Graeme Murty

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Graeme Murty
Personal information
Date of birth	November 13, 1974 (age 32)
Place of birth	Middlesbrough, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nickname	Murts
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Reading
Number	2
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1998 1998–	York City Reading	122 (7) 280 (2)
National team2
2004–	Scotland	003 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:20, 6 March 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 13:25, 13 May 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Graeme Murty (born 13 November 1974 in Middlesbrough, North East England) is a professional footballer. His position is right back, and he plays professionally for Reading where he is also club captain.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Club career

Murty started his career with York City, and on 20 September 1995 was part of the team that beat Manchester United 3-0 in the League Cup at Old Trafford.

He joined Reading in the summer of 1998, but his first few seasons were hampered by injury. However, once clear of injury, he quickly became an integral part of the team, and when Phil Parkinson left the club to become manager of Colchester United, Murty was appointed club captain. On 30 April 2006, Murty scored only his second goal in 280 league and cup appearances when Reading played Queens Park Rangers on the final day of the 2005-06 season.^[1] It ensured that Reading reached 106 points, a record for the second tier of English football.^[1]

On 1 December 2006, Murty signed a two year extension to his contract with Reading, keeping him at the Madejski Stadium until the summer of 2009,^[2] which will mean that he will have completed ten years at the club. However, Reading chairman John Madejski has confirmed that Murty will not be given a testimonial, saying "In days gone by, there was a reason for them because players were paid diddly squat. That is not the case now – they are paid an incredible amount of money."^[3]

In a vote to compile the Royals' best-ever eleven, Murty was voted the best right back with 56.4% of the vote.^[4] Murty also won the BBC South Sports Personality of the Year award, at a ceremony in Southampton on 3 December 2006 where John Madejski and Steve Coppell were also honoured.^[5]

[edit] International career

Murty was born in England, however he qualifies to play for Scotland through his family. He has been capped three times by Scotland, with his first coming against Wales in 2004. He was in the Scotland team for the Kirin Cup in Japan in May 2006, and earned his second cap in their 5-1 win against Bulgaria on 11 May 2006. He won his third cap in Scotland's second (and final) game of the tournament against Japan, a 0-0 draw that secured the Kirin Cup for Scotland.^[6]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Graeme Murty profile at readingfc.co.uk
• Graeme Murty career stats at Soccerbase
• Video of Murty's goal against QPR on 30 April 2006

Reading F.C. - Current Squad
1 Hahnemann | 2 Murty | 3 Shorey | 4 Sidwell | 5 Sonko | 6 Gunnarsson | 7 Little | 8 Lita | 9 Doyle | 10 Hunt | 11 Oster | 12 Kitson | 14 Halls | 15 Harper | 16 Ingimarsson | 17 Convey | 19 Seol | 22 Bikey | 23 de la Cruz | 24 Long | 25 Bennett | 27 Brown | 28 Halford | 29 Duberry | 32 Federici | 47 Máté | –– Andersen | –– Bozanic | Manager: Coppell

Persondata
NAME	Murty, Graeme
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	13 November 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Middlesbrough
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH