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David James Mulligan (born 24 March 1982) is a New Zealand international footballer who plays for Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship. Born in England, he made over 180 appearances in the English Football League between 2000 and 2008. He is able to play in both midfield and defence. His career began at Barnsley in 2000, where he played 66 league games in three years. He spent two years at Doncaster Rovers, making close to 100 appearances, before signing with Scunthorpe United in 2006. Less of a regular with "Scunny", he enjoyed a quick spell with Port Vale in 2008, before moving to New Zealand to play for the country's only professional club, Wellington Phoenix. He joined Auckland City in 2010, and then moved to Waitakere United in 2012, and Hawke's Bay United in 2013. He returned to Waitakere United the next year. He has earned national representation at under-17, under-20, under-23 and full international level. He was selected for two FIFA Confederations Cup competitions, and was also named in the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad. ==Club career== Mulligan started his club career at Barnsley in 2000, making his professional debut in a 3–0 defeat to Manchester City on 31 October 2001. The "Tykes" were relegated at the end of the season, but Mulligan retained his place in the first 11 for the 2002–03 campaign. The next season he lost his first team place and was released by Barnsley in October 2003, despite having been offered a new contract just five months earlier. He joined Doncaster Rovers five months later in February 2004, initially on a match-to-match basis, then on a short term contract, before he was rewarded with a two-year contract to sign at the season's end. He quickly established himself at Rovers, but again ran into trouble early into the season, being placed on the transfer list by "Donny" in November 2004. He went nowhere however and was a regular starter in both 2004–05 and 2005–06. The utility player was offered a contract in the summer of 2006, but the two sides failed to agree terms. In June 2006, Mulligan signed for League One side Scunthorpe United. He failed to establish himself at the club despite making 29 appearances throughout the whole of his first season, and due to differences with the manager Nigel Atkins over his international commitments with New Zealand he was later snubbed by the club. He joined Grimsby Town on a one-month loan in November 2007, and then joined Port Vale on a free transfer in January 2008. He stayed until the end of the season, but his stay was to prove a relatively short one as manager Lee Sinnott declined to offer Mulligan a longer contract. Mulligan signed a two-year contract with the Wellington Phoenix FC in July 2008, however he struggled to make an impact and made just three appearances for the club in two seasons before his contract was not renewed at the end of the 2009–10 season. Mulligan soon signed on with New Zealand Football Championship club Auckland City FC for the 2010–11 season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=McFarland & Tribulietx Appointed, Mulligan Signs )〕 He made his debut in the opening round match against Waikato FC〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Auckland to give new Waikato old benchmark )〕 in which he scored two goals in the second half, allowing Auckland City a 3–2 victory to start of their campaign. He switched to rivals Waitakere United in July 2012. The club won the Premiership in 2012–13. He moved on to Hawke's Bay United in October 2013,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.footballnews.co.nz/categories/asb-premiership/hawkes-bay-united/47-dave-mulligan-on-his-way-to-hawkes-bay-united )〕 and helped the club to a third-place finish in 2013–14. He returned to Waitakere United for the 2014–15 season, who finished the season in fourth place.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.waitakereunited.co.nz/bay-boys-back-in-town/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dave Mulligan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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