Dave Mulligan

David Mulligan ( born March 24, 1982 in Fazakerley, Liverpool, England) is a New Zealand soccer player. The full-back is since 2008 the A- League club Wellington Phoenix under contract.

Club career

Mulligan played in France in 1998 for a New Zealand U-16 selection when he and his teammate Rory Fallon stood out a scout of Barnsley FC, and were brought into the youth academy of the club. In 2000 he was appointed to the professional sector of the English second division. After three years and the temporary relegation to the third division, the club no longer extended in October 2003 after financial problems his contract. Mulligan took place in February 2004 with the Doncaster Rovers a new club where he quickly established and at the end of the season rose after his obligation as a fourth division champion in the third league. In summer 2006, he joined the third division rivals Scunthorpe United. While he was at Scunthorpe still regularly came in his first season to use and reached the summit in the Football League Championship, he played in the following season under Nigel Adkins is no longer relevant.

End of August 2007, he was initially awarded for a month to the fourth division Grimsby Town before the third division Port Vale ready agreed to assume his current contract until end of season in early January. Following termination of the contract he signed in the summer of 2008 by the New Zealand club Wellington Phoenix a two -year contract.

National

Mulligan was among 1999 New Zealand U-17 squad at the U- 17 World Cup in their own country. He came in two of three group matches used in the 1-2 defeat against the USA, he managed to interim management results. In the aftermath Mulligan also played in the U -20 and U -23 before it against Estonia made ​​his international debut in the New Zealand national team in 2002. He was also elected to the New Zealand International Young Player 2002.

In 2003 he was part of the New Zealand squad at the Confederations Cup, but did not come when Vorrundenaus used. In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup Mulligan arrive within four days in the two games against Vanuatu 's only previous international goal. With the victory of the oceanic qualifying round they won both the OFC Nations Cup in 2008 and qualified for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, in which Mulligan was also on the squad.