David Forde
| David Forde | ||
 David Forde (2013)
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | 20th December 1979 | |
| place of birth | Galway , Ireland | |
| size | 188 cm | |
| position | goal | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| -1999 | Galway United | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1999-2001 | Galway United | 31 (0) |
| 2001-2002 | Barry Town | 16 (0) |
| 2002-2004 | West Ham United | 0 (0) |
| 2003 | → Derry City (loan) | |
| 2003 | → FC Barnet (loan) | 7 (0) |
| 2004 | Galway United | |
| 2005-2006 | Derry City | |
| 2007-2008 | Cardiff City | 7 (0) |
| 2007 | → Luton Town (loan) | 5 (0) |
| 2008 | → AFC Bournemouth (loan) | 11 (0) |
| 2008– | Millwall FC | 305 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 2011– | Ireland | 24 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of January 2, 2016 2 As of May 31, 2016 |
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David Forde (born December 20, 1979 in Galway ) is an Irish football goalkeeper .
Career
David Forde comes from the youth of his home club Galway United and played there from 1999 in the first team. In his second year he was already a goalkeeper. This was followed by a brief interlude at the Welsh club Barry Town , before he was signed by the English second division West Ham United in early 2002 . There he could not establish himself, however, and was instead loaned to Derry City and later to FC Barnet .
In 2004 he returned to Galway, in 2005 he moved to Derry City and became Irish runners-up with the club in 2005, the following year they repeated the placement and also won the Irish Cup competition .
From 2007 the Irish goalkeeper tried again in English football in several attempts at Cardiff City , Luton Town and AFC Bournemouth before finally joining Millwall FC in 2008 . From the beginning he was the undisputed number one among the Lions from southeast London. He reached the promotion play-offs twice in a row with the third division team and in 2010 he was promoted to the Football League Championship , the second highest English division , in the second attempt . A saved penalty made him a promotion hero. In the first year after promotion, the newcomer to the league was the third-best defense with 48 goals conceded and Forde played to zero in 20 games. In three years he had also played all 46 season games and 6 play-off games without failure. In the 2011/12 season, however, he suffered a hip injury on matchday 17 and was out for some time. In the second half of the season he had to fight for his regular place and was on the bench in the season finale.
National team
After an outstanding season for a newcomer at Millwall with up to then 17 games without conceding goals, David Forde was nominated for two international games for the first time by national coach Giovanni Trapattoni in March 2011 at the age of 31 . In the next nomination, he made his debut in the national jersey when number one Shay Given had to leave the field in a friendly against Northern Ireland in the 72nd minute on May 24 and he came in as a substitute. In the friendly game but one against Italy he was allowed to stand in goal for the full playing time. Both times he was clean. At the end of May 2012 he was called up as the third goalkeeper in Ireland's EM squad , but was not used. Forde was also in the goal of the European Championship qualifier between Germany and Ireland (1-1) on October 14, 2014 in Gelsenkirchen . On May 12, 2016 he was appointed by national coach Martin O'Neill, although he has not played a league game since the beginning of January 2016, as one of four goalkeepers and the only third division player in the provisional 35-player squad for the Euro 2016 . He was then substituted on again in the last friendly against Belarus before the final squad nomination after an international break of more than 18 months, but ultimately not considered for the European Championship finals.
successes
- Irish cup winner 2005 with Derry City
- Irish runner-up in 2005 and 2006 with Derry City
- Promotion to the Football League Championship 2010 with Millwall FC
Web links
- UEFA profile and statistics
- David Forde in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- David Forde in the database of transfermarkt.de
- David Forde in the soccerway.com database
- Profile on the Irish Football Association website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Keeper Forde thrilled by call up to Ireland squad for Euro 2012 ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Galway City Tribune, May 11, 2012
- ↑ Well done Fordey ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Millwall FC, March 14th 2011
- ^ Republic of Ireland - Provisional squad
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Forde, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish soccer goalkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th December 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Galway , Ireland |