Emily Murphy (footballer)

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Emily Murphy
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Murphy with Wake Forest in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth England
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Newcastle United
Youth career
-2019 Chelsea
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 North Carolina Tar Heels 39 (10)
2023–2025 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 35 (11)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Chelsea 2 (1)
2021 → Birmingham City (loan) 11 (1)
2025– Newcastle United 4 (1)
International career‡
2019 England U17 3 (1)
2022 England U19 4 (0)
2024– Republic of Ireland 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:04, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:45, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Emily Murphy (born 2 March 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Championship club Newcastle United. Born in England, she represents the Republic of Ireland at international level.

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College career

Murphy played two seasons for the North Carolina Tar Heels in 2021 and 2022. She regularly started in her freshman year and was named to the ACC all-freshman team with 5 goals and a team-high 6 assists in 15 games. She then transferred to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in 2023. [1]

Club career

On 20 November 2019, Murphy made her senior debut when being subbed on against Tottenham Hotspur in the group stage of the Continental League Cup in a game where Chelsea won 5–1. [2]

International career

In October 2019, Murphy was called to up to the England U17 team to play in the 2020 U17 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification games and played against Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Belgium. Murphy scored one of the goals in the 4–1 win against Belgium. [3]

Murphy was one of four Irish-eligible players to be invited to a senior Republic of Ireland national team training camp in April 2021. In February 2024 she was called up to Ireland's squad for friendlies against Wales and Italy under new manager Eileen Gleeson.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 February 2025 [4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chelsea 2019–20 Women's Super League 21003152
2020–21 Women's Super League00000000
Total21003152
Birmingham City (loan) 2020–21 Women's Super League1112200133
Newcastle United 2024–25 Women's Championship 10100020
Career total1423231205

International

As of match played 17 July 2024 [5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Republic of Ireland 202450
Total50

References

  1. ↑ "Emily Murphy". Wake Forest Demon Deacons . Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Women's report: Chelsea 5 Tottenham 1 | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club". ChelseaFC. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Republic of Ireland – E. Murphy – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway".
  4. ↑ "Republic of Ireland - E.Murphy - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Republic of Ireland - E.Murphy - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 February 2025.


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