Maurice Daly (footballer)

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Maurice Daly
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-11-28) 28 November 1955 (age 67)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1972–1973 Home Farm
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973–1978 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 (0)
1979–1986 IFK Västerås 145 (2)
International career
1978 Republic of Ireland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maurice Celsus Daly (born 28 November 1955) is an Irish former professional footballer who played twice for the Republic of Ireland. Both his international appearances came in April 1978 in friendlies against Poland and Turkey under the management of Johnny Giles.

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He was also capped four times for the Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team.

He was a left sided defender or midfielder who in his club career played for Home Farm, Wolverhampton and IFK Västerås (not to be mixed up with Västerås SK). [1]

Signed as a professional for Wolverhampton in July 1973, having joined the club as a 17-year-old from famed Dublin schoolboy club Home Farm, Daly spent five years at Wolverhampton before moving to Swedish second tier side IFK Västerås at the invitation of former Wolverhampton boss Sammy Chung. [2]

Seven seasons later, he was appointed part-time coach of third division club Skultuna. [3]

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References

  1. Maurice Daly at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "Wolves Heroes » Blog Archive » to Sweden – with Love".
  3. "Wolves Heroes » Blog Archive » to Sweden – with Love".

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