Damien Duff

Damien Anthony Duff (born 2 March 1979) is an Irish professional football manager and former player, He is currently the manager of League of Ireland club Shelbourne F.C.

Damien Duff

Duff at Camp Shamrock, Tebnine, Lebanon, in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Damien Anthony Duff
Date of birth	(1979-03-02) 2 March 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Ballyboden, Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	Leicester Celtic
	Lourdes Celtic
	St. Kevin's Boys
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2003	Blackburn Rovers	185	(27)
2003–2006	Chelsea	81	(14)
2006–2009	Newcastle United	69	(5)
2009–2014	Fulham	130	(15)
2014–2015	Melbourne City	15	(1)
2015	Shamrock Rovers	9	(0)
Total		489	(62)
International career
1998–2012	Republic of Ireland	100	(8)
Managerial career
2015	Shamrock Rovers U15
2016–2018	Shamrock Rovers U17
2020–2021	Shelbourne U17
2021–	Shelbourne
Medal record Representing  Ireland FIFA World Youth Championship 1997 Malaysia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Damien Duff playing for Newcastle United, 2008

Club

As of match played 17 December 2015^[1][2][3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Blackburn Rovers	1996–97	Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	1997–98	Premier League	26	4	4	1	3	0	—		33	5
	1998–99	Premier League	28	1	4	0	3	0	1[a]	0	36	1
	1999–00	First Division	39	5	3	1	2	1	—		44	7
	2000–01	First Division	32	1	5	0	2	2	—		39	3
	2001–02	Premier League	32	7	2	0	5	1	—		39	8
	2002–03	Premier League	26	9	0	0	2	1	3[a]	1	31	11
	Total		184	27	18	2	17	5	4	1	223	35
Chelsea	2003–04	Premier League	23	5	1	0	2	0	11[b]	1	37	6
	2004–05	Premier League	30	6	2	0	6	2	10[b]	2	48	10
	2005–06	Premier League	28	3	5	0	0	0	7[c]	0	40	3
	Total		81	14	8	0	8	2	28	3	125	19
Newcastle United	2006–07	Premier League	22	1	0	0	2	0	9[a]	0	33	1
	2007–08	Premier League	16	0	3	1	0	0	—		19	1
	2008–09	Premier League	30	3	2	0	1	0	—		33	3
	2009–10	Championship	1	1	0	0	0	0	—		1	1
	Total		69	5	5	1	3	0	9	0	86	6
Fulham	2009–10	Premier League	32	6	4	2	0	0	14[d]	1	50	9
	2010–11	Premier League	24	4	2	0	1	0	—		27	4
	2011–12	Premier League	28	2	2	1	0	0	14[d]	3	44	6
	2012–13	Premier League	31	3	2	0	1	0	—		34	3
	2013–14	Premier League	15	0	2	0	1	0	—		18	0
	Total		130	15	12	3	3	0	28	4	173	22
Melbourne City	2014–15	A-League	15	1	1	0	—		—		16	1
Shamrock Rovers	2015	League of Ireland	9	0	0	0	—		—		9	0
Career total			488	62	44	6	31	7	69	8	632	83

1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. One appearance in FA Community Shield, 6 appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Republic of Ireland[4]	1998	5	0
	1999	8	0
	2000	3	0
	2001	6	1
	2002	11	1
	2003	9	4
	2004	7	0
	2005	8	0
	2006	6	1
	2007	3	0
	2008	6	0
	2009	8	0
	2010	5	0
	2011	9	1
	2012	6	0
Total		100[5]	8

Scores and results list Republic of Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Duff goal.

List of international goals scored by Damien Duff^[6]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 August 2001	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Croatia	1–0	2–2	Friendly
2	11 June 2002	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan	Saudi Arabia	3–0	3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup
3	29 March 2003	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia	Georgia	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4	30 April 2003	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Norway	1–0	1–0	Friendly
5	6 September 2003	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Russia	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
6	18 November 2003	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Canada	1–0	3–0	Friendly
7	1 March 2006	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Sweden	1–0	3–0	Friendly
8	8 February 2011	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Wales	2–0	3–0	2011 Nations Cup

Managerial

As of 22 April 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Shelbourne	3 November 2021	Present	90	35	30	25	109	90	+19	038.89
Career total			90	35	30	25	109	90	+19	038.89

Honours

Duff with the Republic of Ireland during UEFA Euro 2012

Player

Blackburn Rovers

• Football League Cup: 2001–02^[7]

Chelsea

• Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06^[8]
• Football League Cup: 2004–05^[7]
• FA Community Shield: 2005^[9]

Newcastle United

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2006^[10]

Fulham

• UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2009–10

Republic of Ireland U20

• FIFA World Youth Championship third place: 1997

Republic of Ireland

• Nations Cup: 2011^[3]

Individual

• FAI Senior International Player of the Year: 2002^[11]
• PFA Team of the Year: 2000–01 First Division^[12]
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2002^[13]

Manager

Shelbourne

• FAI Cup
  • Runners up: 2022