Dave Mooney
Personal information
Full name	David Mooney
Date of birth	30 October 1984 (1984-10-30) (age 25)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Charlton Athletic (on loan from Reading)
Number	23
Youth career
	Tymon Bawn Bushy Park Rangers
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2005 2005–2007 2008 2008– 2009 2009 2009	Shamrock Rovers Longford Town Cork City Reading → Stockport County (loan) → Norwich City (loan) → Charlton Athletic (loan)	34 0(6) 0? (26) 22 (15) 02 0(0) 02 0(0) 09 0(3) 02 0(0)
National team2
2007	Republic of Ireland U23	02 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:04, 29 October 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 21:21, 20 August 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Dave Mooney (born 30 October 1984) is an Irish footballer, who plays for Charlton Athletic in League One, on loan from Reading.

Contents 1 Shamrock Rovers 2 Longford Town 3 Cork City 4 Reading 5 Charlton Athletic 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Shamrock Rovers

Born in Dublin, Mooney joined Shamrock Rovers, his first senior club, in 2000^[1] and scored in every round when Rovers' won the U17 All Ireland title against Kingdom Boys in 2002.^[1] He made his first team debut coming on as a sub against Longford Town on 6 April 2004.^[2] His first goal came on 24 June 2004 against the doomed Dublin City.^[3] In his fifteen months in the first team he scored nine goals in 40 total appearances.

Due to Rovers' financial position at the time players had to be sold on and Mooney moved to Longford. His last game in the Hoops was against Cork City on 22 July 2005.

His younger brother James now plays for Rovers schoolboys [1] and recently made his first team debut in a friendly.

[edit] Longford Town

He made his Longford debut on 6 August 2005 in a 1-0 win over Bohemians. His scoring return of 19 goals in the 2007 FAI Premier Division season ensured he was top scorer in the league [2]. Mooney's goals also led Longford Town to the final of the FAI Cup. However despite Mooney's heroics throughout the season Longford Town were relegated to the FAI First Division, albeit with a six point deduction, and lost the FAI Cup final to Cork City.

His excellent form throughout the season did not go un-noticed and he was nominated for the PFAI Player of the Year and won the FAI Player of the Year [3] as well as the Player of the Month award for August 2007.

[edit] Cork City

After Mooney's spectacular form throughout the 2007 FAI Premier League season it was obvious that he would be playing somewhere else than First Division football in Flancare Park. He had been linked with a move to the Football League next season with Football League Championship sides Crystal Palace and Colchester United reportedly interested in signing the striker. Representatives from Premier League side Fulham were said to have been in attendance at the FAI Cup final, and former Leeds United manager Dennis Wise had also watched Mooney in action.^[4]

However Mooney promised to follow his manager Alan Mathews down south if he was to stay in Ireland. He had been offered a contract by English Premiership side Blackburn Rovers, but instead signed a longer three-year contract with perennial title challengers Cork City in January 2008 thus ending two and a half years in the midlands. ^[5]

Mooney was a revelation in his only season with Cork City, racing to the top of the goalscoring charts again. He was widely regarded as one of the best players in the league. A particularly impressive showing against Derry City at The Brandywell saw Mooney score twice in a minute to bring the game (which Derry had dominated) level at 2-2, and come close to completing his hat-trick just moments later with a speculative 30-yard effort that came back off an upright (a spectacular goal from Denis Behan eventually gave Cork all three points). Before European football came to Turner's Cross midway through the season, Mooney had scored 18 goals in total, and broken his team mate Behan's record for a scoring run by netting 11 goals in six matches. He had also scored on his European debut, in a 2-2 UEFA Cup draw with Finnish side FC Haka [4].

[edit] Reading

However, Mooney would only last another month at Cork City. It was revealed on 12 August that the club was in the region of €800,000 debt. However, this was not the only reason. Mooney's season was similar to Roy O'Donovan's the season before. Already top of the goalscoring charts, Mooney had attracted renewed interest from England. One of the clubs was Reading. On 20 August, he signed for them for a fee believed to be in the region of €260,000. Mooney was given squad number 12.

Mooney made his Reading debut in the League Cup against Luton Town. According to the Reading official website he had also lined up with teammate Noel Hunt for Shamrock Rovers; which is untrue as Hunt had left the club 15 months prior to Mooney's debut.

Mooney had a loan spell (cut short by injury) with League One side Stockport County midway through the 2008–09 season, but in March 2009, he moved on a month's loan to Championship strugglers Norwich City. He scored twice in his first three appearances for the Canaries, including the opener in a 2-0 win over Cardiff City, and the only goal of the game against fellow relegation candidates Plymouth Argyle. As a result, Mooney's loan spell at Carrow Road was extended until the end of the season. Although he would eventually total three goals in nine league games for the club, his contribution would not be enough to prevent Norwich from being relegated.

Due to the different time-frame of the League of Ireland season, the end of the 2008-09 campaign brought Mooney his first break from playing / training since March 2008.

He scored his first Reading goals when he scored twice at home to Burton Albion in a first round Carling Cup tie on 11th August 2009.^[6]

[edit] Charlton Athletic

On 16th October 2009 it was announced that David Mooney would be joining League One side Charlton Athletic on an emergency loan until 1st December.^[7] He made his first team debut on 17th October 2009 coming on as a substitute during Charlton's 2-1 victory against Huddersfield at The Valley

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Reading profile
• Norwich City profile
• Dave Mooney career stats at Soccerbase
• Charlton Athletic Profile

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Persondata
NAME	Mooney, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mooney, David
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1984-10-30
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dublin, Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH