David Healy
David Healy, the United Kingdom forward, made 21 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 3 times, averaging 0.14 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2008-09, with 3 goals.
David Jonathan Healy (born 5 August 1979) is a Northern Irish football manager and former professional footballer who is in charge at NIFL Premiership club Linfield . A striker during his playing career, he is the men's all-time leading scorer for Northern Ireland with 36 goals . He also held the record for the joint highest scoring tally during a UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign, with 13 goals. He shared this record with Robert Lewandowski , until it was surpassed by Romelu Lukaku . Healy began his career as a youth team player at Manchester United in 1995, turning professional 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 goal-to-games ratio, before transferring to Leeds United in 2004. After three years at 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. He helped the club to the SPL title in 2010–11 and also played in the 2011 League Cup final victory, before departing at the end of the 2011–12 season, when his contract expired. He joined Bury for a one-season spell in August 2012. In addition to these clubs, he has also played for Port Vale , Norwich City , Ipswich Town , and Doncaster Rovers on loan. Bury released him in May 2013, and he retired in November 2013 after failing to find a club. Before representing his country at a senior level, he also played for both the under-21 team and the B team . He began his management career with Linfield in October 2015 and led — Wikipedia
- Position
- FW
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birthplace
- Killyleagh
- Born
- 5 Aug 1979
- Height
- 176 cm
In August 2008, Healy joined Sunderland on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee, believed to be worth £1.2 million. [ 17 ] Despite this sum he would never start a league game for the "Black Cats". Healy made his debut for Sunderland four days later in the League Cup and marked by scoring the winning goal in extra time against Nottingham Forest . [ 18 ] Healy also scored in the FA Cup against Blackburn Rovers . [ 19 ] Healy scored his first Premier League goal for the club in a 2–0 home win against Stoke City on 7 February 2009. [ 20 ] 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 teammate Daryl Murphy . [ 21 ] 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 . [ 22 ] 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. [ 23 ] Healy joined Doncaster Rovers on loan in November 2010, to fill the void left by the injured Billy Sharp . [ 24 ] He marked his Doncaster debut with a goal, finding the net in a 2–1 win over Millwall on 6 November. [ 25 ] Doncaster extended Healy's loan spell into a second month. [ 26 ] — Wikipedia
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