David Connolly

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Other people". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography David James Connolly (born 6 June 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for various clubs including Feyenoord and Excelsior in the Netherlands as well as Wigan Athletic and Sunderland in the Premier League. Born in England, Connolly represented the Republic of Ireland national team at international level. He was a member of Ireland's 2002 FIFA World Cup squad that lost to Spain in the knockout stage where his penalty kick was saved by Iker Casillas during the shootout.

Club career

Connolly started his career with Watford where he scored 15 goals in 34 games. His goal scoring record, at club and international level, which included a hat-trick in World Cup qualifying, earned him a move to Dutch team Feyenoord Rotterdam. He had loan spells at Excelsior Rotterdam and Wolverhampton Wanderers (where he scored four goals in one game against Bristol City)[1] before joining Wimbledon in 2001 on a free transfer where he scored 42 goals in two seasons.

Manager Glenn Roeder signed Connolly for West Ham United for £285,000 in August 2003.[2] Connolly scored on his West Ham debut in a 2–1 away win at Preston North End on 9 August 2003.[3] He scored 14 goals in 48 games in all competitions for West Ham; his final game coming in the 2004 play-off final defeat to Crystal Palace in May 2004.[4][5]

Connolly signed for Leicester City in 2004 for £500,000, finishing as the club's top scorer in his first season. He managed a hat-trick against Stoke City in August 2005, prior to signing for Wigan.[6]

On 31 August 2005, he joined newly promoted Premiership club Wigan Athletic for £2 million (with the possibility of rising to £3 million if Wigan stayed in the Premiership, which they did).[7] He scored on his debut for Wigan in a 2–1 win at West Bromwich Albion,[8] but was hit by injuries for much of the rest of the 2005–06 season.[9] and Leeds in the FA Cup.[10]

In 2006, also on 31 August, Connolly linked up with his former Republic of Ireland teammate Roy Keane at Sunderland. His first goal came against Colchester United on 18 November, when he came on as a sub and smashed the ball in off the post from about 18 yards out. Connolly ended up Sunderland's top scorer and was an integral part of their promotion in the 2006–07 season, scoring 13 goals in the campaign and scoring the final goal of the season for Sunderland against Luton Town on 6 May 2007, in the match that made Sunderland champions of the Championship.

In the 2007–08 season, Connolly played just five games, three of them in the league. In the 2008–09 season, Connolly did not make a single appearance. He was released on 28 May 2009.[11]

After being released by Sunderland in the summer of 2009 he became a free agent. On 8 October 2009, Connolly signed a deal with League One side Southampton, lasting until the end of the 2009–10 season but capable of being extended by a further year if he hits an undisclosed number of appearances.[12] He scored on his debut on 17 October 2009 against Oldham Athletic, and grabbed another in the next game against Milton Keynes Dons, once again off the bench. He scored two in the FA Cup first round tie against Bristol Rovers, in a 3–2 victory, his first start. Connolly's contract was then extended for the 2010–11 season.

He struggled with injury in the 2010–11 season, but scored in an FA Cup match against Shrewsbury Town, and then scored a crucial goal in a 2–1 victory away at champions Brighton. He followed that up with a goal in a 3–0 win at Brentford and then on the final day of the season in a 3–1 win over Walsall to end the season with four goals from 18 appearances in an injury-hit season.[13] It was Connolly's late season form that helped Southampton clinch promotion. He also signed a new one-year deal with Saints.[14]

Following Southampton's promotion to the Championship, Connolly continued his goal scoring form into the 2011–12 season by scoring the final goal in Southampton's 3–1 victory over Leeds United in the first game of the season.[15] He then netted the only goal in a 1–0 victory at Barnsley a week later.[16] On 16 August, he scored against Ipswich Town at Portman Road as Saints won 5–2, with the third of the night making the score 3–0 to Southampton at half time.[17] This result firmly planted Southampton on top of the Championship table with three wins from their first three matches. Connolly scored again for Southampton against Leicester City on 27 August, but this was not enough to prevent the Saints from slipping to their first defeat of the season, losing 3–2.[18] However, in January 2012, after the arrivals of Billy Sharp and Tadanari Lee, Connolly lost his place in the starting eleven, and was released at the end of the season.[19][20]

