Personal information | |||
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Full name | Richard Michael Duffy[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 30 August 1985||
Place of birth | Swansea, Wales[2] | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Congleton Town (player-manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–2001 | Swansea City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2004 | Swansea City | 18 | (1) |
2004–2009 | Portsmouth | 1 | (0) |
2004 | → Burnley (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2005 | → Coventry City (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2005–2006 | → Coventry City (loan) | 32 | (0) |
2006 | → Coventry City (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2007 | → Swansea City (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2008 | → Coventry City (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2009 | Millwall | 12 | (0) |
2009–2012 | Exeter City | 112 | (3) |
2012–2016 | Port Vale | 136 | (1) |
2016 | Eastleigh | 0 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Notts County | 104 | (7) |
2019–2020 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 21 | (0) |
2021– | Congleton Town | 15 | (3) |
International career | |||
2001–2002 | Wales U17 | 4 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Wales U19 | 3 | (0) |
2004–2006 | Wales U21 | 7 | (0) |
2005–2008 | Wales | 13 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2021– | Congleton Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Richard Michael Duffy (born 30 August 1985) is a Welsh former professional footballer who is the player-manager at Northern Premier League Division One West club Congleton Town. A versatile player who can play either on the right or at the centre of defence, he won 13 caps for Wales between 2005 and 2008. He is the younger brother of Robert Duffy.
He began his career at Swansea City, making his debut as a 16-year-old in December 2001, before winning a six-figure sum move to Premier League side Portsmouth in January 2004. He never broke into the first-team picture at Fratton Park and instead enjoyed numerous loan moves at Burnley, Coventry City, and former club Swansea. He switched to Millwall in February 2009 before signing with Exeter City in July 2009. He joined Port Vale in July 2012 and helped the club to secure promotion out of League Two in 2012–13. He stayed at the club for four years before joining Notts County via Eastleigh in June 2016. He joined Kidsgrove Athletic in August 2019.
He began coaching at Congleton Town in May 2020 and was appointed as the club's manager 12 months later. Congleton won the Midland League Premier Division title and Midland League Cup at the end of the 2023–24 season.