathan Healy
Date of birth	5 August 1979 (1979-08-05) (age 28)
Place of birth	Killyleagh, Northern Ireland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Fulham
Number	9
Youth clubs
	Manchester United
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2001 2000 2000–2001 2001–2004 2003 2003 2004–2007 2007–	Manchester United → Port Vale (loan) → Preston North End (loan) Preston North End → Norwich City (loan) → Norwich City (loan) Leeds United Fulham	001 0(0) 016 0(3) 002 0(1) 136 (43) 005 0(1) 008 0(1) 111 (29) 013 0(3)
National team2
2000–	Northern Ireland	062 (33)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:18, 10 November 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 21:30, 17 November 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

David Jonathan Healy (born 5 August 1979 in Killyleagh) is a professional footballer who has scored a record 33 international goals for Northern Ireland. He plays his club football for Fulham of the English Premier League.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Manchester United 1.2 Preston North End 1.3 Leeds United 1.4 Fulham 2 Personal life 3 International career 4 International Goals and Caps 5 International Matches he has missed 6 References 7 External links

Healy was raised in Killyleagh, and played for Lisburn Youth and Down Academy High School in Downpatrick. He signed for Manchester United in August 1999, just four days before his 20th birthday. He made his debut for the Manchester United first team in a League Cup tie away to Aston Villa on 13 October 1999. In February 2000 he was loaned to Port Vale, but before playing for them he made his international debut.

He made 16 appearances for Port Vale, scoring 3 goals. 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), and he made his Premiership debut 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. The fee was £1,500,000.

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; by the end of January 2003 he had made 23 League appearances but scored ony five goals. David joined Norwich City, managed by Nigel Worthington, on a month's loan at the end of January; in the end he stayed for the remainder of that season, but in 13 appearances for the Canaries he scored only two goals. However, in 2003-04, he returned to Preston and netted 15 times in 42 matches.

Healy joined Leeds United on the October 29, 2004, quickly becoming a fan favourite. In his first season at Leeds, he was the club's joint top scorer alongside Brian Deane with seven goals. He followed this by finishing joint top scorer in the 2005-06 season with Rob Hulse on 14 goals and then finished the following 2006-07 season as top scorer with 10 goals. He left for Fulham after the 2006-07 season because of Leeds United's relegation from the Championship after the club entered administration.

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. Healy also scored in a home Carling Cup clash against Bolton Wanderers which Fulham lost 2-1. He added to his goal tally in Fulham's 3-1 win over Reading F.C.

Healy is married to Emma Heron and they have 2 children. They live in Worsley, Manchester. David recently won the Unofficial 2007 Sports Personality of the Year Award after his Record scoring in this years Euro 2008 Qualifications^[2]

He made his debut for Northern Ireland in February 2000, in a friendly against Luxembourg, scoring 2 goals. He was still only 20 years old; having made his debut appearance for Manchester United the previous October, he had just joined Port Vale on loan. His competitive international debut 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, he scored his 13th and 14th goals for Northern Ireland, thus equalling and overtaking Colin Clarke's record for the country. It was his 35th international.

On 7 September 2005, at Windsor Park, Healy secured a famous victory for his country against England when he scored the only goal of the game.

He achieved his 50th cap against Finland in August 2006. In this game he captained his country for the first time and scored his 20th international goal.

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 an historic 3-2 victory over Spain.

Healy followed this feat with the winner against Latvia on 11 October 2006. ^[3] In the following international game, against Liechtenstein, he scored a second hat-trick; this made him the first player ever to score two hat-tricks for Northern Ireland. ^[4]

He scored both of Northern Ireland's goals in a 2-1 win against Sweden on 28 March 2007, ^[5] 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 11 games). This made him the highest-ever goalscorer in a UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign. The previous record, of 12 goals in 10 games, had been held by Davor Šuker of Croatia since 1996.