On 31 December 2012, Connolly signed a one-month contract with Portsmouth.[21][22] He made his debut a day later, against Swindon Town.[23] He scored his first goal for Pompey on 26 February, against Milton Keynes Dons.[24] He scored his second goal on 2 March, in a 2–1 win against Crewe Alexandra.[25] On 9 March, Connolly scored twice in a 2–0 win against Bury.[26] He left the club by mutual consent on 15 January 2014.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Connolly joined Oxford United on 31 January 2014 – deadline day – until the summer. He scored on his debut against AFC Wimbledon, after coming on as a 46th-minute substitute.[27] His goal against Hartlepool on 21 March 2014 at the age of 36 years, 9 months and 15 days made him the club's oldest scorer to date.[28]

On 15 January 2015 Connolly joined AFC Wimbledon, becoming the sixth player (the others being Jermaine Darlington, Marcus Gayle, Jason Euell, Roger Joseph and Neil Sullivan) to play for both the original Wimbledon and AFC Wimbledon.[29] On 21 February 2015, during one of his final games with AFC Wimbledon, Connolly scored a late winner against local rivals Luton Town to win the game 3–2.[30] On 7 March 2015, Connolly retired from playing.[31]

International career

Connolly was a regular member of the Republic of Ireland national team, scoring nine goals in 41 caps.

He made his debut on 29 May 1996 against Portugal. He was sent off in 1997 after coming on as a substitute against Belgium in the play-off for a place at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, with Ireland losing by an aggregate score of 3–2.[32]

Connolly was part of the 2002 FIFA World Cup squad that lost to Spain in the knockout stage, where his penalty kick was saved by Iker Casillas during the shootout.[33] He scored for Ireland in Niall Quinn's benefit match on 14 May 2002, against his former club, Sunderland as well as once in Mick McCarthy's testimonial on 26 May 1996 against Celtic.

In the 2007–08 season Connolly failed to feature in any of Steve Staunton's squads, despite being Sunderland's top goalscorer, although he was called in to Giovanni Trapattoni's first 40-man squad in 2008 despite being injured at the time.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[34][35]
Club Season League National cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Watford 1994–95 First Division 2 0 2 0 0 0 — — 4 0
1995–96 First Division 11 8 1 0 0 0 — — 12 8
1996–97 Second Division 13 2 3 4 1 0 — 1Template:Efn 1 18 7
Total 26 10 6 4 1 0 — 1 1 34 15
Feyenoord 1997–98 Eredivisie 10 2 — 5Template:Efn 0 — 15 2
2000–01 Eredivisie 15 5 — 0 0 — 15 5
Total 25 7 — 5 0 — 30 7
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 1998–99 First Division 32 6 1 0 2 0 — — 35 6
Excelsior (loan) 1999–00 Eerste Divisie 32 29 — — — 32 29
2000–01 Eerste Divisie 16 13 — — — 16 13
Total 48 42 — — — 48 42
Wimbledon 2001–02 First Division 35 18 2 0 1 0 — — 38 18
2002–03 First Division 28 24 2 0 0 0 — — 30 24
Total 63 42 4 0 1 0 — — 68 42
West Ham United 2003–04 First Division 39 10 4 2 2 2 — 3Template:Efn 0 48 14
Leicester City 2004–05 Championship 44 13 5 0 0 0 — — 49 13
2005–06 Championship 5 4 — 0 0 — — 5 4
Total 49 17 5 0 0 0 — — 54 17
Wigan Athletic 2005–06 Premier League 17 1 1 1 3 1 — — 21 3
2006–07 Premier League 2 0 — — — — 2 0
Total 19 1 1 1 3 1 — — 23 3
Sunderland 2006–07 Championship 36 13 1 0 — — — 37 13
2007–08 Premier League 3 0 1 0 1 0 — — 5 0
2008–09 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 39 13 2 0 1 0 — — 42 13
Southampton 2009–10 League One 20 5 1 2 — — 2Template:Efn 0 23 7
2010–11 League One 15 3 1 1 1 0 — 1Template:Efn 0 18 4
2011–12 Championship 26 6 0 0 0 0 — — 26 6
Total 61 14 2 3 1 0 — 3 0 67 17
Portsmouth 2012–13 League One 17 7 — — — — 17 7
2013–14 League Two 18 4 1 1 0 0 — 1Template:Efn 0 20 5
2014–15 League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 35 11 1 1 0 0 — 1 0 37 12
Oxford United (loan) 2013–14 League Two 16 4 — — — — 16 4
AFC Wimbledon 2014–15 League Two 8 1 — — — — 8 1
Total 460 178 26 11 11 3 5 0 8 1 510 193

