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Jamie Mulgrew

Name: James Mulgrew
Born: 5 June 1986
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Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Full Caps (2010), 11 Under-21 Caps (2006-2008), Under-23.
Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2016/17; Irish Cup Winner 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2016/17, Runner-Up; Irish League Cup Winner 2007/08; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 2013/14, 2016/17.
Awards: Ulster Footballer of the Year 2016/17; NIFWA Player of the Year 2017.

Club Career:
Teams.... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee-
3rd Bangor Boys' Brigade ... Youth
St Andrews B.C. ............ Youth
Holywood Boys .............. Youth
St Andrews B.C. ............ Youth
Glentoran .................. Youth
Linfield. 05/06- date Jun-05

Biography:
Jamie Mulgrew had been on the books at Glentoran before he joined Linfield in June 2005. He made his deut for the Blues in a 2-0 home win over Loughgal on 20 August 2005 and scored his first goal for the club in a 4-0 win at Lisburn Distillery on 4 November 2006. That season he claimed his first major honours in the shape of an Irish League and Cup "double" and the following campaign he claimed the League Cup as well as the "treble" was completed. In 2009/10 he was voted Linfield's Player of the Year and come the end of the season was included in the Northern Ireland squad that travelled across the Atlantic and he started both matches against Turkey and Chile. 2015/16 was designated as his testimonial season by Linfield, and this culminated with a gala match against Rangers on 3 September 2016. To the start of the 2016/17 season Mulgrew has made 436 appearances and scored 40 goals for Linfield including 24 games and 2 goals in Europe.

In November 2020 Mulgrew hit the 600 game-mark with Linfield and his honours read - 
8 League Titles, 6 Irish Cups, 2 League Cups, 2 CAS, Ulster Footballer of the year, Northern Ireland International, Club Captain

In February 2022 he moved into second place in Linfield's all-time appearance list:

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
26-05-2010 Turkey...... N L 0-2 FR
30-05-2010 Chile ...... A L 0-1 FR

Summary: 2/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
14-11-2006 Germany U-19 A L 1-2 FR
06-02-2007 Wales....... H L 0-4 FR
24-03-2007 Romania..... A L 0-2 FR. sub
24-05-2007 Scotland.... A L 0-4 FR
01-06-2007 Moldova..... A W 1-0 ECQ sub
21-08-2007 Finland..... H W 2-1 FR
12-09-2007 Luxembourg.. A W 2-1 ECQ sub
17-10-2007 Israel...... H L 1-3 ECQ sub
21-11-2007 Moldova..... H W 3-0 ECQ sub
06-02-2008 Israel...... A L 1-2 ECQ sub
26-03-2008 Romania..... H L 1-3 FR. sub

Summary: 4(7)/0. Won 4, Drew 0, Lost 7.


Picture courtesy of Redneck Rich from the OWC forum (more here)

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