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764. Jamie Donley

Name: Jamie Paul Donley Born: 3 January 2005, Antrim Height: Weight: Position: Forward Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full, Youth; England: Youth. Awards: EFL Young Player of the Month: January 2025. Club Career: Tottenham Hotspur 23/24-date youth Leyton Orient 24/25 Aug-24   loan Stoke City 25/26 loan Biography: Born in Antrim to a father from Northern Ireland and a mother from England, Jamie Donley moved to England as a young child. He joined Spurs as an eight year-old and his prolific goalscoring led to him being dubbed "the new Harry Kane". He was capped at various youth levels by England, he was also invited to play for Northern Ireland in friendly Under-19 games in 2022.  He continued to be selected by England Under-19s through to 2024 but in March 2025 it was revealed that FIFA had approved his request to switch to Northern Ireland officially, and he was called up for senior friendlies against Switzerland and Sweden.

759. Aaron Donnelly

Name: Aaron Donnelly Born: 8 June 2003 Height: 6.01 ft / 1.85m Weight:  Position: Centre Back / Left-Back Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full, Under-21, 2 Under-17 Caps Club Career: Teams ... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- League Magherafelt Sky Blues ....  Youth  Dungannon United .........  Youth  Nottingham Forest .  Aug-21   Youth  .0(0)/0  Port Vale 22/3 ....   Jan-23 .Loan 20(0)/1  Dundee .. 23/4 .... Jul-23 .Loan 18(3)/0  Colchester 24/5 ... Aug-24 .Loan 14(3)/0  Dundee .. 24/5-date Jan-25 Undis   Biography: Left-sided defender came through the ranks of Dungannon United before joining Nottingham Forest in 2019. He was awarded a first professional deal in August 2021 Northern Ireland Cap Details: 11-06-2024 Andorra N W 2-0 FR sub Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details: 02-06-2021 Scotland A W 2-1 FR

Adrian Doherty

Name: Adrian Doherty Born: 10 June 1973, Strabane Died: 9 June 2000, The Hague (Netherlands) Height: 5.08 ft Weight: 10.06 st Position: Winger Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-16, 6 Under-15 Schoolboy Caps (1988) . Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other Moorfield Boys - - Youth - - - - - Derry City - - Youth 0(0)/0 - - - - Manchester . United - Nov-87 Youth 0(0)/0 - - - - Derry City 93/94 c/s-93 Free 3(0)/1 - - - - TOTALS - £0 3(0)/1 0(0)/0 0(0)/0 0(0)/0 0(0)/0 Biography: A contempora...

Liam Donnelly

Name: Liam Francis Peadar Donnelly Born: 7 March 1996, Dungannon Height: 5.10 ft Weight: 11.02 st Position: Defender / Midfielder Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full, Under-21, Under-17, Under-16. Club Honours: (with Fulham) FA Youth Cup Runner-Up 2013/14 ; (with St Mirren) SPFL Cup Winner 2025/26 (unused). Club Career: Teams ...... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- League FA Cup FL Cup Other Dungannon Sw  11/2 ...... 2010 Youth 6(1)/0 Fulham ...............  Aug-12 Youth 0(0)/0 Crawley Town  15/6 .... Jul-15 . Loan 9(1)/0 .,,..... 1(0)/0 1(0)/0 Heart of Midlothian  ..  Jul-16 Trial 0(0)/0 Hartlepool U 16/7-17/8 Aug-16 . Free 57(3)/3 1(0)/0 ....... 1(0)/0 Motherwell . 18/9-20/1 Jun-18 Undis 45(8)/8 5(1)/1 10(2)/4 Kilmarnock St Mirren Biography: To follow. Irish FA IFA Premiership Northern Ireland Full Cap Details: 04-06-2014 Chile.. A L 0-2 FR  sub still active Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details: 13-11-2012 Engla...

Gerard Doherty

BBC Name: Gerard Doherty Born: 24 August 1981, Londonderry Height: 6.02 ft (1.88 m) Weight: 13.08 st (86 kg) Position: Goalkeeper Representative Honours: Republic of Ireland: Youth; League of Ireland Representative (2011) . Club Honours: (with TNS) Welsh Premier League Champion 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07 ; Welsh Cup Winner 2004/05 ; League of Wales Cup Winner  2005/06 ; FAW Premier Cup Winner 2006/07 ;   (with Derry) FAI Cup Winner 2012 ; League of Ireland Cup Winner 2008 , 2011 ; League of Ireland First Division Winner 2010 . Awards: Airtricity/Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland Goalkeeper of the Year 2011 . Club Career: (to end of 2012) Clubs .....   -Seasons- Signed --Fee-- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Derry City . 98/9  .......... .. . Youth .. 5(0)/0 Derby County ........ Feb-99 £30,000 .. 0(0)/0  T.N.S. .... 01/2-07/8 Nov-01 ..  Free 144(0)/0 ............. 8(0)/0 Barry Town  03/4 ........... . .. Loan ...