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International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Republic of Ireland 1996 4 2
1997 7 4
1998 3 0
1999 6 1
2000 4 0
2001 6 1
2002 4 0
2003 6 1
2005 1 0
Total 41 9
Scores and results list the Republic of Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Connolly goal.
List of international goals scored by David Connolly
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1[36] 9 June 1996 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. {{safesubst: Template:Yesno alias = United States flag alias = Flag of the United States.svg flag alias-1776 = Flag of the United States (1776–1777).svg flag alias-1777 = Flag of the United States (1777–1795).svg flag alias-1777-Ross = Betsy Ross flag.svg flag alias-1795 = Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg flag alias-1795FM = Flag of the United States (1795–1818).svg flag alias-1818 = Flag of the United States (1818-1819).svg flag alias-1819 = Flag of the United States (1819-1820).svg flag alias-1820 = Flag of the United States (1820-1822).svg flag alias-1822 = Flag of the United States (1822–1836).svg flag alias-1836 = Flag of the United States (1836-1837).svg flag alias-1837 = Flag of the United States (1837-1845).svg flag alias-1845 = Flag of the United States (1845-1846).svg flag alias-1846 = Flag of the United States (1846-1847).svg flag alias-1847 = Flag of the United States (1847-1848).svg flag alias-1848 = Flag of the United States (1848-1851).svg flag alias-1851 = Flag of the United States (1851-1858).svg flag alias-1858 = Flag of the United States (1858-1859).svg flag alias-1859 = Flag of the United States (1859-1861).svg flag alias-1861 = Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg flag alias-1863 = Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg flag alias-1865 = Flag of the United States (1865-1867).svg flag alias-1867 = Flag of the United States (1867-1877).svg flag alias-1877 = Flag of the United States (1877-1890).svg flag alias-1890 = Flag of the United States (1890-1891).svg flag alias-1891 = Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg flag alias-1896 = Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg flag alias-1908 = Flag of the United States (1908-1912).svg flag alias-1912 = Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg flag alias-1959 = Flag of the United States (1959–1960).svg flag alias-1960 = Flag of the United States (Web Colors).svg flag alias-pantone = Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg flag alias-yacht = United States yacht flag.svg flag alias-air force = Flag of the United States Air Force.svg flag alias-coast guard-1799 = Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1799).png flag alias-coast guard-1815 = Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1815).png flag alias-coast guard-1836 = Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1836).png flag alias-coast guard-1841 = Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1841).png flag alias-coast guard-1867 = Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1867).png flag alias-coast guard-1868 = Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1868).png flag alias-coast guard-1915 = Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915-1953).png flag alias-coast guard-1953 = Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg flag alias-coast guard = Flag of the United States Coast Guard.svg link alias-coast guard = United States Coast Guard flag alias-army = Flag of the United States Army.svg link alias-naval = United States Navy flag alias-navy-1864 = Flag of the United States Navy (1864-1959).svg flag alias-navy = Flag of the United States Navy (official).svg link alias-navy = United States Navy link alias-marines = United States Marine Corps flag alias-marines-1914 = Flag of the United States Marine Corps (1914-1939).png flag alias-marines = Flag of the United States Marine Corps.svg link alias-merchant marine = United States Merchant Marine flag alias-merchant marine = Flag of the United States Merchant Marine Higher Resolution.jpg flag alias-space force = Flag of the United States Space Force.svg link alias-military = United States Armed Forces link alias-football = United States men's national soccer team link alias-Australian rules football = United States men's national Australian rules football team flag alias-23px = Flag of the United States (23px).png empty = USA Selects size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || 1996 U.S. Cup

