Thomas Edward Doherty (born 17 March 1979 in

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city i ...

) is a Northern Ireland former professional

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who played as a

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. He made nine appearances for the Northern Ireland national team.

Club career

Doherty started his career at Bristol City, making 189 league appearances in nine years. He was part of the side that won the 2003 Football League Trophy Final, before moving to

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in 2005. He joined Wycombe on loan from QPR in September 2006 and was named in the PFA

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Team of the Year for the 2006–07 season. He was also named the supporters official player of the year. In the summer of 2007 Wycombe tried to sign him but for many reasons a deal was never agreed. He then suffered an illness whilst on holiday which put an end to negotiations. Doherty re-joined the club on another loan deal in October 2007 and joined the club permanently in January 2008 when he was released from QPR. Further impressive performances from Doherty saw Wycombe promoted to

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as well as himself being named in the PFA League Two Team of the Year for the second time at the end of the 2008–09 season. On 30 January 2010, Doherty signed a contract with

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, or simply FTC, is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros ...

until the end of the season. He made his debut in a friendly against

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in which Ferencvárosi won 11–0. It was announced on 28 May 2010, that Doherty would be signing with English

side

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on a two-year contract. He was released from his contract on 4 May 2011, with immediate effect. Doherty signed for Newport County on 11 June 2011 and was released by Newport in January 2012. In February 2012, Doherty signed a non-contract deal with Conference National side Bath City.

International career

Despite being born in England, Doherty qualified to play for

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through his grandfather who was from

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. Having played for the Northern Ireland B team against Scotland Future in May 2003, he made his full international debut against Italy the following month. He made eight further appearances for his country, the last of which was against England in March 2005.

Honours

Individual *

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: 2006–07 Football League Two, 2008–09 Football League Two

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doherty, Tommy 1979 births Living people Footballers from Bristol Men's association football midfielders Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland Northern Ireland men's international footballers National League (English football) players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Bristol City F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Bath City F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Ferencvárosi TC footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary