Vinny Faherty

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Vinny Faherty
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Vinny Faherty (middle) playing for Galway United in 2014
Personal information
Full name Vincent Faherty
Date of birth (1987-06-13) 13 June 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Galway, Ireland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2003–2006 Salthill Devon
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2009 Galway United 73 (18)
2010 St Patrick's Athletic [1] 33 (10)
2011–2012 Melbourne Zebras [2] 20 (14)
2012 St Patrick's Athletic [1] 11 (5)
2013 Dundalk [1] 22 (1)
2014 Galway United [1] 25 (11)
2015 Limerick [1] 28 (12)
2016–2017 Galway United [1] [3] 51 (14)
2017 Sligo Rovers [3] 9 (3)
2018–2019 PAEEK [4] 11 (1)
2019–2020 Galway United [3] 34 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:21, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Vincent Faherty (born 13 June 1987) is an Irish former professional footballer.

Contents

Career

Early career

Born in Galway, [5] Faherty began his career as a youngster with Salthill Devon. While playing for the Galway representative team, he broke Kevin Doyle's scoring record in the under-18 FAI Youth Interleague competition with 21 goals. [5] As captain of Salthill Devon's under-21 team, he opened the scoring in the 2006 Dr Tony O'Neill Cup semi-final against Sligo Rovers F.C., [6] and led his side to victory in the final, beating Cork City 2–1 to become the first club without a team in the League of Ireland to succeed at that level. [7] In early 2007, Faherty spent two spells on trial with Ipswich Town of the English Championship. He scored twice against Millwall in a friendly, and played for the reserve team against Luton Town, [8] [9] but no contract ensued.

Galway United

After three years with Salthill Devon, [5] Faherty chose to defer going to college [10] and, despite interest from clubs including Ipswich Town and Coventry City, joined Galway United, his hometown team, in July 2007. [11] Described by the Galway Advertiser as having "impressed when introduced for his debut" against Cork City, [12] he appeared regularly for the remainder of the season, sometimes in the starting eleven but more often as a substitute. [13] Faherty's first senior goal for the club coincided with Jeff Kenna's first game as manager, as Galway lost 3–2 at home to Bray Wanderers in April 2008. [14] He finished the 2008 season with five goals in the league, [15] and the following year was the club's top scorer with eight in all competitions, two short of the target he had set for himself. [16] [17] He also notched up 17 assists which was the highest total in the league.[ citation needed ]

St Patrick's Athletic

Faherty and teammate John Russell were linked with a move to Scottish Premier League club Hibernian in November 2009, [5] and Faherty also had a trial with Crystal Palace of the English Championship. However, Palace's reserve games were postponed because of heavy snow, [18] and when Faherty discovered that players were not being paid because of the club's financial difficulties, he returned to Ireland and signed for St Patrick's Athletic for the 2010 season. [5] [19]

Faherty scored on his St Patrick's Athletic debut against Wexford Youths in a 3–0 victory for the Saints in pre-season. He started the season well, chalking up goals and assists, and was central to a team that found itself top of the table and in the Setanta Sports Cup Final. Faherty finished the 2010 league season as St. Patrick's Athletic's top scorer, with his goals including a diving header against rivals Shamrock Rovers and away to Bohemians.

He left St Patrick's at the end of the season to emigrate to Australia. [20]

Melbourne Zebras

Faherty signed for Australian club Melbourne Zebras of the National Premier Leagues for the 2011 season. [21] His 14 goals from 20 league games made him the club's second top scorer behind Stuart Nicholson, in the VSL Division 1 list, [2] as Zebras finished as champions, thus earning promotion to the Victorian Premier League. [22] Zebras confirmed that Faherty had signed on again for the 2012 season. [23]

Return to St Patrick's Athletic

Faherty returned to Ireland and joined up again with close friend John Russell when he re-signed for St Patrick's Athletic on the League of Ireland's July transfer deadline day. [24] He was named at number 26 in the squad for the third qualifying round of the 2012-13 Europa League campaign, but did not feature on either matchday. [25] He made his competitive return as a late substitute in a 1–0 win over Cork City on 13 August, and scored his first competitive goal on his home debut in a 3–0 win over Derry City when he "swivelled onto a ball at the edge of the Derry box and unleashed a lethal finish that dipped over Doherty but under his crossbar". [26] This earned him his first start, away to Dublin rivals Bohemians. [27] Faherty again scored in a Dublin derby for Pats with an injury-time header to complete a 2–0 win against Shelbourne at Tolka Park. [28] Faherty scored a 90th-minute equaliser away to Drogheda United in the FAI Cup quarter-final replay to take the game into extra time, and converted his kick in the ensuing penalty shootout to help the Saints reach the semi-finals. [29] He scored his first hat-trick for the club in a 5–0 win over UCD at Richmond Park on 1 October. [30]

Return to Galway United

Faherty was signed by Tommy Dunne for Galway's inaugural season in the League of Ireland. [31] He scored the new club's first ever goal, in a 5–2 friendly win over Sligo Rovers,[ citation needed ] then scored their first league goal, against Finn Harps at Finn Park on 29 March 2014, [32] and became the first Galway player to score a hat-trick when he claimed the match ball within 19 minutes against Cobh Ramblers on 25 July. [33]

Limerick

Faherty joined Limerick for the 2015 season, and played in a central or wide midfield role for the majority of the first half of the season. Limerick failed to win a game until the 22nd game of the season, when two goals from Faherty contributed to a 3–2 win against Sligo. This was the start of a run of goals for Faherty, who scored 7 more goals in the following 8 games as Limerick put together a run of results in their attempt to avoid relegation from the Premier League. Faherty won the league's Player of the Month in August and finished the season as Limerick's top scorer and the third-highest scorer in the Premier Division. Following Limerick's eventual relegation after a play-off, Faherty returned to Galway United.

Sligo Rovers

On 31 July 2017, Faherty moved to fellow Irish Premier Division club Sligo Rovers. He was signed along with two other players, Greg Moorhouse and Jamie McDonagh. [34] He made his league debut for the club on 5 August, as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 home draw with St Patrick's Athletic; he shot over the bar with the last kick of the match. [35] His first league goal opened the scoring in a 2–1 away win over Finn Harps on 16 September, [36] and he finished the season with three goals from nine league appearances. [3]

Cyprus

Faherty spent the second half of the 2017–18 season with Cypriot Second Division club PAEEK. [3] [4]

Back to Galway United

Faherty rejoined Galway United in January 2019. [37]

International career

Faherty's performances for Salthill earned him selection for the Republic of Ireland at various levels. He played for the Irish amateur team against Northern Ireland in March 2007, scoring twice and creating a third, [38] in a junior international against Scotland in April, [39] and for the National League representative team in the 2007 Four Nations Tournament. [40] In 2010, Faherty played for the Republic of Ireland under-23s in a training match against the senior national squad. [41]

Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [a] League Cup [b] Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Galway United 2007 LOI Premier Division 1220000—00122
2008 2964321—003510
2009 32103200—003512
St Patrick's Athletic 2010 LOI Premier Division 3310521052534917
Melbourne Zebras [42] [43] 2011 National Premier Leagues 201451——1033518
St Patrick's Athletic 2012 LOI Premier Division 11542111111209
Dundalk 2013 LOI Premier Division 2212212——255
Galway United 2014 LOI Premier Division 25111031——2912
Limerick 2015 LOI Premier Division 28120010——2912
Galway United 2016 LOI Premier Division 32124200—123916
2017 1921210—10244
Sligo Rovers 2017 LOI Premier Division 930000—12105
PAEEK 2018 Cyprus First Division 1111142—74238
Galway United 2019 LOI First Division 2482100—212810
2020 1021110—00113
Career total317993319167632513399141

Honours

Salthill Devon

Moreland Zebras

St Patricks Athletic

Dundalk FC

Individual

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