William Murphy (footballer)
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William "Winkie" Murphy is a semi-professional
footballer from Northern Ireland
who plays for Linfield
.
and Carrick Rangers
. He has played in central defence for Linfield since 1997 and has been granted a Testimonial year.
He was named as the Ulster Footballer of the Year
for the 2006/07 season.
on a stag party with some team-mates. The arrest related to an incident in Spain in 2007 when he was detained after allegedly passing counterfeit money.
Murphy appeared before a court in Madrid
on 3 June 2009, and was then released on bail, to appear in court again within two months.
Semi-professional
A semi-professional athlete is one who is paid to play and thus is not an amateur, but for whom sport is not a full-time occupation, generally because the level of pay is too low to make a reasonable living based solely upon that source, thus making the athlete not a full professional...
footballer from Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
who plays for Linfield
Linfield F.C.
Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team....
.
Early life
William was born in Belfast, and studied Electronic Engineering at Newtownabbey Technical College, prior to playing as a part-time footballer.Club career
Murphy previously played for ArdsArds F.C.
Ards F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1900, is from Newtownards, but plays its home matches at Dixon Park in Ballyclare, which it shares with Ballyclare Comrades...
and Carrick Rangers
Carrick Rangers
Carrick Rangers is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1939, hails from Carrickfergus County Antrim and plays its home matches at Taylors Avenue. Club colours are amber and black...
. He has played in central defence for Linfield since 1997 and has been granted a Testimonial year.
He was named as the Ulster Footballer of the Year
Ulster Footballer of the Year
The Ulster Footballer of the Year is the older of two association football player of the year awards in Northern Ireland. It is awarded by Castlereagh Glentoran Supporters' Club to the player who is adjudged by an independent committee to have been the best of the season in the IFA Premiership...
for the 2006/07 season.
2009 arrest
On 27 May 2009 Murphy was charged with introducing counterfeit bank notes into Spain. The player was arrested earlier in May 2009, while visiting TorremolinosTorremolinos
Torremolinos is a municipality on the Costa del Sol of the Mediterranean, immediately to the west of the city of Málaga, in the province of Málaga in the autonomous region of Andalusia in southern Spain...
on a stag party with some team-mates. The arrest related to an incident in Spain in 2007 when he was detained after allegedly passing counterfeit money.
Murphy appeared before a court in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
on 3 June 2009, and was then released on bail, to appear in court again within two months.