Tim Coffey
Personal information
Full name Timothy Alfred Coffey
Date of birth (1928-02-20)20 February 1928
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Date of death 8 November 1999(1999-11-08) (aged 71)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Drumcondra
International career
1949 Republic of Ireland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Timothy Alfred Coffey (20 February 1928 – 8 November 1999)[1] was an Irish soccer player.

He played for Drumcondra at club level and was a great favourite with the Drumcondra fans in the 1940s and 1950s. A wing-half, he won a League of Ireland winners medal in 1948/49 and a FAI Cup winners medal in 1954.

On 9 October 1949, he won his only senior cap for the Republic of Ireland national football team when he lined out in defence in a 1–1 draw with Finland in a World Cup qualification tie played in Helsinki. Coffey laid on the opening goal for Irish skipper Peter Farrell. He also represented the League of Ireland.

Honours

References

  1. "Tim Coffey". eu-football.info. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
Sources
  • The Complete Who's Who of Irish International Football, 1945-96 (1996):Stephen McGarrigle
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