DAVE MULLIGAN PROFILE

David James Mulligan born 24 March 1982 is a New Zealand international footballer, currently playing for Auckland City FC in the ASB Premiership. Born in England, he made over 180 appearances in the English Football League between 2000 and 2008. He is able to play in both midfield and defence.

His career began at Barnsley in 2000, where he played 66 league games in three years. He spent two years at Doncaster Rovers, making close to 100 appearances, before signing with Scunthorpe United in 2006. Less of a regular with Scunny, he enjoyed a quick spell with Port Vale in 2008, before moving to New Zealand to play for the country's only professional club Wellington Phoenix.

He has earned national representation at under-17, under-20, under-23 and full international level. He was selected for two FIFA Confederations Cup competitions, and was also named in the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad.

Mulligan started his club career at Barnsley in 2000, making his professional debut in a 3–0 defeat to Manchester City on 31 October 2001. The Tykes were relegated at the end of the season, but Mulligan retained his place in the first 11 for the 2002–03 campaign.

The next season he lost his first team place and was released by Barnsley in October 2003,despite having been offered a new contract just five months earlier. He joined Doncaster Rovers five months later in February 2004, initially on a match-to-match basis, then on a short term contract, before he was rewarded with a two year contract to sign at the season's end.

He quickly established himself at Rovers, but again ran into trouble early into the season, being placed on the transfer list by Donny in November 2004. He went nowhere however and was a regular starter in both 2004–05 and 2005–06. The utility player was offered a contract in the summer of 2006, but the two sides failed to agree terms.

In June 2006, Mulligan signed for League One side Scunthorpe United. He failed to establish himself at the club, making 29 appearances throughout the whole of his first season.

He joined Grimsby Town on a one-month loan in November 2007, and then joined Port Vale on a free transfer in January 2008. He stayed until the end of the season, but his stay was to prove a relatively short one as manager Lee Sinnott declined to offer Mulligan a longer contract.

Mulligan signed a two-year contract with the Wellington Phoenix FC in July 2008, however he struggled to make an impact and made just three appearances for the club in two seasons before his contract was not renewed at the end of the 2009–10 season.

Mulligan soon signed on with ASB Premiership club Auckland City FC for the 2010–11 season. He made his debut in the opening round match against Waikato FC[14] in which he scored 2 goals in the second half, allowing Auckland City a 3–2 victory to start of their campaign.

Mulligan played for NZ Under-17 at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship and scored two goals in their two pool matches against the United States and Poland.

Mulligan played for NZ Under-23 at the 2004 Athens Olympics qualification tournament for the Oceania Football Confederation, however New Zealand lost out to Australia and did not qualify for the Olympics.

He earned his All Whites debut in an international friendly against Estonia on 13 October 2002.

Mulligan was named as part of the New Zealand team to travel to the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in June 2009 and made two starting appearances against Spain and South Africa as well as a substitute appearance against Iraq.

On 10 May 2010, Mulligan was named in New Zealand's final 23-man squad to compete at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Mulligan recently featured for the All Whites in an international friendly against China on 25 March 2011 at Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium, Hubei Province, China. He earned plaudits for his 90-minute performance in central midfield in the absence of Elliott and Brown and even had a long-range shot parried by the Chinese goalkeeper


The Profile for Dave Mulligan

Full name: David James Mulligan
Date of birth: 24 March 1982
Place of birth: Liverpool, England
Height: 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position: Central Midfield/Right Back

Club information
Current club: Auckland City FC
Number: 8

Senior career
2000–2003 Barnsley 66 (1)
2004–2006 Doncaster Rovers 77 (4)
2006–2008 Scunthorpe United 24 (1)
2007 → Grimsby Town (loan) 6 (0)
2008 Port Vale 13 (1)
2008–2010 Wellington Phoenix 3 (0)
2010– Auckland City 16 (6)

National team
1999–1999 New Zealand U-17 3 (2)
New Zealand U-20
2003–2004 New Zealand U-23
2002– New Zealand 28 (3)

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