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Ireland men's hockey international From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean Murray (born 5 May 1997)[1] is an Irish field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Hockey League club Gantoise and the Irish national team.
Personal information | |||
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Born |
[1] Detroit, United States[2] | 5 May 1997 ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Gantoise | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2015 | Wallace High School | ||
2014 | → Ulster U18 | ||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2014–2018 | → Ireland U21 | ||
2014–2016 | Lisnagarvey | ||
2018–2020 | Rotterdam | ||
2020–2022 | Leuven | ||
2022–present | Gantoise | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–present | Ireland | 78 [3] | |
Last updated on: 2 July 2020 |
He represented Ireland at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup. At club level, he was a member of the Lisnagarvey team that won the 2015–16 Men's Irish Hockey League title.
Murray was educated at Wallace High School and at Queen's University Belfast, where he gained a maths degree.[2][4][5][6][7] His father, Mark Murray, is involved with Lisnagarvey Hockey Club in various roles including as a coach, and his older siblings, Laura and Stephen and younger brother Daniel are also field hockey players.[5][8]
In 2013–14 Murray was a member of the Wallace High School team that won a McCullough Cup/Burney Cup double. Murray scored in both finals.[9][10] He also played for Wallace High School in the 2014 All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship final, when they lost 3–1 to St. Andrew's College.[11] He also played in the 2014–15 McCullough Cup final.[12] He captained Wallace High School when they retained the Burney Cup in 2014–15.[5][13][14] While playing for Wallace High School, Murray also represented Ulster U18 at inter-provincial level.[15]
During the 2014–15 season, Murray became an established member of the Lisnagarvey first team.[15][16] In 2015–16, along with Jonathan Bell, Michael Watt and Paul Gleghorne, Murray was a member of the Lisnagarvey team that won the Men's Irish Hockey League and the EY Champions Trophy.[17][18] Murray and Lisnagarvey also reached the final of the Irish Senior Cup but lost to Monkstown after a penalty shoot-out.[19][20][21] Murray also played and scored for Lisnagarvey in the 2016–17 Euro Hockey League.[5][22]
In 2018 Murray began playing for HC Rotterdam in the Dutch Hoofdklasse.[7][23] After two seasons he left Rotterdam for Leuven in Belgium.[24] At Leuven he also only stayed for two seasons and left them in 2022 for Gantoise.[25]
Murray made his senior debut for Ireland in October 2015 in a 2–2 draw with Argentina.[2][5][26] He has previously represented Ireland at under-18 and under-21 levels.[3][8][27] In March 2017 Murray helped Ireland win a 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 tournament.[5] In June 2017 Murray was also a member of the Ireland team that won the Hamburg Masters, defeating Germany 4–2 in the final.[28][29]
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