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Vincent Faherty (born 13 June 1987) is an Irish former professional
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.


Career


Early career

Born in
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, Faherty began his career as a youngster with Salthill Devon. While playing for the Galway representative team, he broke Kevin Doyle's scoring record in the under-18 FAI Youth Interleague competition with 21 goals. As captain of Salthill Devon's under-21 team, he opened the scoring in the 2006 Dr Tony O'Neill Cup semi-final against
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, and led his side to victory in the final, beating
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2–1 to become the first club without a team in the
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to succeed at that level. In early 2007, Faherty spent two spells on trial with Ipswich Town of the English
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. He scored twice against
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in a friendly, and played for the
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against
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, but no contract ensued.


Galway United

After three years with Salthill Devon, Faherty chose to defer going to college and, despite interest from clubs including Ipswich Town and
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, joined Galway United, his hometown team, in July 2007. Described by the ''Galway Advertiser'' as having "impressed when introduced for his debut" against Cork City, he appeared regularly for the remainder of the season, sometimes in the starting eleven but more often as a substitute. Faherty's first senior goal for the club coincided with Jeff Kenna's first game as manager, as Galway lost 3–2 at home to
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in April 2008. He finished the 2008 season with five goals in the league, and the following year was the club's top scorer with eight in all competitions, two short of the target he had set for himself. He also notched up 17 assists which was the highest total in the league.


St Patrick's Athletic

Faherty and teammate John Russell were linked with a move to
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club Hibernian in November 2009, and Faherty also had a trial with Crystal Palace of the English Championship. However, Palace's reserve games were postponed because of heavy snow, and when Faherty discovered that players were not being paid because of the club's financial difficulties, he returned to Ireland and signed for St Patrick's Athletic for the 2010 season. Faherty scored on his St Patrick's Athletic debut against Wexford Youths in a 3–0 victory for the Saints in pre-season. He started the season well, chalking up goals and assists, and was central to a team that found itself top of the table and in the Setanta Sports Cup Final. Faherty finished the 2010 league season as St. Patrick's Athletic's top scorer, with his goals including a diving header against rivals
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and away to Bohemians. He left St Patrick's at the end of the season to emigrate to Australia.


Melbourne Zebras

Faherty signed for Australian club Melbourne Zebras of the
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for the 2011 season. His 14 goals from 20 league games made him the club's second top scorer behind Stuart Nicholson, in the VSL Division 1 list, Select 2011 from Season dropdown and Mens State League Div 1 from the Grade dropdown. Stats refer to 2011 season only. as Zebras finished as champions, thus earning promotion to the
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. Zebras confirmed that Faherty had signed on again for the 2012 season.


Return to St Patrick's Athletic

Faherty returned to Ireland and joined up again with close friend John Russell when he re-signed for St Patrick's Athletic on the League of Ireland's July transfer deadline day. He was named at number 26 in the squad for the third qualifying round of the 2012-13 Europa League campaign, but did not feature on either matchday. He made his competitive return as a late substitute in a 1–0 win over
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on 13 August, and scored his first competitive goal on his home debut in a 3–0 win over Derry City when he "swivelled onto a ball at the edge of the Derry box and unleashed a lethal finish that dipped over Doherty but under his crossbar". This earned him his first start, away to Dublin rivals Bohemians. Faherty again scored in a Dublin derby for Pats with an injury-time header to complete a 2–0 win against Shelbourne at
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. Faherty scored a 90th-minute equaliser away to
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in the FAI Cup quarter-final replay to take the game into extra time, and converted his kick in the ensuing
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to help the Saints reach the semi-finals. He scored his first hat-trick for the club in a 5–0 win over UCD at
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on 1 October.


Return to Galway United

Faherty was signed by Tommy Dunne for
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's inaugural season in the League of Ireland. He scored the new club's first ever goal, in a 5–2 friendly win over
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, then scored their first league goal, against
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at
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on 29 March 2014, and became the first Galway player to score a hat-trick when he claimed the match ball within 19 minutes against Cobh Ramblers on 25 July.


Limerick

Faherty joined Limerick for the 2015 season, and played in a central or wide midfield role for the majority of the first half of the season. Limerick failed to win a game until the 22nd game of the season, when two goals from Faherty contributed to a 3–2 win against Sligo. This was the start of a run of goals for Faherty, who scored 7 more goals in the following 8 games as Limerick put together a run of results in their attempt to avoid relegation from the Premier League. Faherty won the league's Player of the Month in August and finished the season as Limerick's top scorer and the third-highest scorer in the Premier Division. Following Limerick's eventual relegation after a play-off, Faherty returned to Galway United.


Sligo Rovers

On 31 July 2017, Faherty moved to fellow Irish Premier Division club
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. He was signed along with two other players, Greg Moorhouse and Jamie McDonagh. He made his league debut for the club on 5 August, as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 home draw with St Patrick's Athletic; he shot over the bar with the last kick of the match. His first league goal opened the scoring in a 2–1 away win over
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on 16 September, and he finished the season with three goals from nine league appearances.


Cyprus

Faherty spent the second half of the 2017–18 season with
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club PAEEK.


Back to Galway United

Faherty rejoined Galway United in January 2019.


International career

Faherty's performances for Salthill earned him selection for the Republic of Ireland at various levels. He played for the Irish amateur team against Northern Ireland in March 2007, scoring twice and creating a third, in an amateur international against Scotland in April, and for the Under-21 representative team in the 2007 Four Nations Tournament. In 2010, Faherty played for the Republic of Ireland under-23s in a training match against the senior national squad.


References


External links


IrishTimes profile and statisticsSt Patrick's Athletic profile
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