Rory Donnelly

Name: Ruaridhri James Patrick Donnelly Born: 18 February 1992, Belfast Height: 6.02ft (1.88m) Weight: Position: Forward Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap (2013). Club Honours: (with Cliftonville) Co. Antrim Shield Winner 2011/12. ... (with Glentoran) Irish Cup Winner 2019/20. Awards: League Two Player of the Month Jan-15 . Club Career: Teams ..... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other Clift'ville 10/11-11/12 ....... Youth 49 (-)/20 ...... 5(-)/2 2(-)/0 Swansea C. . 11/12-14/15 Jan-12 Undis . 0 (0)/ 0 ...... 0(1)/0 1(0)/0  Coventry C.  13/14 ..... Jan-14 .. Loan . 0 (0)/ 0 Tranmere R.   14/15 ..... Jan-15 .. Loan 15 (5)/ 5 Gillingham . 15/16-16/17 Jun-15 . Free 35(31)/12 1(2)/0 1(1)/0 3(1)/0 Clift'ville 17/18-19/20 Aug-17 . Free 65 (-)/28 4(-)/3 5(-)/1  Glentoran .  19/20-23/24   Jan-20 ..... 110(-)/19 Newington .  23/24 ..... Feb-24 .Loan 10 (-)/ 5 Clift'ville 24/25 ......

Stuart Dallas

Name: Stuart Dallas Born: 19 April 1991, Cookstown Height: 6.00 ft / 1.83 m Weight: 12.11 st / 81 kg Position: Midfielder Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Full Cap (2011) , 1 Under-23 Cap  (2010) , 2 Under-21 Caps  (2011-2012) , Junior caps (2010) . Club Honours: (with Crusaders) Irish Cup Runner-Up 2010/11, 2011/12 ; Irish League Cup Winner 2011/12 ; Setanta Sports Cup Winner 2012 ; (with Brentford) Football League One Runner-Up 2013/14. Awards: NI FWA Player of the Year 2011 ; NI FWA Young Player of the Year 2011 . Club Career: Teams .., --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League-- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other Coagh Utd (IFA Championship) Crusaders   10/11-11/12 c/s-10  ..... 65 (2)/24 ?(?)/2 ?(?)/2 2(0)/0 Brentford 12/13-14/15 c/s-12 . Free 32(31)/ 8 1(3)/0 4(0)/2 ...... 1(3)/0 Northampton Town .... Oct-13 . Loan 10 (2)/ 3 Leeds Utd 15/16-23/24 Aug-15 £1.3m  Biography: Stuart Dallas only arrived in senior football a...

Joe Dubois

Name: Joseph Martin Dubois Born: 27 December 1927, Monkstown Died: 1987 Position: Outside-Right Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1949) , 1 Junior Cap (1948) . Club Career: Teams .......... --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- League Brantwood Linfield Arsenal ........ 48/49 ..... Jul-48 Amateur . 0/ 0 Brantwood ...... 48/49 Doncaster Rovers 49/50-51/52 May-49 ....... 31/ 5 Bedford Town ... 52/53 ..... Jul-52 ....... 41/11 (Southern League) Grimsby Town ... 53/54 ..... Jul-53 ........ 6/ 1 Halifax Town ... 54/55-56/57 Jul-54 ....... 78/10 Biography: Capped as a Junior in March 1948 while playing for Linfield Swifts and as an Amateur while briefly with Arsenal, Joe Dubois' first taste of senior football came with Peter Doherty's Doncaster Rovers. He played eleven times in Rovers' 1949/50 Division Three (North) title winning side but soon fell from the firstteam reckoning. He dropped into non-league football with Bedford and by the time he signed for Grimsby ...

Martin Donnelly

Name: Martin Donnelly Born: 4 January 1951, Belfast Height: 5.08 ft Weight: 11.06 st Position: Left-Half Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 6 Amateur Caps (1971-1973) ; League of Ireland Representative. Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish Cup Winner 1970/71 ; (with Drogheda) FAI Cup Runner-Up 1975/76 ; (with San Diego) NASL Indoor Champion 1982, 1984 ; MISL Champion 1983. Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Europe Other Distillery - - Amateur *138(-)/9 - 2(0)/0 - Kidderminster Harriers - c/s-73 - - (Southern League) Waterford - - - - - - - Drogheda United 74/75-78/79 - - 135(-)/24 - - - San Diego Sockers 1979-83/8...

