 Mulligan in action forScunthorpe United in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David James Mulligan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1982-03-24)24 March 1982 (age 43)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Fazakerley,Liverpool, England[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder;right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Barnsley | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2003 | Barnsley | 66 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Doncaster Rovers | 77 | (4) |
| 2006–2008 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | (1) |
| 2007 | →Grimsby Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2008 | Port Vale | 13 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Wellington Phoenix | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Auckland City | 22 | (9) |
| 2012–2013 | Waitakere United | 6 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Hawke's Bay United | 15 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Waitakere United | 11 | (2) |
| Total | 243 | (24) | |
| International career | |||
| 1999–1999 | New Zealand U-17 | 3 | (2) |
| New Zealand U-20 | |||
| 2003–2004 | New Zealand U-23 | ||
| 2002–2010 | New Zealand | 28 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–20?? | East Coast Bays | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David James Mulligan (born 24 March 1982) is a New Zealand formerfootball player andhead coach.
Born in England, he began his career atBarnsley, making his first-team debut in October 2001. He became a first-team regular in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons before joiningDoncaster Rovers in February 2004. He helped the club to theThird Division title in the 2003–04 campaign. He was signed toScunthorpe United in June 2006 and won theLeague One title with the club in 2006–07. He wasloaned out toGrimsby Town in November 2007 and took afree transfer toPort Vale in January 2008. He returned to New Zealand six months later to sign withA-League clubWellington Phoenix. He joinedNew Zealand Football Championship clubAuckland City in 2010. He helped the club to two successiveOFC Champions League titles before he moved toWaitakere United in 2012 andHawke's Bay United in 2013. He returned to Waitakere United the next year.
He earned national representation atunder-17,under-20,under-23 andfull international level. He was selected for twoFIFA Confederations Cup competitions and was also named in the2010 FIFA World Cup squad. He earned 28 senior caps and scored three goals in World Cup qualification matches withVanuatu.
He began hiscoaching career as head coach atEast Coast Bays in October 2016.
Mulligan was born inLiverpool, England, but his family moved to New Zealand when he was five.[5] He returned to England at the age of 16, along withRory Fallon, to join theyouth team atBarnsley; the move had been arranged by Rory's fatherKevin, who was an assistant to New Zealandhead coachJohn Adshead.[6] He made his professional debut for the club underGlyn Hodges's caretaker stewardship in a 3–0 defeat toManchester City atOakwell on 31 October 2001.[7]Steve Parkin's "Tykes" wererelegated out of theFirst Division at the end of the2001–02 season, but Mulligan retained his place in theSecond Division for the2002–03 campaign. He scored his first senior goal in a 2–1 defeat atOldham Athletic on 5 April 2003. However, he lost his first-team place underGuðjón Þórðarson early in the2003–04 campaign and was released by Barnsley in October 2003,[8] despite having been offered a newcontract just five months earlier.[9]
Mulligan had an unsuccessful trial atSheffield United during four months without a club.[10] He joinedThird Division leadersDoncaster Rovers in February 2004,[11] initially on a match-to-match basis, then on a short-term contract,[12] before he was rewarded with a two-year contract after Doncaster wonpromotion as champions at the end of the2003–04 season.[13][14] He quickly established himself at theKeepmoat Stadium, but again ran into trouble early into the2004–05 season, being placed on thetransfer list by "Donny" in November 2004.[15] He went nowhere however, and on 29 November he provided anassist in a 3–0 victory overPremier League sideAston Villa in theLeague Cup.[16] On 4 December, he scored two free kicks – from 25 yards (23 m) and 20 yards (18 m) – in a 2–1 win overBoston United in theFA Cup.[17] He remained a regular starter up until the end of the2005–06 campaign. The utility player was offered a contract bymanagerDave Penney in the summer of 2006, but the two sides failed to agree terms.[18]
In June 2006, Mulligan signed forLeague One sideScunthorpe United, having met managerBrian Laws at aM180 motorway service station to discuss the situation atGlanford Park.[19][5] He made 29 appearances throughout the2006–07 season as Scunthorpe secured promotion as champions of League One.[5] However, he never took to the field in theChampionship due to differences with managerNigel Adkins; he had been involved in a car accident and been late to training, and also had to miss games due to international commitments.[6] He joinedLeague Two sideGrimsby Town on a one-monthloan on 30 August 2007.[20] He made his debut for the "Mariners" on 2 September, in a 2–1 defeat atShrewsbury Town, coming onto thepitch as a 36th-minutesubstitute only to be taken off after 63 minutes; he said this was typical bizarre management fromAlan Buckley, who made players come toBlundell Park for sprint training on days after games.[6]
He joinedPort Vale on afree transfer in January 2008.[21] He made 13 appearances in the2007–08 season as the "Valiants" were relegated out of League One; he scored a free kick on the last day of the season in a 1–1 draw atSouthend United.[22] His stay atVale Park was to prove a relatively short one as managerLee Sinnott declined to offer Mulligan a longer contract.[23]
Mulligan signed a two-year contract with theWellington Phoenix in July 2008.[24] However, he struggled to make an impact and made just three appearances for the club in two seasons before his contract was not renewed at the end of the2009–10 season. He later commented, "I always had an idea of coming back to New Zealand. It was more of the lifestyle change, rather than football. There’s nothing better than playing football in the sun!"[5]
Mulligan soon signed on withNew Zealand Football Championship clubAuckland City for the2010–11 season.[25] He made his debut in the opening round match againstWaikato[26] in which he scored two goals in the second half, to give the "Navy Blues" a 3–2 victory.[27] He played both legs of the2011 final of theOFC Champions League, as Auckland beatAmicale (Vanuatu) 6–1 onaggregate.[28] Auckland won the Champions League for a second-successive season in2012, and this time Mulligan scored one of the goals in a 3–1 aggregate win overAS Tefana (French Polynesia).[29] He switched torivalsWaitakere United in July 2012. The club won the Premiership in2012–13. He moved on toHawke's Bay United in October 2013,[30] and helped the club to a third-place finish in2013–14. He returned to Waitakere United for the2014–15 season, who finished the season in fourth place.[31]
Mulligan played forNZ Under-17 at the1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship and scored two goals in their two pool matches against theUnited States[32] andPoland.[33][34] Mulligan played forNZ Under-23 at the2004 Athens Olympics qualification tournament for theOceania Football Confederation, however, New Zealand lost out toAustralia and did not qualify for the Olympics.
He made his debut for "All Whites" in an internationalfriendly againstEstonia on 13 October 2002, which ended in a 3–2 defeat.[35] He was named in the2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squad inFrance by head coachMick Waitt.[36] He was also in the2004 OFC Nations Cup squad and played in the 3–0 win over theSolomon Islands.[37] He scored in a 2–1 win atVanuatu in aWorld Cup qualifier on 17 November 2007 and also scored a brace in the return fixture four days later.[38][39] He featured in all six games of the2008 OFC Nations Cup, which New Zealand won ahead ofNew Caledonia,Fiji and Vanuatu.[40]
He was named part of the New Zealand squad for the2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in June 2009.[41] He made two starting appearances at right-back in defeats toSpain andSouth Africa, as well as a substitute appearance in the 0–0 draw withIraq.[42][43][44][45] Mulligan was named in New Zealand's final 23-man squad to compete at the2010 FIFA World Cup inSouth Africa; he had been selected by head coachRicki Herbert despite Herbert having released him at Wellington Phoenix.[46][47] However, he did not feature in any of the games in the tournament itself.[40]
Mulligan was a two-footed player, able to play inmidfield or atright-back.[48] He was an accomplished free kick taker.[6]
Mulligan was appointed as head coach atNorthern League clubEast Coast Bays in October 2016.[49]
He married Michelle, and the couple had their first child, Eden-Lily, in February 2017.[50]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barnsley | 2000–01[51] | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001–02[52] | First Division | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2002–03[53] | Second Division | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| 2003–04[54] | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 66 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 1 | ||
| Doncaster Rovers | 2003–04[54] | Third Division | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 2004–05[55] | League One | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| 2005–06[56] | League One | 32 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 39 | 4 | |
| Total | 77 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 88 | 6 | ||
| Scunthorpe United | 2006–07[57] | League One | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2[a] | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 2007–08[58] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| Grimsby Town (loan) | 2007–08[58] | League Two | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Port Vale | 2007–08[58] | League One | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Wellington Phoenix | 2008–09[59] | A-League | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2009–10[59] | A-League | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Auckland City | 2010–11[59] | Premiership | 9 | 5 | – | – | 6[b] | 1 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12[59] | Premiership | 13 | 4 | – | – | 7[c] | 2 | 20 | 6 | |||
| Total | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 34 | 12 | ||
| Waitakere United | 2012–13[59] | Premiership | 6 | 5 | – | – | 1[d] | 0 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Hawke's Bay United | 2013–14[59] | Premiership | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | 15 | 1 | |||
| Waitakere United | 2014–15[59] | Premiership | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | 11 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 243 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 277 | 30 | ||
| New Zealand national team[40] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 8 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 28 | 3 |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17 November 2007 | Korman Stadium,Port Vila,Vanuatu |  Vanuatu | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2008 OFC Nations Cup |
| 2. | 21 November 2007 | Wellington Regional Stadium,Wellington,New Zealand | Vanuatu | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2008 OFC Nations Cup |
| 3. | 4–1 |
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