Healy's goalscoring exploits have made him one of the most popular players ever to appear for Northern Ireland. Up to the end of the Euro 2008 qualifiers he had scored 33 goals in 62 appearances for his country. Only Bobby Charlton, Gary Lineker, Jimmy Greaves and Michael Owen (all of England) have scored more goals for the various international sides of the British Isles. Healy's international average of 0.53 goals per game, or one goal every 1.88 games, compares with 85 goals in 326 appearances for his various clubs (up to the end of November 2007): an average of 0.26 goals per game, or one goal every 3.84 games. His international scoring rate is therefore marginally over twice as good as his club rate. (81 of his 326 club appearances - just under 25% - have been as a substitute.)^[6]

The Record's He Has Beaten

• The joint top goalscorers record for Northern Ireland which was shared by Billy Gillespie and Colin Clarke in 2004.
• First goal in 1298 Minutes Against Norway in 2004.
• First Win in 16 Matches Against Estonia in 2004.
• First Goal Against England since 1980 and first win over England since 1972 and first win in Belfast since 1927.
• First Hat Trick for Northern Ireland in 2006 since Colin Clarke in 1991 Against the Faroe Islands and the the first since George Best in 1971 Against Cyprus in Belfast.
• First ever Northern Ireland player to get 2 Hat Tricks Against Liechtenstein in 2007
• In 2007 he broke the other Home Nations goalscorers record in the 2-1 win over Sweden he broke the Wales goalscoring record held by Ian Rush by 1 goal.
• The next game against Liechtenstein he scored twice in the 3-1 win and he also broke the joint Scotland goalscoring record held by Kenny Dalglish and Denis Law.
• First player to score 13 in a European Championship qualifying campaign he broke the record held by Davor Šuker who scored 12 for Croatia in the Euro 96 qualifying campaign

Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first. The "Caps" figures are in bold for games in which he scored

