Shaun Peter Murphy (born 5 November 1970) is an Australian former soccer player. His club career included stints with Notts County (1992–1997), West Bromwich Albion (1997–1999), Sheffield United (1999–2003) and Crystal Palace (2001–02) in England, before returning to Australia for one season to captain Perth Glory (2003–04).^[1][2][3][4]

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Shaun Murphy

Personal information
Full name	Shaun Peter Murphy
Date of birth	(1970-11-05) 5 November 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1988	Australian Institute of Sport
	Blacktown City Demons
	Heidelberg United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1991	Perth Italia
1992–1997	Notts County	109	(5)
1996–1999	West Bromwich Albion	71	(7)
1999	Sorrento
1999–2003	Sheffield United	158	(9)
2001–2002	→ Crystal Palace (loan)	11	(0)
2003–2004	Perth Glory	28	(4)
International career‡
1989	Australia U-20
1992	Australia U-23
2000–2001	Australia	18	(3)
Medal record Men's association football Representing  Australia FIFA Confederations Cup 2001 Japan–South Korea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 July 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 July 2007

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He was a member of the Australian national team and scored a winner against Brazil for Australia in the 2001 Confederations Cup third place play-off match.^[5] He also represented Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics.