Stephen Murphy (footballer)

Stephen Murphy (born 5 April 1978) is a former professional footballer who played for Belvedere, before signing with Huddersfield Town in 1994, staying there for four years. He went on to sign for Halifax Town where he made 25 Football League appearances. He has also represented the republic of Ireland at U-15 level all the way up to the Ireland U-21s.^{[citation needed]} Stephen was part of the now famous Malaysia 97 team that were brutally unlucky not to make it to the final. An Argentina side with Aimar at the helm narrowly edged Ireland out with a 1 - 0 victory in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Youth Championship.They inevitably camed 3rd beating a strong Ghana team in the playoff.