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David Worrell

David Worrell is an Irish footballer who played as a right back. Born in Dublin, he played in the Scottish Premier League for Dundee United, and the Football League for Plymouth Argyle and Rotherham United.

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David Worrell
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-01-12) 12 January 1978
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)1
Position Right back
Youth career
Rush Athletic
Home Farm
Shelbourne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
1999–2001 Dundee United 18 (0)
2000–2001 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 7 (0)
2001–2005 Plymouth Argyle 140 (0)
2005–2007 Rotherham United 82 (0)
2007–2008 Dundee 21 (0)
2008–2009 Montrose 13 (0)
International career
1997 Republic of Ireland U20 6 (0)
1997–1999 Republic of Ireland U21 18 (0)
1998 Republic of Ireland B 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Worrell (born 12 January 1978) is an Irish footballer who played as a right back. Born in Dublin, he played in the Scottish Premier League for Dundee United, and the Football League for Plymouth Argyle and Rotherham United.

Club career

Worrell signed for Blackburn from Shelbourne in January 1995 but had not made a first team appearance before he moved to Dundee United in March 1999. The right back made nineteen league appearances for the Scottish club before moving to Plymouth Argyle and went on to make over 150 league and cup appearances for the Home Park club during a successful spell in which they gained promotion twice. In May 2005, Worrell's contract was not renewed2 and he subsequently signed for Rotherham in July. At the end of the 2006–07 season, Worrell was released following Rotherham's relegation from League One, before Dundee announced his signature.3 In June 2008, Worrell left Dens Park to sign for Montrose, having decided to combine part-time football with another career.4 He played his last match for Montrose on 6 December 2008, and was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma twelve days later.5

International career

Worrell was part of the Ireland side who finished third in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, featuring in all six matches, and has been capped eighteen times by Republic of Ireland under-21, also captaining the side. In addition, he played once for the Republic of Ireland B team in February 1998 featuring alongside future internationals such as Damien Duff, Richard Dunne and Robbie Keane.6

After football

He trained as a financial advisor whilst playing part-time football, and moved back to Ireland following his retirement as a player.7 He worked as a financial consultant for Paul Kerr Associates, a company set up by Paul Kerr in 2002 to offer financial advice to professional footballers.8 As of 2017, he was working for Conexim, a financial services company, in Dublin.7

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cupa League cupb Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dundee United 1998–999 Scottish Premier League 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1999–200010 Scottish Premier League 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 0
Total 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 0
Plymouth Argyle (loan) 2000–0111 Third Division 7 0 0 0 0 0 2c 0 9 0
Plymouth Argyle 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2001–0212 Third Division 42 0 0 0 4 0 1c 0 47 0
2002–0313 Second Division 43 0 4 0 1 0 1c 0 49 0
2003–0414 Second Division 18 0 1 0 1 0 2c 0 22 0
2004–0515 Championship 30 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 0
Total 147 0 5 0 7 0 6 0 165 0
Rotherham United 2005–0616 League One 41 0 1 0 2 0 1c 0 45 0
2006–0717 League One 41 0 1 0 2 0 1c 0 45 0
Total 82 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 90 0
Dundee 2007–0818 Scottish First Division 21 0 2 0 3 0 1d 0 27 0
Montrose 2008–0919 Scottish Third Division 13 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 0
Career total 281 0 10 0 17 0 9 0 317 0

Honours

Plymouth Argyle
Republic of Ireland
References

References

  1. David Worrell at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Worrell is released by Plymouth". BBC Sport. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
  3. "United trio set for summer surgery". The Courier. Dundee. 28 May 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
  4. "Experienced duo join Montrose". The Courier. Dundee. 10 June 2008. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008.
  5. "Football helping Worrell to win his biggest battle of all". Irish Independent. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  6. "The only green shared by Blackburn boys is Irish strip". Irish Examiner. 21 February 1998. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
  7. Whooley, Declan (6 December 2017). "What became of the Class of '97?". rte.ie. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  8. "Paul Kerr Associates Team". Paul Kerr Associates. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  9. "Games played by David Worrell in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  10. "Games played by David Worrell in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  11. "Games played by David Worrell in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  12. "Games played by David Worrell in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  13. "Games played by David Worrell in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  14. "Games played by David Worrell in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  15. "Games played by David Worrell in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  16. "Games played by David Worrell in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  17. "Games played by David Worrell in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  18. "Games played by David Worrell in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  19. "Games played by David Worrell in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
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