Caps	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Scored	Location
1	2000-02-23	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	3-1	Friendly match	2
2	2000-03-28	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali	Malta	3-0	Friendly match	1
3	2000-04-26	Windsor Park, Belfast	Hungary	0-1	Friendly match	0
4	2000-08-16	Windsor Park, Belfast	Yugoslavia	1-2	Friendly match	1
5	2000-09-02	Windsor Park, Belfast	Malta	1-0	FIFA World Cup qualification	0
6	2000-10-07	Windsor Park, Belfast	Denmark	1-1	FIFA World Cup qualification	1
7	2000-10-11	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík	Iceland	0-1	FIFA World Cup qualification	0
8	2001-02-28	Windsor Park, Belfast	Norway	0-4	Friendly match	0
9	2001-03-24	Windsor Park, Belfast	Czech Republic	0-1	FIFA World Cup qualification	0
10	2001-03-28	Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia	Bulgaria	3-4	FIFA World Cup qualification	1
11	2001-06-02	Windsor Park, Belfast	Bulgaria	0-1	FIFA World Cup qualification	0
12	2001-06-06	Na Stínadlech Stadium, Teplice	Czech Republic	1-3	FIFA World Cup qualification	0
13	2001-09-01	Valby Idrætspark, Copenhagen	Denmark	1-1	FIFA World Cup qualification	0
14	2001-09-05	Windsor Park, Belfast	Iceland	3-0	FIFA World Cup qualification	1
15	2001-10-06	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali	Malta	1-0	FIFA World Cup qualification	1
16	2002-02-13	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus	Poland	1-4	Friendly match	0
17	2002-03-17	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz	Liechtenstein	0-0	Friendly match	0
18	2002-04-17	Windsor Park, Belfast	Spain	0-5	Friendly match	0
19	2002-08-21	Windsor Park, Belfast	Cyprus	0-0	Friendly match	0
20	2002-10-12	Estadio Carlos Belmonte, Albacete	Spain	0-3	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifcation	0
21	2002-10-16	Windsor Park, Belfast	Ukraine	0-0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifcation	0
22	2003-02-12	Windsor Park, Belfast	Finland	0-1	Friendly match	0
23	2003-03-29	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan	Armenia	0-1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifcation	0
24	2003-04-02	Windsor Park, Belfast	Greece	0-1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifcation	0
25	2003-06-03	Stadio Nuovo Romagnoli, Campobasso	Italy	0-2	Friendly match	0
26	2003-06-11	Windsor Park, Belfast	Spain	0-0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifcation	0
27	2003-09-06	Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk	Ukraine	0-0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifcation	0
28	2003-09-10	Windsor Park, Belfast	Armenia	0-1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifcation	0
29	2003-10-11	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens	Greece	0-1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifcation	0
30	2004-02-18	Windsor Park, Belfast	Norway	1-4	Friendly match	1
31	2004-03-31	A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn	Estonia	1-0	Friendly match	1
32	2004-04-28	Windsor Park, Belfast	Serbia and Montenegro	1-1	Friendly match	0
33	2004-05-30	Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown	Barbados	1-1	Friendly match	1
34	2004-06-02	Warner Park, Basseterre	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2-0	Friendly match	1
35	2004-06-06	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet	Trinidad and Tobago	3-0	Friendly match	2
36	2004-08-18	Hardturm Stadium, Zurich	Switzerland	0-0	Friendly match	0
37	2004-09-04	Windsor Park, Belfast	Poland	0-3	FIFA World Cup qualification	0
38	2004-09-08	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	Wales	2-2	FIFA World Cup qualification	1
39	2004-10-13	Windsor Park, Belfast	Austria	3-3	FIFA World Cup qualification	1
40	2005-02-09	Windsor Park, Belfast	Canada	0-1	Friendly match	0
41	2005-03-26	Old Trafford, Manchester	England	0-4	FIFA World Cup qualification	0
42	2005-03-30	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw	Poland	0-1	FIFA World Cup qualification	0
43	2005-04-06	Windsor Park, Belfast	Germany	1-4	Friendly match	1
44	2005-08-17	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali	Malta	1-1	Friendly match	1
45	2005-09-03	Windsor Park, Belfast	Azerbaijan	2-0	FIFA World Cup qualification	0
46	2005-09-07	Windsor Park, Belfast	England	1-0	FIFA World Cup qualification	1
47	2005-10-08	Windsor Park, Belfast	Wales	2-3	FIFA World Cup qualification	0
48	2005-10-12	Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna	Austria	0-2	FIFA World Cup qualification	0
49	2006-01-03	Windsor Park, Belfast	Estonia	1-0	Friendly match	0
50	2006-08-16	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki	Finland	2-1	Friendly match	1
51	2006-09-02	Windsor Park, Belfast	Iceland	0-3	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	0
52	2006-09-06	Windsor Park, Belfast	Spain	3-2	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	3
53	2006-10-07	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen	Denmark	0-0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	0
54	2006-10-11	Windsor Park, Belfast	Latvia	1-0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	1
55	2007-03-24	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz	Liechtenstein	4-1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	3
56	2007-03-28	Windsor Park, Belfast	Sweden	2-1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	2
57	2007-08-22	Windsor Park, Belfast	Liechtenstein	3-1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	2
58	2007-09-08	Skonto Stadium, Skonto	Latvia	0-1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	0
59	2007-09-12	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík	Iceland	1-2	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	1
60	2007-10-17	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm	Sweden	1-1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	0
61	2007-11-17	Windsor Park, Belfast	Denmark	2-1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	1
62	2007-11-21	Estadio Gran Canaria, Las Palmas	Spain	0-1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	0

Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Location	Reason
2004-10-09	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku	Azerbaijan	0-0	FIFA World Cup qualification		Suspended
2005-11-15	Windsor Park, Belfast	Portugal	1-1	Friendly match		Rested
2006-05-21	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford	Uruguay	0-1	Friendly match		Rested
2006-05-26	Soldier Field, Chicago	Romania	0-2	Friendly match		Rested
2007-02-06	Windsor Park, Belfast	Wales	0-0	Friendly match		Rested

• David Healy career stats at Soccerbase
• Northern Ireland Fans Forum
• Our Wee Country Supporters Forum
• Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
• Northern Ireland Career

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