David Connolly
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| David Connolly | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | David Connolly | |
| Date of birth | June 6 1977 | |
| Place of birth | Willesden, England | |
| Height | 5ft 9ins | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | unattached | |
| Number | 31 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1994-1997 1997-2001 1998-1999 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006 - 2009 | Watford Feyenoord → Wolves (loan) → Excelsior Rotterdam (loan) Wimbledon West Ham United Leicester City Wigan Athletic Sunderland | 34 (15) 25 (7) 40 (6) 48 (42) 68 (42) 48 (14) 49 (17) 22 (3) 38 (13) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1996 - present | Republic of Ireland | 41 (9) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals | ||
David Connolly (born June 6, 1977 in Willesden, England) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker and is currently unattached to any club. He featured for Sunderland A.F.C. from 2006-2009.
Connolly joined Sunderland on transfer-deadline day on August 2006 from Wigan for 1.4m, he finished the 2006/2007 season Sunderland's top scorer with 13 goals.
The next season Connolly only made one appearance, and suffered heavy setbacks from injury. During the 2008/2009 season he had fell out of interest completely, and was released at the end making no appearances at all.
