Michael Duff (footballer)

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Michael Duff
Personal information
Full name Michael James Duff
Date of birth January 11, 1979 (1979-01-11) (age 28)
Place of birth    Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Burnley
Number 4
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997-2004
2004-		 Cheltenham Town
Burnley		 242 (15)
133 0(4)   
National team2
2002- Northern Ireland 020 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 18:17, 4 December 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12:00, 12 September 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Michael James Duff (born January 11, 1979 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish international footballer who plays in the centre of defence or at right-back.

Despite being Northern Irish he grew up in Bedale in the Yorkshire Dales, and as a school boy represented North Yorkshire and joined the Darlington Football Club School of Excellence before moving to Cheltenham in 1994.

He started his professional football career at Cheltenham Town in 1997, where he played 242 games and scored 15 times.

On July 5, 2004, he made a £30,000[1] switch to his current club, Burnley where he became a regular, if not always automatic, first-team choice. Over the next couple of seasons he established himself as first choice right-back, although he had equally often played at centre-back. His first Burnley goal was credited in a Carling Cup game against Carlisle United, even though it might equally have been credited as an own goal. He finally got incontrovertibly on the score-sheet on October 14, 2006 against Hull City.

Duff was part of two of Northern Ireland's finest international moments of recent years; as a late substitute in their 1 – 0 victory over England on 7th September, 2005 and then in a 3 – 2 victory over Spain on 6th September, 2006.

In the 2007–2008 season Duff picked up a serious injury after the Championship match against Crystal Palace F.C and ruled out for a long period of time. He suffered multiple ligament damage and hamstring damage as well as a cruciate knee injury.[2]


Club Performance
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Burnley 2007–08 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 2
2006–07 44 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 45 2
2005–06 41 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 45 1
2004–05 42 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 47 0
Chelenham Town 2003–04 42 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 46 0
2002–03 44 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 51 2
2001–02 45 3 5 0 1 0 5 0 56 3
2000–01 39 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 44 5
1999–00 31 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 35 2
1998–99 41 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 44 3
1997–98 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Total 381 19 24 0 16 0 10 0 432 20

  1. ^ http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10413~10154,00.html
  2. ^ http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestHeadlines/0,,10413~1125738,00.html

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Burnley F.C. – current squad

1 Király • 2 Alexander • 3 Harley • 4 Duff • 5 Carlisle • 6 Caldwell • 7 J. O'Connor • 8 Guðjónsson • 9 Akinbiyi • 10 Gray • 11 Elliott • 12 Jensen • 14 Jones • 15 Spicer • 16 McCann • 17 Lafferty • 18 Mahon • 19 Rodriguez • 20 Blake • 21 G. O'Connor • 22 Berisha • 23 Jordan • 26 Unsworth • Manager: Coyle
Persondata
NAME Michael James Duff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Michael Duff
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast, Northern Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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