David Forde (footballer)

David Forde ( born December 20, 1979 in Galway) is an Irish football goalkeeper.

Career

David Forde comes from the youth his home club Galway United and played there from 1999 in the first team. In his second year he was already goalkeeper. There was a brief interlude in the Welsh club Barry Town before he was taken in early 2002 by the English second division club West Ham United. There, however, he could not establish itself and was instead loaned only to Derry City and later at the Barnet FC.

In 2004 he returned to Galway back in 2005, he moved to Derry City and was with the club in 2005 Irish runner-up, the following year they repeated the placement and also won the Irish Cup competition.

As of 2007, it then tried the Irish goalie in several attempts at Cardiff City, Luton Town and AFC Bournemouth again in English football before he finally came to the Millwall FC 2008. From the beginning he was the undisputed number one in the Lion of the South East of London. Twice in succession, he reached the third division the ascension play-offs in 2010 and succeeded on the second attempt the climb in the Football League Championship, the second highest English league. A holding penalty made ​​him climb hero. In the first year after the rise of league newcomer presented with 48 goals against the third-best defense in 20 games played Forde at zero. In three years he had also denied each of all 46 season games plus six playoff games without a loss. In the season 2011/12 he retired but on 17 Matchday a hip injury to and fell out some time. In the second round he had to fight for his place and sat in the season finale on the bench.

National

After an outstanding season for a promoted at Millwall until then with 17 games without conceding a goal was David Forde nominated for the first time in March 2011 with 31 years of national team coach Giovanni Trapattoni for two international matches. At the next nomination, he then came to his debut in the national team, as needed, on 24 May, the number one Shay Given in a friendly match against Northern Ireland in the 72nd minute from the field and he came into the goal as a substitute. In the next match against Italy he was allowed to stand over the full season in goal. Both times he remained without conceding a goal.

End of May 2012 he was appointed as the third goalkeeper in the EM array Ireland.

Achievements

• Irish Cup Winner 2005 with Derry City
• Irish runner-up in 2005 and 2006 with Derry City
• Promotion to the Football League Championship in 2010 with the FC Millwall