Damien Duff

Damien Duff is one of those wingers whose direct, head-down running I still picture clearly. The Ballyboden lad came through Blackburn Rovers, won a League Cup there, then earned a 17 million pound move to Chelsea where he picked up two Premier League titles. What I like is that he didn't fade into punditry comfort afterward; he went into management with Shelbourne in the League of Ireland and is now assistant head coach at Brentford. To me that says he genuinely loves the grind of the game, not just the glory. There's something honest about an Irish flair player choosing the unglamorous coaching trenches back home rather than chasing the easy path.

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Name (English)

Damien Duff

Name (Japanese)

デイミアン・ダフ

Reading

でいみあん・だふ

Born

March 2, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Ballyboden, County Dublin, Ireland

Height

176 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Goat

University

De La Salle College Churchtown

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien%20Duff
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192971

Tags

• County Dublin
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.