Dan Murray

Cork City

Born in Cambridge, Murray initially signed for Cork City on loan in 2002, under former manager Liam Murphy, from Peterborough United. One year later, he signed permanently for Cork. During his time on Leeside, he scored vital goals in European competition against Malmö FF in the UEFA Intertoto Cup (2004), Apollon Limassol in the UEFA Champions League qualifier in 2006 and FC Haka in the UEFA Cup in 2008. He is Cork's highest scorer in European competition. He was booked twice in their run during the 2006 UEFA Champions League qualifiers, once for an imitation of an Apollon Limassol player diving, and secondly during Cork's home game against Crvena Zvezda, when over-eagerly recovering a ball from an opposition player for a throw-in. This saw him miss the away leg in the Marakana, with his replacement being the untested Brian O'Callaghan. In 2005, Murray was the captain of the League of Ireland Championship winning team that won the title on the last day against Derry City. Murray's displays in the League of Ireland attracted interest from abroad, his name being linked with English Championship and League One clubs. During the 2008 campaign, with Murray an ever-present at the heart of the Cork defence, Cork kept 31 clean sheets in all competitions. In January 2010, the continuing degradation of his relationship with Cork City chairman Tom Coughlan and incoming manager Roddy Collins - including the removal of his captaincy to be given to recurrent City signing…

Cork City League of Ireland (1): 2005 FAI Cup (1): 2007 Setanta Sports Cup (1): 2008 Shamrock Rovers League of Ireland (2): 2010, 2011 Setanta Sports Cup (1): 2011