player · data as of 2026-08-25 11:31 UTC
Alex Murphy
Be the first in the standsDefenderage 226' 2"
Republic of Irelandcurrently Kaiserslautern
Republic of Irelandcurrently KaiserslauternCareer goals
2
all competitions, from the season archive · club 2 · country 0 — season by season in The Record below
Career appearances
31
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
no goals yet
goals and assists land here the moment they happen
Team trophies
—
no team trophies on record
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
Alex Murphy is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for German 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern on loan from Premier League club Newcastle United. He is a youth international footballer for the Republic of Ireland. Primarily a centre-back, he can also play as a left-back. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
Honours
Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Individual honours1 | |||
| Player of the year · 1 | |||
| FAI Under-18 International Player of the Year | 2021 | ||
The Record
season by season · 12 competition-seasons · ESPN archive| Season | Competition | Team | Apps | Goals | Assists | Shots | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | all competitions | all teams | 31 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| 2026 | DFB-Pokal | Kaiserslautern | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | Champions League | Newcastle United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | FA Cup | Newcastle United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | League Cup | Newcastle United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Premier League | Newcastle United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | UEFA Euro U-21 Qual | Republic of Ireland U21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | Eng Trophy | Newcastle United U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | League One | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 2023 | Premier League | Newcastle United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | USA Ncaa W 1 | High Point Panthers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)| Years | Team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–now | Newcastle United F.C. | — | — |
| ?–now | Galway United F.C. | — | — |
The Stands
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