Dessie Gorman
Personal information
Full name	Desmond Gorman
Date of birth	13 December 1964 (1964-12-13) (age 45)
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
1984–1985	Dundalk
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1985–1989 1989–1990 1990–1991 1991–1992 1992–1997 1997–2000 2000–2001 2000–2001 2001–2003 2003 2007	Dundalk FC Bourges Derry City Shelbourne Linfield Newry Town Bangor Ards Banbridge Town Dundalk Loughall	00? (38) 028 0(7) 041 0(8) 00? (18)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Desmond "Dessie" Gorman (born 13 December 1964 in Manchester, England) is a retired Irish footballer who played for a number of clubs on both sides of the Irish border.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Honours 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Career

Gorman started his career with Dundalk, making his League of Ireland debut on 10 March 1985. His form attracted the attention of English side Arsenal, and he played for them in a friendly against Shamrock Rovers at Glenmalure Park in August 1986.^[1] While at Dundalk he won all domestic honours, and was top scorer during both the 1985–86 (with 11 goals) and 1987–88 (with 16 goals) seasons.^[2] In 1989 he moved to French club FC Bourges who he helped win promotion, and then to Derry City in October 1990. In the summer of 1991 he moved to Shelbourne,^[3] before signing with Linfield in December 1992.^[4] He stayed with Linfield until 1997, before playing with Newry Town, Bangor, Ards, Banbridge Town. He returned briefly to Dundalk in 2003, before retiring. He came out of retirement in 2007 to play briefly for Loughall.

[edit] Honours

• League of Ireland Championship: 2
  • Dundalk – 1988–89
  • Shelbourne – 1991–92

• FAI Cup
  • Dundalk – 1988

• FAI League Cup: 2
  • Dundalk – 1987–88
  • Derry City – 1990–91

• Irish Premier League Championship: 2
  • Linfield – 1992–93, 1993–94

• IFA Cup: 2
  • Linfield – 1993–94, 1994–95

• Irish League Cup
  • Linfield – 1993–94

• Gold Cup
  • Linfield – 1996–97

• Floodlit Cup
  • Linfield – 1993–94

• County Antrim Shield
  • Linfield – 1994–95

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Player profile at PlayerHistory.com