Mark Duffy (footballer)

Mark Duffy

Duffy pictured in August 2014
Personal information
Full name	Mark James Duffy[1]
Date of birth	7 October 1985[1]
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Playing position	Right winger
Club information
Current team	Burton Albion (on loan from Birmingham City)
Number	21
Youth career
–	Liverpool
–	Wrexham
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004–2005	Vauxhall Motors
2005–2007	Prescot Cables
2007–2009	Southport	79	(13)
2009	→ Morecambe (loan)	9	(1)
2009–2011	Morecambe	59	(5)
2011–2013	Scunthorpe United	102	(8)
2013–2014	Doncaster Rovers	36	(2)
2014–	Birmingham City	4	(0)
2015	→ Chesterfield (loan)	3	(0)
2015–	→ Burton Albion (loan)	44	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:03, 30 April 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Mark James Duffy (born 7 October 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Burton Albion, on loan from Birmingham City.

Career

Born in Liverpool, Duffy played for the youth teams of both home-town club Liverpool and Welsh team Wrexham.^[3] Duffy began his senior career playing non-League football for Vauxhall Motors, Prescot Cables and Southport.^[4]

Duffy signed for League Two club Morecambe on loan in February 2009,^[5] before making the move permanent in the summer.

Duffy moved to Championship side Scunthorpe United on 20 January 2011 for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.^[6][7] He made his debut two days later, in a 0–0 draw at home to Burnley.^[8]

He moved to Doncaster Rovers in July 2013.^[9]

Duffy signed a two-year contract with Birmingham City in June 2014 after activating his relegation release clause at Doncaster Rovers.^[10] He made his debut as a second-half substitute in the opening-day defeat at Middlesbrough, and his first League start for the club on 27 September, in a 2–1 home defeat to Fulham; Duffy was substituted at half-time, at which point Birmingham were leading.^[11] After appearing only once more in the league by the end of January 2015, he spent a month on loan to League One club Chesterfield, where he made one start and two substitute appearances.^[12][11]

Before the start of the 2015–16 season, Duffy joined Burton Albion, newly promoted to League One, on loan until 2 January 2016.^[13] In pre-season, Burton manager Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink used him in a playmaker role,^[14] and he began the league season as a regular selection in the starting eleven.^[15] In the opening match, Scunthorpe goalkeeper Luke Daniels was sent off for elbowing Duffy in the head; the resulting penalty gave Burton a 2–1 win.^[16]

After the initial loan period expired, it was extended to the end of the season.^[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 April 2016

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup[lower-alpha 1]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Southport	2006–07[3]	Conference Premier	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	4
	2007–08[18]	Conference North	38	5	3	1	2	2	7[lower-alpha 2]	1	50	9
	2008–09[19]	Conference North	24	4	1	0	3	0	7[lower-alpha 3]	2	35	6
	Total		79	13	4	1	5	2	14	3	102	19
Morecambe (loan)	2008–09[4]	League Two	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
Morecambe	2009–10[20]	League Two	37	5	2	1	1	0	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	41	6
	2010–11[8]	League Two	22	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	26	0
	Total		68	6	3	1	3	0	2	0	76	7
Scunthorpe United	2010–11[8]	Championship	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	1
	2011–12[21]	League One	37	2	2	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 4]	0	43	2
	2012–13[22]	League One	43	5	1	0	2	1	1[lower-alpha 4]	1	47	7
	Total		102	8	3	0	4	1	3	1	112	10
Doncaster Rovers	2013–14[23]	Championship	36	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	39	2
Birmingham City	2014–15[11]	Championship	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	7	1
	2015–16[15]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		4	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	7	1
Chesterfield (loan)	2014–15[11]	League One	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Burton Albion (loan)	2015–16[15]	League One	44	8	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	46	8
Career total			336	37	13	2	16	4	20	4	385	47

1. Appearances in Conference League Cup for Southport, otherwise in Football League Cup
2. 2 appearances in FA Trophy, 2 appearances in Conference North play-offs, 2 appearances 1 goal in Lancashire Junior Cup, 1 appearance in Liverpool Senior Cup
3. 6 appearances 2 goals in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Lancashire Junior Cup
4. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
2. "First team: Mark Duffy". Morecambe F.C. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
3. "Mark Duffy: Season: 2006/2007". Port Online. Daniel Hayes. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
4. "Games played by Mark Duffy in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
5. Phil Kirkbride (23 February 2009). "Mark Duffy completes his move from Southport FC to Morecambe FC". Southport Visiter. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
6. "Iron complete Duffy deal". Scunthorpe United F.C. 20 January 2011. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011.
7. "Scunthorpe United sign Morecambe winger Mark Duffy". BBC Sport. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
8. "Games played by Mark Duffy in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
9. "Mark Duffy: Doncaster Rovers sign Scunthorpe midfielder". BBC Sport. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
10. Tattum, Colin (18 June 2014). "Blues complete Mark Duffy deal". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
11. "Games played by Mark Duffy in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
12. "Transfer Deadline Day: Duffy, Lavery and Carter join Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
13. "Mark Duffy joins Burton Albion on loan". Birmingham City F.C. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
14. "Burton Albion boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has plans for Birmingham City loanee Mark Duffy". Burton Mail. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
15. "Games played by Mark Duffy in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
16. "Scunthorpe United goalkeeper Luke Daniels sent off for elbowing Burton Albion's Mark Duffy". Burton Mail. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
17. "Mark Duffy returns to the Brewers". Birmingham City F.C. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
18. "Mark Duffy: Season: 2007/2008". Port Online. Daniel Hayes. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
19. "Mark Duffy: Season: 2008/2009". Port Online. Daniel Hayes. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
20. "Games played by Mark Duffy in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
21. "Games played by Mark Duffy in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
22. "Games played by Mark Duffy in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
23. "Games played by Mark Duffy in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 July 2014.