2[37] 12 June 1996 New Jersey, U.S. {{ Template:Yesno alias = Mexico flag alias = Flag of Mexico.svg flag alias-1821a = Flag of the Three Guarantees.svg flag alias-1821 = Bandera del Primer Imperio Mexicano.svg flag alias-1823 = Flag of Mexico (1823-1864, 1867-1893).svg flag alias-1864 = Imperial Standard of Mexico (1864-1867).svg flag alias-1867 = Flag of Mexico (1823-1864, 1867-1893).svg flag alias-1893 = Flag of Mexico (1893-1916).svg flag alias-1916 = Flag of Mexico (1916–1934).svg flag alias-1934 = Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg flag alias-air force = Flag of the Mexican Air Force.svg flag alias-army = Flag of the Mexican Army.svg link alias-army = Mexican Army link alias-air force = Mexican Air Force link alias-naval = Mexican Navy flag alias-coast guard = Flag of the Mexican Maritime Search and Rescue.png link alias-coast guard = Mexican Maritime Search and Rescue flag alias-navy = Naval jack of Mexico.svg link alias-navy = Mexican Navy flag alias-marines = Estandarte Infantería de Marina de México.svg link alias-marines = Mexican Naval Infantry Corps size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || 1996 U.S. Cup

3[38] 21 May 1997 Dublin, Ireland {{ Template:Yesno alias = Liechtenstein flag alias = Flag of Liechtenstein.svg flag alias-1719 = Flag of Liechtenstein (1719-1852).svg flag alias-1852 = Flag of Liechtenstein (1852-1921).svg flag alias-1921 = Flag of Liechtenstein (1921–1937).svg flag alias-1937 = Flag of Liechtenstein (1937–1982).svg size = name = variant = altlink = national football team

}} || || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|5–0 || rowspan="3"|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

4[38]
5[38]
6[39] 6 September 1997 Reykjavík, Iceland {{ Template:Yesno alias = Iceland flag alias = Flag of Iceland.svg flag alias-old = Hvítbláinn.svg flag alias-coast guard = Flag of Iceland (state).svg flag alias-naval = Flag of Iceland (state).svg border-naval = flag alias-1918 = Flag of Iceland (1918-1944).svg flag alias-state = Flag of Iceland (state).svg border-state = flag alias-navy = Flag of Iceland (state).svg link alias-naval = Icelandic Coast Guard border-navy = link alias-navy = Icelandic Coast Guard border-coast guard = link alias-coast guard = Icelandic Coast Guard size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || || style="text-align:center"|4–2 || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

7[40] 10 February 1999 Dublin, Ireland {{ Template:Yesno alias = Paraguay flag alias = Flag of Paraguay.svg flag alias-1812 = Flag of Paraguay (1812-1826).svg flag alias-1826 = Flag of Paraguay (1826-1842).svg flag alias-1842 = Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg flag alias-1954 = Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg flag alias-1988 = Flag of Paraguay (1988-1990).svg flag alias-1990 = Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg link alias-naval = Paraguayan Navy link alias-air force = Paraguayan Air Force link alias-army = Paraguayan Army link alias-navy = Paraguayan Navy size = name = variant = altlink = national football team

}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || Friendly

8[41] 6 October 2001 Dublin, Ireland {{ Template:Yesno alias = Cyprus flag alias = Flag of Cyprus.svg flag alias-1878 = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg flag alias-1881 = Flag of Cyprus (1881–1922).svg flag alias-colonial = Blue Ensign of Cyprus (1922).svg flag alias-April 1960 = Flag of Cyprus (1960).svg flag alias-1960 = Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg link alias-army = Cypriot Ground Forces size = name = variant = altlink = national football team

}} || || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

9[42] 9 September 2003 Dublin, Ireland {{ Template:Yesno alias = Turkey flag alias = Flag of Turkey.svg link alias-naval = Turkish Naval Forces link alias-navy = Turkish Navy link alias-air force = Turkish Air Force link alias-army = Turkish Land Forces link alias-military = Turkish Armed Forces size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || Friendly

Honours

Sunderland

Southampton

See also

References

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