Colin Healy
Encyclopedia
Colin Healy is an international footballer for the Republic of Ireland national football team
, currently a free agent after having his contract terminated by mutual consent at Ipswich Town Fc.
in County Cork
. He came from a sporting family, with his grandfather Paddy Healy having been a Gaelic football
er and hurler
who won All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
and All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
medals with the Cork inter-county football and hurling teams respectively in 1945 and 1946. Healy played local soccer with Ballincollig and then Wilton United. He attended the FAS/FAI
course in Cork run by former Celtic
and Cork City midfielder Mick Conroy and from here he was taken to Celtic Park
. He would go on to score three goals for Celtic, his first coming in a league game against Dundee in February 2000, and followed this up with League Cup goals against Hearts and Stirling Albion.
He played and scored a goal against Australia at the FIFA World Youth Championship finals in Nigeria
in 1999 http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191313/matches/match=31053/report.html.
Represented his country at the UEFA U-19 Championship
in Sweden in 1999 where he won a bronze medal http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1999/0717/Pg032.html#Ar03202:22550026B51A.
During the Saipan incident
between Mick McCarthy
and fellow Cork man Roy Keane
at the 2002 FIFA World Cup
, Healy was called upon by McCarthy as the replacement should Keane be dropped from the squad. A succession of changes-of-heart by the Manchester United player led to the call-up being delayed and the deadline passing, with Healy unable to join the World Cup
squad.
succeeded in signing Healy from Celtic in 2003. In December 2003 he broke his leg in a match against a former loan club, Coventry City
after a challenge by Moroccan international
Youssef Safri
.
In October 2004, he broke his leg again soon after resuming training with Sunderland. In January 2006, it was announced that Healy's contract with Sunderland had expired, and the midfielder left the club.
club Livingston
on 10 March 2006 until the end of the season. On 10 August 2006 Healy signed a one year contract with Barnsley
. Having made only 10 appearances for Barnsley, he had his contract cancelled by mutual consent.
club Cork City, alongside former international colleague Gareth Farrelly
. FIFA ruled both players to be unable to play for the club, citing a rule forbidding players from transferring between clubs more than twice in a 12 month period between July and June. FIFA
rejected appeals made by both players. On 1 July 2007 both Healy and Gareth Farrelly became eligible to play for Cork City. On this date, they both played for the club's under-21 team against Lifford of Ennis, Co Clare, winning the game 2–0.
Healy made his full Cork City debut against Bohemians
when they were beaten in extra time in the Eircom League Cup Quarter Final held at Dalymount Park
on 3 July 2007.
Healy signed a two-year contract for Cork in 2009. In April 2009, Healy scored his only goal for Cork at Tallaght Stadium
.
100,000 bid from Hartlepool United to take Healy and fellow Cork City team-mate Denis Behan
to Victoria Park, Hartlepool
. However five days later, Hartlepool United manager Chris Turner
confirmed that the deal had not happened due to late interest from Ipswich Town. Healy subsequently signed for Ipswich for an undisclosed fee. In January 2010, he signed on-loan with Scottish Premier League
club Falkirk
.
In February 2011 Healy scored his first goal for the club against Doncaster Rovers
. His contract was terminated by mutual consent in November 2011.
|1998/99||rowspan="4"|Celtic
||rowspan="4"|Premier League
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|1999/00||10||1||1||0||1||0||1||0||13||1
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|2000/01||12||0||0||0||3||1||6||0||21||1
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|2001/02||4||0||1||0||0||0||1||1||6||1
|-
|2001/02||Coventry City
||First Division
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|2002/03
||Celtic
||Premier League
||1||0||2||0||1||0||1||0||5||0
|-
|2003/04||rowspan="2"|Sunderland
||First Division
||20||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||20||0
|-
|2004/05||Championship
||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|2005/06||Livingston
||Premier League
||9||2||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||9||2
|-
|2006/07||Barnsley
||Championship
||8||0||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||10||0
|-
|2006/07||Bradford City
||League One
||2||0||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0
|-
|2007||rowspan="3"|Cork City
||rowspan="3"|Premier Division
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|2008||24||0||||||||||||||24||0
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|2009||20||2||||||||||||||20||2
|-
|2009/10||Ipswich Town
||Championship
||3||0||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||5||0
|-
|2009/10||Falkirk
||Premier League
||19||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||19||1
|-
|2010/11||Ipswich Town
||Championship
||16||2||1||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||22||2
58||4||4||0||5||1||9||1||76||6
66||4||3||0||9||0||colspan="2"|-||78||4
62||2||||||||||||||62||2
186||10||7||0||14||1||9||1||216||12
|}
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|2002||6||1
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|2003||7||0
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!Total||13||1
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Republic of Ireland national football team
The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....
