Q:Facts: - clubs: home rovers f.c. kilkenny city f.c. ucd afc kildare county farm f.c. dundalk f.c. derry city f.c. shamrock - caps: ? 133 22 81 19 24 20 - position: defender -lrb- retired -rrb- - nationalcaps: 1 2 - years: 1988-1990 1990-1996 1996-1997 1997-2000 2000-2001 2001-2003 2003 - nationalyears: 1993 1988 - nationalgoals: 0 0 - birth date: 12 march 1972 - fullname: richie purdy - name: richie purdy - nationalteam: republic of ireland u21 republic of ireland u17 - birth place: dublin , ireland - goals: ? 5 0 13 1 1 1 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richie purdy .
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richie purdy -lrb- born 12 march 1972 in dublin -rrb- is a former irish football player .purdy made his league of ireland debut for home farm against emfa on the 6th of november , 1988 .he spent six seasons with dundalk , winning the league with the team in 1994/95 -lrb- scoring 2 goals in 26 appearances -rrb- .during this tenure at dundalk he won the pfai '' young player of the year '' award in 1992/93 pfai .purdy later moved to derry city for one season where he won another league title for the 1996/97 season .he joined shamrock rovers in the summer of 1997 where he stayed for four seasons , making two appearances in europe -lrb- scoring once -rrb- .purdy was capped by ireland at u15 , u16 , u17 , u18 and u21 levels .he played in two qualifiers in the 1990 uefa european under-18 football championship qualifying campaign .his eldest son , daniel , is currently playing for longford town and has played for ireland u15s and u17s .his other son richie plays for shamrock rovers in the fai u19 league