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, most recently with Shelbourne in the League of Ireland. 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.

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)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Goat

Origin

Ballyboden, County Dublin, Ireland

Height

176 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

University

De La Salle College Churchtown

Motto

Private

• 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

Tags

• County Dublin
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.