, currently a free agent after having his contract terminated by mutual consent at Ipswich Town Fc.
Early career
Healy was born in BallincolligBallincollig
Ballincollig is a satellite town in County Cork, Ireland, approximately 9 km west of Cork city. It is located beside the River Lee on the R608 regional road. In 2006 the population of Ballincollig DED was 16,308. The nearest towns include: Ballinora, Ovens, Killumney, Inniscarra, Blarney ,...
in County Cork
County Cork
County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...
. He came from a sporting family, with his grandfather Paddy Healy having been a Gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
er and hurler
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
who won All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...
and All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for the top hurling teams in Ireland....
medals with the Cork inter-county football and hurling teams respectively in 1945 and 1946. Healy played local soccer with Ballincollig and then Wilton United. He attended the FAS/FAI
Football Association of Ireland
The Football Association of Ireland is the governing body for the sport of association football in the Republic of Ireland. It should not to be confused with the Irish Football Association , which is the organising body for the sport in Northern Ireland.For the full history, statistics and records...
course in Cork run by former Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
and Cork City midfielder Mick Conroy and from here he was taken to Celtic Park
Celtic Park
Celtic Park is a football stadium in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which is the home ground of Celtic FC. Celtic Park, an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 60,832, is the largest football stadium in Scotland and the sixth-largest stadium in the United Kingdom, after Murrayfield, Old Trafford,...
. He would go on to score three goals for Celtic, his first coming in a league game against Dundee in February 2000, and followed this up with League Cup goals against Hearts and Stirling Albion.
He played and scored a goal against Australia at the FIFA World Youth Championship finals in Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
in 1999 http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191313/matches/match=31053/report.html.
Represented his country at the UEFA U-19 Championship
UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
The European Under 19 Football Championship is an annual football competition organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA. The competition has been held since 1948. It was originally called the FIFA junior tournament, until it was taken over by UEFA in 1955...
in Sweden in 1999 where he won a bronze medal http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1999/0717/Pg032.html#Ar03202:22550026B51A.
During the Saipan incident
2002 Roy Keane incident
The Roy Keane incident was a public quarrel in May 2002 between Republic of Ireland national football team's captain Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy when the team was preparing for its matches in Japan in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. It resulted in Keane, the key player, leaving the squad...
between Mick McCarthy
Mick McCarthy
Michael Joseph "Mick" McCarthy is an English-born former Irish international footballer who is currently the manager of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he has been in charge since July 2006....
and fellow Cork man Roy Keane
Roy Keane
Roy Maurice Keane is an Irish former footballer and manager. In his 18-year playing career, he played for Cobh Ramblers in the League of Ireland, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United, before ending his career at Celtic in Scotland....
at the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
, Healy was called upon by McCarthy as the replacement should Keane be dropped from the squad. A succession of changes-of-heart by the Manchester United player led to the call-up being delayed and the deadline passing, with Healy unable to join the World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
squad.
Sunderland
SunderlandSunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
succeeded in signing Healy from Celtic in 2003. In December 2003 he broke his leg in a match against a former loan club, Coventry City
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
after a challenge by Moroccan international
Morocco national football team
The Morocco national football team , nicknamed أسود الأطلس , is the national team of Morocco and is managed by Eric Gerets. Winners of the African Nations Cup in 1976, they were the first African team to win a group at the World Cup, which they did in 1986, finishing ahead of Portugal, Poland, and...
Youssef Safri
Youssef Safri
Youssef Safri is a Moroccan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qatar SC in the Qatari League.-Career:Safri had played for Coventry City from 2001 to 2004 where he made his name in the English game after a transfer from Raja Casablanca of Morocco. This time was not without controversy however...
.
In October 2004, he broke his leg again soon after resuming training with Sunderland. In January 2006, it was announced that Healy's contract with Sunderland had expired, and the midfielder left the club.
Livingston and Barnsley
Healy joined SPLScottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
club Livingston
Livingston F.C.
Livingston Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in Livingston, West Lothian. The club currently plays in the Scottish Football League First Division.The club was founded in 1943 as Ferranti Thistle, a works team...
on 10 March 2006 until the end of the season. On 10 August 2006 Healy signed a one year contract with Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...
. Having made only 10 appearances for Barnsley, he had his contract cancelled by mutual consent.
Cork City and FIFA case
On 20 February 2007 he signed a two-year contract with hometown League of IrelandLeague of Ireland
The League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
club Cork City, alongside former international colleague Gareth Farrelly
Gareth Farrelly
Gareth Farrelly is an Irish footballer. He currently plays for Warrington Town and Paul Hastings FC ....
. FIFA ruled both players to be unable to play for the club, citing a rule forbidding players from transferring between clubs more than twice in a 12 month period between July and June. FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
rejected appeals made by both players. On 1 July 2007 both Healy and Gareth Farrelly became eligible to play for Cork City. On this date, they both played for the club's under-21 team against Lifford of Ennis, Co Clare, winning the game 2–0.
