David Healy

David Healy (born 5 August 1979) is a Northern Irish retired football player.

David Healy
MBE

Healy as a Fulham player in 2007
Personal information
Full name	David Jonathan Healy[1]
Date of birth	(1979-08-05) 5 August 1979 (age 46)[2]
Place of birth	Killyleagh, County Down, Northern Ireland[3]
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[4]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Linfield (manager)
Youth career
1995–1999	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	Manchester United	1	(0)
2000	→ Port Vale (loan)	16	(3)
2000–2001	→ Preston North End (loan)	2	(1)
2001–2004	Preston North End	137	(44)
2003	→ Norwich City (loan)	5	(1)
2003	→ Norwich City (loan)	8	(1)
2004–2007	Leeds United	111	(29)
2007–2008	Fulham	30	(4)
2008–2011	Sunderland	13	(1)
2010	→ Ipswich Town (loan)	12	(1)
2010–2011	→ Doncaster Rovers (loan)	8	(2)
2011–2012	Rangers	19	(4)
2012–2013	Bury	16	(1)
Total		378	(92)
International career
1993–1994	Northern Ireland U15	10	(6)
1994–1995	Northern Ireland U16	2	(1)
1995–1997	Northern Ireland U18	5	(2)
1998–1999	Northern Ireland U21	8	(4)
1999	Northern Ireland B	1	(0)
2000–2013	Northern Ireland	95	(36)
Managerial career
2015–	Linfield
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Manchester United	1999–2000[6]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	2000–01[7]	Premier League	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
Port Vale (loan)	1999–2000[6]	First Division	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	3
Preston North End	2000–01[7]	First Division	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	2000–01[7]	First Division	21	8	1	0	0	0	3[a]	1	25	9
	2001–02[8]	First Division	44	10	3	0	2	0	0	0	49	10
	2002–03[9]	First Division	22	5	1	0	4	0	0	0	27	5
	2003–04[10]	First Division	38	15	3	0	1	0	0	0	42	15
	2004–05[11]	Championship	11	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	5
	Total		137	44	8	0	8	0	0	0	156	45
Norwich City (loan)	2002–03[9]	First Division	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	2
Leeds United	2004–05[11]	Championship	28	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	7
	2005–06[12]	Championship	42	12	2	2	2	0	2[a]	0	48	14
	2006–07[13]	Championship	41	10	1	0	2	0	0	0	44	10
	Total		111	29	4	2	4	0	0	0	121	31
Fulham	2007–08[14]	Premier League	30	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	34	6
Sunderland	2008–09[15]	Premier League	10	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	14	3
	2009–10[16]	Premier League	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		13	1	4	1	4	1	0	0	21	3
Ipswich Town (loan)	2009–10[16]	Championship	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	1
Doncaster Rovers (loan)	2010–11[17]	Championship	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2
Rangers	2010–11[17]	SPL	8	1	0	0	0	0	2[b]	0	10	1
	2011–12[18]	SPL	11	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	14	4
	Total		19	4	2	1	1	0	2	0	24	5
Bury	2012–13[19]	League One	16	1	1	0	0	0	2[c]	0	19	1
Career total			377	91	21	5	21	2	4	0	428	99

1. Appearance/s in play-offs
2. Appearance/s in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance/s in Football League Trophy

International

Main article: List of international goals scored by David Healy

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[20]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Northern Ireland	2000	7	5
	2001	8	3
	2002	6	0
	2003	8	0
	2004	10	8
	2005	9	3
	2006	6	5
	2007	8	9
	2008	8	2
	2009	9	0
	2010	5	0
	2011	7	0
	2012	3	1
	2013	1	0
	Total	95	36

Managerial

As of match played 11 November 2023

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Win %
Linfield	14 October 2015	present	421	266	66	89	875	389	+486	63.18
Total			421	266	66	89	875	389	+486	63.18

Honours

As a player

Rangers

• Scottish Premier League: 2010–11
• Scottish League Cup: 2010–11

Individual

• Belfast Telegraph BBC Award: 2000^[21]
• Preston North End Player of the Year: 2003–04

As a manager

Linfield

• NIFL Premiership: 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22^{[22][23][24][25][26]}
• Irish Cup: 2016–17, 2020–21
• Northern Ireland Football League Cup: 2018–19,^[27] 2022–23^[28]
• County Antrim Shield: 2016–17^[29]
• Charity Shield: 2017^[30]

Individual

• Northern Ireland Manager of the Year: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22^[23][25]