| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Kevin Conroy[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1965-12-31)31 December 1965 (age 59) | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1984 | Coventry City | 0 | (0) |
| 1984–1987 | Clydebank | 114 | (38) |
| 1987–1988 | St Mirren | 10 | (1) |
| 1988–1991 | Reading | 80 | (7) |
| 1991–1993 | Burnley | 77 | (30) |
| 1993–1995 | Preston North End | 57 | (22) |
| 1995–1998 | Fulham | 94 | (32) |
| 1998–1999 | Blackpool | 14 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | →Chester City (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| 1999 | →Chester City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Carlton | 28 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Eastern Pride | 6 | (1) |
| Total | 495 | (134) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Michael Kevin Conroy (born 31 December 1965) is a Scottish former professionalfootballer. He played as astriker.
Conroy began his career withCoventry City in 1983. Unable to break into the first team, he moved back to his native Scotland in 1984 to sign withClydebank on a free transfer. In three years with the Bankies, he made 114 league appearances and scored 38 goals. In 1987, he joinedSt Mirren for ten months, scoring one goal in ten appearances for the Buddies.
He returnedsouth of the border in 1988 to joinReading in a £50,000 deal. He spent three years atElm Park, before moving toBurnley in 1991, where the most prolific scoring period of his career would begin. In his two years with Burnley, Conroy scored 30 goals in 77 league appearances. Conroy joined Burnley'sLancashire rivalsPreston North End in 1993 for £85,000. He went on to score 22 goals in 57 appearances for North End and briefly played alongside a youngDavid Beckham.
In 1995, he joinedFulham, and scored 32 goals in almost 100 appearances for theCraven Cottage club. After three years in London, Conroy moved back to Lancashire to joinBlackpool for a £50,000 fee. He made fourteen appearances for the Seasiders but failed to find the net in the league (though he did score once againstScunthorpe United in theLeague Cup).[2] In December 1998 he was loaned out toChester City, for whom he scored three goals in ten appearances. He returned to the Blues, again on loan, a month after his first period expired.
After leaving Blackpool in 1999, Conroy moved to Australia to play forCarlton.[3][4] In 2000, he joinedEastern Pride, with whom he finished his playing career when they went out of business the following year. Conroy was senior coach at Doncaster Rovers Soccer Club in the Victorian State League Division 2. He began his coaching career as reserve-team coach at Doncaster Rovers.
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