Damien Duff

Birth Date: March 2 1979
Birth Place: Ballyboden
Birth Nation: Republic of Ireland
Height: 179cm
Weight: 68Kg
Nationality: Irish
Position: Midfielder

Damien Duff is just one of Blackburn's Irish internationals.
He is an exciting product of the Rovers youth system and has made a trademark of scoring spectacular goals.

Duff is a left sided player with plenty of pace and excellent crossing ability he showed his potential with someoutstanding performances on the left wing following the departure of Jason Wilcox

His first full season in the first team was in the 1997/98 season. He made his debut in May 1997 in a 4-2 home defeat against Leicester City. Damien Duff became the first Irish player to play in two FIFA World Youth Championship tournaments. The skilful midfielder represented his country at the 1997 World Youth Championship in Malaysia and the 1999 tournament in Nigeria.

In his first full Premiership season in 2001-02, he was
awarded a second successive 'goal of the season' and also picked up the 'player of the season' award. Damien made his senior Republic of Ireland international debut against the Czech Republic in 1998 and in the 2002 World Cup he helped them to reach the quarter finals in Japan and Korea where he was utilized by Mick McCarthy as a forward, supporting Robbie Keane and providing constant darting runs at the oppositions defenses. His impressive display in the World Cup had Europe's top clubs seriously looking at him. However at the end of August 2002 Duff signed a new four-year contract with Blackburn Rovers

Damien Duff