27 Facts About Dave Mulligan

David James Mulligan was born on 24 March 1982 and is a New Zealand former football player and head coach.

Dave Mulligan was loaned out to Grimsby Town in November 2007 and took a free transfer to Port Vale in January 2008.

Dave Mulligan returned to New Zealand six months later to sign with A-League club Wellington Phoenix.

Dave Mulligan joined New Zealand Football Championship club Auckland City in 2010.

Dave Mulligan helped the club to two successive OFC Champions League titles before he moved to Waitakere United in 2012 and Hawke's Bay United in 2013.

Dave Mulligan earned national representation at under-17, under-20, under-23 and full international level.

Dave Mulligan was selected for two FIFA Confederations Cup competitions and was named in the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad.

Dave Mulligan earned 28 senior caps and scored three goals in World Cup qualification matches with Vanuatu.

Dave Mulligan began his coaching career as head coach at East Coast Bays in October 2016.

Dave Mulligan was born in Liverpool, England, but his family moved to New Zealand when he was five.

Dave Mulligan returned to England at the age of 16, along with Rory Fallon, to join the youth team at Barnsley; the move had been arranged by Rory's father Kevin, who was an assistant to New Zealand head coach John Adshead.

Dave Mulligan had an unsuccessful trial at Sheffield United during four months without a club.

In June 2006, Dave Mulligan signed for League One side Scunthorpe United, having met manager Brian Laws at a M180 motorway service station to discuss the situation at Glanford Park.

Dave Mulligan joined League Two side Grimsby Town on a one-month loan on 30 August 2007.

Dave Mulligan joined Port Vale on a free transfer in January 2008.

Dave Mulligan's stay at Vale Park was to prove a relatively short one as manager Lee Sinnott declined to offer Mulligan a longer contract.

Dave Mulligan signed a two-year contract with the Wellington Phoenix in July 2008.

Dave Mulligan switched to rivals Waitakere United in July 2012.

Dave Mulligan played for NZ Under-17 at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship and scored two goals in their two pool matches against the United States and Poland.

Dave Mulligan played for NZ Under-23 at the 2004 Athens Olympics qualification tournament for the Oceania Football Confederation New Zealand lost out to Australia and did not qualify for the Olympics.

Dave Mulligan was named in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squad in France by head coach Mick Waitt.

Dave Mulligan featured in all six games of the 2008 OFC Nations Cup, which New Zealand won ahead of New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu.

Dave Mulligan was named part of the New Zealand squad for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in June 2009.

Dave Mulligan was named in New Zealand's final 23-man squad to compete at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa; he had been selected by head coach Ricki Herbert despite Herbert having released him at Wellington Phoenix.

Dave Mulligan was a two-footed player, able to play in midfield or at right-back.

Dave Mulligan was appointed as head coach at Northern League club East Coast Bays in October 2016.

Dave Mulligan married Michelle, and the couple had their first child, Eden-Lily, in February 2017.