Derek Swan

Derek Swan

Personal information
Full name	Derek Anthony Swan
Date of birth	24 October 1966 (1966-10-24) (age 45)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1985–1986	Home Farm	9	(0)
1986–1990	Bohemians	101	(41)
1990	Port Vale	0	(0)
1990	→ Wageningen (loan)
1990–1993	Shamrock Rovers	75	(25)
1993–1994	Dundalk	3	(0)
1994	Glentoran	6	(1)
1994–2000	Bohemians	136	(48)
2000–2002	UCD	16	(4)
Total		348+	(119+)
National team
1986–1987	Republic of Ireland under-21s	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Derek Anthony "Swanny" Swan (born 24 October 1966 in Dublin) is an Irish former footballer. As of June 2009, he is joint 22nd in the all time list of League of Ireland goalscorers, with 118 league strikes.^[1]

Playing career

Swan began his career with ex–League of Ireland side Home Farm in 1985–86, making his debut against Shamrock Rovers in November 1985. The following season he secured a switch to Bohemians, where he averaged ten league goals a year in four years with the club. In June 1987 he guested for Shamrock Rovers in a tournament in South Korea.^[2]

He moved to England with Port Vale in May 1990, Vale handing Bohemians £15,000. Three months later he was sent out to the Netherlands on a one month loan with Wageningen. He never made the first team at Vale Park and was sold on to Shamrock Rovers for £12,500 in November 1990.^[3] He scored twice on his Rovers league debut in December 1990.^[4] During his three years at the club he scored 25 goals in 75 league appearances and was top club goalscorer in 1991–92 and 1992–93.

In December 1994 he returned to Bohs for £2,000 and spent the next six years at Dalymount, scoring in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1995.^[5] In 2000 he signed for University College Dublin, where his goals helped UCD to avoid relegation as they secured their top flight status with one point to spare.^[6]

International career

Swan was capped at schoolboy, youth, under-21 and under-23 levels for Ireland and the League of Ireland Representative teams. He played at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship [1].

Sporting family

Swan comes from a sporting family; his father Tony played for Bohemians during the 1960s, while his uncle Maurice played for Dundalk and Cardiff City amongst others. His son (also called Derek) had spells in Bohemians' and Shelbourne's reserve team.

References

1. ^ "Ireland - List of Topscorers". rsssf.com. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
2. ^ "Article". The Irish Times. June 11, 1987. pp. 4. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1987/0611/Pg004.html#Ar00406:3633743B63A034D3A03793B23043EE3234013554E83734FB3043A03393B2. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
3. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 284. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200. 
4. ^ "Article". The Irish Times. December 3, 1990. pp. 16. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1990/1203/Pg016.html#Ar01605:09B3240E833E0FC32410833E06B40209941906D4EB0984FE04057706A58A03270506071D08774D0B575B0D837A0F63940F537B0FE3930FD37A10539403232409733E07F37A0C739403C74D07F75B. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
5. ^ "Article". The Irish Times. July 3, 1995. pp. 30. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1995/0703/Pg030.html#Ar03005:3CDA994D1AE23BDB1342BB2A4CAB2F545B4B4C8BD7504BE8. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
6. ^ "Derry mastered by students". BBC Sport. 25 March 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/1242110.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 

Persondata
Name	Swan, Derek
Alternative names	Derek Anthony Swan
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	24 October 1966
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death
Place of death