David Connolly

David James Connolly (an haife shi a ranar 6 ga watan Yunin shekara ta 1977) tsohon dan wasan kwallon kafa ne wanda ya taka leda a matsayin dan wasan gaba. Ya buga wa kungiyoyi daban-daban ciki har da Feyenoord da Excelsior a Netherlands da Wigan Athletic da Sunderland a Premier League. An haife shi a Ingila, Connolly ya wakilci tawagar Jamhuriyar Ireland a matakin kasa da kasa. Ya kasance memba na tawagar gasar cin Kofin Duniya na FIFA na 2002 ta Ireland wacce ta sha kashi a Spain a matakin knockout inda Iker Casillas ya ceci kisa a lokacin harbi.

 Ayyukan kulob din 
Connolly ya fara aikinsa tare da Watford inda ya zira kwallaye 15 a wasanni 34. Rubuce-rubucen da ya zira kwallaye, a kulob din da kuma matakin kasa da kasa, wanda ya hada da hat-trick a gasar cin kofin duniya, ya ba shi damar zuwa kungiyar Feyenoord Rotterdam ta Holland. Ya yi aro a Excelsior Rotterdam da Wolverhampton Wanderers (inda ya zira kwallaye hudu a wasan daya da Bristol City)  kafin ya shiga Wimbledon a shekara ta 2001 a kan canja wurin kyauta inda ya zira kwallan 42 a cikin yanayi biyu.

Manajan Glenn Roeder ya sanya hannu kan Connolly ga West Ham United don £ 285,000 a watan Agustan shekara ta 2003.  Connolly ya zira kwallaye a karon farko na West Ham a wasan da ya ci 2-1 a Preston North End a ranar 9 ga watan Agusta 2003.  Ya zira kwallaye 14 a wasanni 48 a duk wasannin da West Ham ke yi; wasan karshe da ya yi a wasan karshe da aka yi wa Crystal Palace a watan Mayu na shekara ta 2004.

Connolly ya sanya hannu a Leicester City a shekara ta 2004 don £ 500,000, ya kammala a matsayin babban mai zira kwallaye a kulob din a kakar wasa ta farko. Ya gudanar da hat-trick a kan Stoke City a watan Agustan 2005, kafin ya sanya hannu a Wigan . 

A ranar 31 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 2005, ya shiga sabuwar kungiyar Wigan Athletic da aka inganta don fam miliyan 2 (tare da yiwuwar tashi zuwa fam miliyan 3 idan Wigan ya zauna a cikin Firayim Minista, wanda suka yi).  Ya zira kwallaye a karon farko a Wigan a nasarar 2-1 a West Bromwich Albion, amma raunin da ya samu ya faru a yawancin sauran kakar 2005-06. da Leeds a gasar cin kofin FA . 

Connolly ya kasance daga cikin tawagar gasar cin Kofin Duniya na FIFA na 2002 wacce ta sha kashi a Spain a matakin knockout, inda Iker Casillas ya ceci hukuncin kisa a lokacin harbi. [1] Ya zira kwallaye ga Ireland a wasan Niall Quinn a ranar 14 ga Mayu 2002, a kan tsohon kulob dinsa, Sunderland da kuma sau ɗaya a cikin shaidar Mick McCarthy a ranar 26 ga Mayu 1996 a kan Celtic.

A cikin kakar 2007-08 Connolly ya kasa nunawa a cikin kowane ɗayan ƙungiyar Steve Staunton, duk da kasancewa babban mai zira kwallaye na Sunderland, kodayake an kira shi zuwa ƙungiyar mutum 40 na farko na Giovanni Trapattoni a cikin 2008 duk da cewa ya ji rauni a lokacin.

 Dubi kuma 

 Jerin 'yan wasan kwallon kafa na kasa da kasa da aka haifa a waje da Jamhuriyar Ireland

 Manazarta 

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