Alex Doherty

Name: Alexander Doherty Position: Left-Back Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1960). Club Honours: (with Distillery) City Cup Winner 1959/60. Club Career: Distillery Biography: Alex Doherty was already knocking on the door of amateur international recognition while still playing for Distillery Seconds. Indeed it was only shortly after he was elevated to the senior ranks, in place of ex-amateur international Denis McCurley, that he was awarded his only cap. 1959/60 was a season of flux for the role of Ireland Amateurs left-back, and three different men were tried in each of that seasons internationals - Doherty, Bangor's George Matier and Eddie Johnston of Ballymena who made his fourth and final appearance in the last match of the campaign. More to follow. Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details: 16-01-1960 Wales... H W 3-2 Summary: 1/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 0.

Alan Davidson

Name: Alan (K.G.*) Davidson Position: Inside-Right Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1928) . Club Career: Teams --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- League Other Ophir (Amateur League) Barn . 27/28 ............ Amateur Larne 27/28 ............ Amateur Ards . 28/29 ............ Amateur . ??/ 8 ??/ 3 Biography: After a prolific period at centre-forward with Ards during the first-half of the 1928/29 season Alan Davidson an Amateur international cap against England. Selected at inside-right, despite his more usual role as "a vanguard leader", it was not a wholly unfamiliar position for the player to find himself in as he had previously figured in all three of the inside-forward positions. Davidson, previously with Amateur League side Ophir, gained his first experience in senior football with Barn and then Larne through the 1927/28 season giving "promising displays". He took advantage of an amateur player's freedom to seek a new club (if they so wished) a...

Daniel Devine

Name: Daniel Devine Born: 7 September 1992, Belfast Height: 6.00 ft (1.83 m) Weight:  Position: Defender Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Under-21 Caps (2010-2011) , Under-19. Club Honours: (with Inverness) Scottish Cup Winner 2014/15. Club Career: Teams ........... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other Lisburn Youth .................... Youth Lisburn Distillery ............... Youth Linfield ......................... Youth Preston North End 10/1-11/2 ...... Youth 15(0)/ 1 ...... 1(0)/0 Fleetwood Town .. 12/3 ....   c/s-12 . Free . 0(0)/ 0 Wrexham ......... 12/3 .... Sep-12 . Loan . 4(0)/ 0 1(0)/0 (Conference) Inverness C.T. .. 12/3-15/6  Jan-13 . Free  Partick Thistle .   16/7-17/8 Jun-16   . Free Dunfermline Ath. .   18/9-19/0 Jul-18   . Free Inverness C.T. ..   20/1-date  Aug-20   . Free Biography: Having already played for Northern Ireland at Youth and Under-21 level, it was a...

Matthew Doherty

Name: Matthew Doherty Born: 29 April 1987, Greysteel Height: 5.11 ft Weight: 11.07 st Position: Midfielder / Forward Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Under-21 Caps (2006-2007) Club Honours: Club Career: Teams .............. --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- League FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other Carlisle United ......................... Youth Heart of Midlothian . 06/07-08/09 c/s-04 Nominal Cowdenbeath ........ 06/07 ..... Jan-07 ... Loan 7(1)/1 1(0)/0 Cowdenbeath ........ 07/08 ..... Aug-07 ... Loan 4(0)/1 Linfield ............ 08/09 ..... Sep-08 ... Free 3(1)/0 ...... 2(0)/0 .... .. 1(1)/0 Dungannon Swifts ... 08/09 ..... Jan-09 ... Loan Musselburgh Athletic 09/10- date c/s-09 ... Free (Scottish Junior) Biography: Right-sided midfielder ... represented County Londonderry at the 2002 Milk Cup ... more to follow LondonHearts MusselburghAthletic Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details: 14-11-2006 Germany. A L 1-2 FR sub 24-05-2007 Scotland A L 0-4 ...

Hugh Dickson

bbc Name: Hugh Dickson Born: 28 August 1981, Killyleagh Height: 6.01 ft Weight: 11.02 st Position: Right-Back Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap (2001) , Youth. Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish Cup Winner 1999/00. Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other Downpatrick FE - Youth - - - - - Glentoran 99/00 - Youth 4(1)/0 1(0)/0 - - - Wigan Ath. 00/01 - 01/02 Aug-00 - 0(1)/0 0(1)/0 - - 2(0)/0 Ards 01/02 Feb-02 Free 7(0)/1 - - - - Linfield 02/03 Jun-02 - 23(0)/2 0(1)/0 6(0)/0 2(0)/0 2(1)/0 Elgin City 03/04 - 07/08 Oct-03 - 93(3)/6 4(0)/0 5(0)/1 - 4(0)/0 Glenavon 07/08 - 10/11 ...