  damien anthony duff (born 2 march 1979) is an irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for melbourne city. duff has previously played for blackburn rovers, with whom he won the football league cup; chelsea, where he won two premier league titles and another league cup; newcastle united where he won the 2006 uefa intertoto cup; and fulham, with whom he played in the 2010 uefa europa league final. he played international football for ireland for 14 years from his debut in 1998. he played at the 2002 fifa world cup and captained the country at uefa euro 2012. he is a member of the fifa century club, having made his 100th international appearance against italy at euro 2012. ==club career== ===blackburn rovers=== born in ballyboden, county dublin, ireland, duff joined blackburn rovers as a trainee in 1996 after playing for leicester celtic, lourdes celtic and st. kevin's boys as a schoolboy in dublin. he made his blackburn debut at the age of 18 against leicester city on the
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