Healy made his full Cork City debut against Bohemians
Bohemian F.C.
Bohemian F.C. , more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the third most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11...
when they were beaten in extra time in the Eircom League Cup Quarter Final held at Dalymount Park
Dalymount Park
Dalymount Park is an Irish football stadium situated on Dublin's Northside. It is the home of Bohemian F.C., who have played there since the early 20th century. Affectionately known as 'Dalyer' by fans, it was also historically the "home of Irish football" holding Irish internationals and FAI Cup...
on 3 July 2007.
Healy signed a two-year contract for Cork in 2009. In April 2009, Healy scored his only goal for Cork at Tallaght Stadium
Tallaght Stadium
Tallaght Stadium is a football stadium in the Southside suburb of Tallaght, Dublin. Shamrock Rovers originally announced details of the stadium back in July 1996...
.
Ipswich Town
On 16 July 2009 it was confirmed that Cork City had accepted a £Pound sterling
The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
100,000 bid from Hartlepool United to take Healy and fellow Cork City team-mate Denis Behan
Denis Behan
Denis Behan is an Irish professional footballer currently playing for Limerick in the League of Ireland First Division.-Youth level:...
to Victoria Park, Hartlepool
Victoria Park, Hartlepool
Victoria Park is a 7,856 capacity football ground in Hartlepool, County Durham, England and it is the home of Hartlepool United.The four sides of the ground are known as the Town End Terrace , the Niramax Stand , the Cyril Knowles Stand and the Rink End Victoria Park is a 7,856 capacity football...
. However five days later, Hartlepool United manager Chris Turner
Chris Turner
Christopher Robert "Chris" Turner is an English former footballer and manager. He managed Leyton Orient, Hartlepool United on two occasions, Sheffield Wednesday and Stockport County. He was previously a player with seven clubs, including two spells at Wednesday, Sunderland and Manchester United...
confirmed that the deal had not happened due to late interest from Ipswich Town. Healy subsequently signed for Ipswich for an undisclosed fee. In January 2010, he signed on-loan with Scottish Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
club Falkirk
Falkirk F.C.
Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Falkirk. It is one of two professional football teams from the town, the other being East Stirlingshire...
.
In February 2011 Healy scored his first goal for the club against Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers F.C.
Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...
. His contract was terminated by mutual consent in November 2011.
Statistics
|-|1998/99||rowspan="4"|Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
||rowspan="4"|Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
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|1999/00||10||1||1||0||1||0||1||0||13||1
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|2000/01||12||0||0||0||3||1||6||0||21||1
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|2001/02||4||0||1||0||0||0||1||1||6||1
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|2001/02||Coventry City
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
||First Division
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||17||2||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||17||2
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|2002/03
Scottish Premier League 2002-03
The 2002–03 Scottish Premier League was won by Rangers.As league champions, Rangers qualified for the UEFA Champions League, with runners-up Celtic also qualifying...
||Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
||Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
||1||0||2||0||1||0||1||0||5||0
|-
|2003/04||rowspan="2"|Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
||First Division
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||20||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||20||0
|-
|2004/05||Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|2005/06||Livingston
Livingston F.C.
Livingston Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in Livingston, West Lothian. The club currently plays in the Scottish Football League First Division.The club was founded in 1943 as Ferranti Thistle, a works team...
||Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
||9||2||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||9||2
|-
|2006/07||Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...
||Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||8||0||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||10||0
|-
|2006/07||Bradford City
Bradford City A.F.C.
Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two....
||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||2||0||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0
|-
|2007||rowspan="3"|Cork City
Cork City F.C.
Cork City Football Club is an Irish football team that plays in the League of Ireland. Founded and elected to the league in 1984 to continue the long tradition of Association Football in Cork, City's traditional colours are green and white with red trim, and the crest is a variant of the Cork...
||rowspan="3"|Premier Division
FAI Premier Division
The League of Ireland Premier Division is the top tier of the Republic of Ireland's national football league, the League of Ireland. At the top of the Republic of Ireland football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 10 clubs, it operates a system of...
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|2009||20||2||||||||||||||20||2
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|2009/10||Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
||Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||3||0||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||5||0
|-
|2009/10||Falkirk
Falkirk F.C.
Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Falkirk. It is one of two professional football teams from the town, the other being East Stirlingshire...
||Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
||19||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||19||1
|-
|2010/11||Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
||Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||16||2||1||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||22||2
58||4||4||0||5||1||9||1||76||6
66||4||3||0||9||0||colspan="2"|-||78||4
62||2||||||||||||||62||2
186||10||7||0||14||1||9||1||216||12
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|2002||6||1
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|2003||7||0
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!Total||13||1
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