David Connolly

**David James Connolly** (born 6 June 1977) is a retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for various clubs including Feyenoord and Excelsior in the Netherlands as well as Wigan Athletic and Sunderland in the Premier League.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Watford|1994–95|First Division|2|0|2|0|0|0|—|—|4|0|||
|1995–96|First Division|11|8|1|0|0|0|—|—|12|8|||||
|1996–97|Second Division|13|2|3|4|1|0|—|1|1|18|7||||
|rowspan="3"|Feyenoord|1997–98|Eredivisie|10|2|||—|5|0|—|15|2|||
|2000–01|Eredivisie|15|5|||—|0|0|—|15|5|||||
|Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)|1998–99|First Division|32|6|1|0|2|0|—|—|35|6||||
|rowspan="3"|Excelsior (loan)|1999–00|Eerste Divisie|32|29|||—|—|—|32|29||||
|2000–01|Eerste Divisie|16|13|||—|—|—|16|13||||||
|rowspan="3"|Wimbledon|2001–02|First Division|35|18|2|0|1|0|—|—|38|18|||
|2002–03|First Division|28|24|2|0|0|0|—|—|30|24|||||
|West Ham United|2003–04|First Division|39|10|4|2|2|2|—|3|0|48|14|||
|rowspan="3"|Leicester City|2004–05|Championship|44|13|5|0|0|0|—|—|49|13|||
|2005–06|Championship|5|4|—|0|0|—|—|5|4||||||
|rowspan="3"|Wigan Athletic|2005–06|Premier League|17|1|1|1|3|1|—|—|21|3|||
|2006–07|Premier League|2|0|—|—|—|—|2|0|||||||
|rowspan="4"|Sunderland|2006–07|Championship|36|13|1|0|—|—|—|37|13||||
|2007–08|Premier League|3|0|1|0|1|0|—|—|5|0|||||
|2008–09|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|0|0|||||
|rowspan="4"|Southampton|2009–10|League One|20|5|1|2|—|—|2|0|23|7|||
|2010–11|League One|15|3|1|1|1|0|—|1|0|18|4||||
|2011–12|Championship|26|6|0|0|0|0|—|—|26|6|||||
|rowspan="4"|Portsmouth|2012–13|League One|17|7|—|—|—|—|17|7|||||
|2013–14|League Two|18|4|1|1|0|0|—|1|0|20|5||||
|2014–15|League Two|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0|0|0||||
|Oxford United (loan)|2013–14|League Two|16|4|—|—|—|—|16|4||||||
|AFC Wimbledon|2014–15|League Two|8|1|—|—|—|—|8|1||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Republic of Ireland|1996|4|2|
|1997|7|4|||
|1998|3|0|||
|1999|6|1|||
|2000|4|0|||
|2001|6|1|||
|2002|4|0|||
|2003|6|1|||
|2005|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list the Republic of Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Connolly goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|9 June 1996|Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.||1–0|1–2|1996 U.S. Cup||||||||
|2|12 June 1996|New Jersey, U.S.|||2–2|1996 U.S. Cup||||||||
|3|21 May 1997|Dublin, Republic of Ireland|||5–0|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|4||||||||||||||
|5||||||||||||||
|6|6 September 1997|Reykjavík, Iceland|||4–2|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|7|10 February 1999|Dublin, Republic of Ireland|||2–0|Friendly||||||||
|8|6 October 2001|Dublin, Republic of Ireland|||4–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|9|9 September 2003|Dublin, Republic of Ireland|||2–2|Friendly||||||||

## Honours

**Sunderland**
- Football League Championship: 2006–07

**Southampton**
- Football League Trophy: 2010

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: David Connolly
- **fullname**: David James Connolly
- **birth place**: Willesden, England
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **youthyears1**: –1995
- **youthclubs1**: Watford F.C., Watford
- **years1**: 1995–1997
- **clubs1**: Watford F.C., Watford
- **caps1**: 26
- **goals1**: 10
- **years2**: 1997–2001
- **clubs2**: Feyenoord
- **caps2**: 25
- **goals2**: 7
- **years3**: 1998–1999
- **clubs3**: →  Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)
- **caps3**: 32
- **goals3**: 6
- **years4**: 1999–2001
- **clubs4**: →  SBV Excelsior, Excelsior (loan)
- **caps4**: 48
- **goals4**: 42
- **years5**: 2001–2003
- **clubs5**: Wimbledon F.C., Wimbledon
- **caps5**: 63
- **goals5**: 42
- **years6**: 2003–2004
- **clubs6**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps6**: 39
- **goals6**: 10
- **years7**: 2004–2005
- **clubs7**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
- **caps7**: 49
- **goals7**: 17
- **years8**: 2005–2006
- **clubs8**: Wigan Athletic F.C., Wigan Athletic
- **caps8**: 19
- **goals8**: 1
- **years9**: 2006–2009
- **clubs9**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **caps9**: 39
- **goals9**: 13
- **years10**: 2009–2012
- **clubs10**: Southampton F.C., Southampton
- **caps10**: 61
- **goals10**: 14
- **years11**: 2012–2015
- **clubs11**: Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth
- **caps11**: 35
- **goals11**: 11
- **years12**: 2014
- **clubs12**: → Oxford United F.C., Oxford United (loan)
- **caps12**: 16
- **goals12**: 4
- **years13**: 2015
- **clubs13**: AFC Wimbledon
- **caps13**: 8
- **goals13**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 460
- **totalgoals**: 178
- **nationalyears1**: 1996–2005
- **nationalteam1**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland
- **nationalcaps1**: 41
- **nationalgoals1**: 9