Kenny Murphy (soccer)

Kenneth Murphy (born 19 June 1956) is a Scottish former footballer who played international football for Australia.

Kenny Murphy

Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-06-19) 19 June 1956 (age 69)
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	St Columba's Boys Club; Dundee Boys
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1976	Dundee United[1]	1	(0)
1976–1977	Forfar Athletic[2]	0	(0)
	Melbourne Knights
1983–1987	South Melbourne	96	(8)
1989	Footscray JUST	22	(1)
International career
1983–1987	Australia	15	(1)
Managerial career
1991–1992	Melbourne Knights
1996	Melbourne Zebras
1997	Port Melbourne Sharks
1997–2000	Fawkner Blues
2005–2006	Altona Magic
2006–	Kingston City
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Murphy signed for Dundee United as a youngster and made one official appearance for the first team. Murphy moved on to Forfar Athletic before transferring to Melbourne CroatiaAustralia. Here, he also played for South Melbourne Hellas and Footscray JUST, also qualifying for the national team. Another Dundonian, Allan Boath, played for New Zealand under similar circumstances^[3]

Murphy managed former club National League clubs Melbourne Knights FC from 1991 to 1992, Melbourne Zebras 1994 to 1995 and was assistant coach in 2005 at another former club, South Melbourne. He managed Altona Magic although he left after just over a year. In July 2006, two weeks after leaving Altona, he took over at Kingston City.^[4]

Honours

Player

Melbourne Knights

• NPL Victoria: 1978, 1979^[5]
• State League Cup: 1979, 1980^[6][7]
• Dockerty Cup: 1979^[8]
• Ampol Cup: 1978, 1980^[9][10]

South Melbourne

• National Soccer League: 1984^[5]

Australia national team

• Ampol Cup: 1985^[11]
• Merlion Cup: 1983^[12]

Manager

Melbourne Knights

• NSL Minor Premiers: 1991–92^[13]