MICHAEL Murphy retired from inter-county football recently. Here is a glance at his career…

Age: 33
Club: Glenswilly

HONOURS

Club:
u-13 B championship: 2000
u-14 B: 2001
u-14 (Division 3): 2001
u-14 (Division 3 North): 2003
Ulster u-14 Féile: 2003
Donegal SFC: 2011, 2013, 2016

County
Ulster MFC: 2006
Ulster u-21 FC: 2010 (Captain)
Dr McKenna Cup: 2018
NFL (Division Two): 2011 (Captain), 2019 (Joint captain)
Ulster SFC: 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019 (all as captain)
All-Ireland SFC: 2012 (Captain)

School (St Eunan’s College):
Loch an Iúir Cup: 2003
Herald Cup: 2004
Treanor Cup: 2005
MacLarnon Cup: 2007

College (DCU):
Sigerson Cup:  2012

International:
International Rules series: , 2011, 2013 (Captain)

All-Stars: 2012, 2014, 2019
Young Player of the Year: 2009

FIRST DONEGAL APPEARANCE
All-Ireland Qualifiers Round 1
Donegal 1-14 Leitrim 1-12 AET
Saturday, July 7, 2007 – Carrick on Shannon

P Durcan; N McGee, P Campbell, K Lacey; F McGlynn, B Monaghan, P McConigley; N Gallagher, K Cassidy; M Murphy (1-1), M Hegarty (0-2), R Kavanagh (0-2); K McMenamin (0-3, 2f), R Bradley (0-2), B Devenney (0-3)

Subs: N McCready for P Campbell (55), E McGee (0-1) for P McConigley (64), C Toye (0-1) for M Hegarty (66), M McElhinney for M Murphy (70), S McDermott (0-1) for B Devenney (70), T Donoghue for E McGee (HT in ET),  M Hegarty for R Bradley (83), C Dunne for M McElhinney (84)

FINAL DONEGAL APPEARANCE
All-Ireland Qualifiers Round 2
Armagh3-17 Donegal 0-16
Sunday, July 12, 2022 – Clones

S Patton; C Ward, B McCole, A Doherty (0-1); R McHugh (0-1), EB Gallagher, O McFadden-Ferry; C McGonagle, J McGee (0-1); C Thompson (0-1), P Mogan, M Langan; P McBrearty (0-1), M Murphy (0-6, 5f), S O’Donnell (0-4)
Subs: M Lynch for McBrearty (30), Patton for M Lynch (37), J Brennan for C Thompson (46), C O’Donnell for C Ward (58), N O’Donnell (0-1) for M Langan (64), J McKelvey for R McHugh (64)