Career
Soccer Murphy played as a goalkeeper with Bradford City and Wimbledon where he played for 5 seasons. Murphy did not play in a league match for Wimbledon, but he appeared in Intertoto Cup matches. In 1999 Murphy moved back to Ireland where he played for a season with Dundalk before returning to play his final 2-year stint in England with Kidderminster Harriers in 2000.
He was also called up to the senior team by manager Mick McCarthy for an away international friendly match against Wales in 1997, although he remained an unused substitute.
Gaelic football Murphy subsequently returned home to Trim, County Meath where he began playing Gaelic football for Trim Gaelic Athletic Association. In 2005 he was called up to the Meath senior squad under Seán Boylan. At the end of the 2008 campaign Murphy retired from Gaelic football and switched back to soccer to play for Longford Town but then rejoined Meath in 2010.
Murphy announced his retirement from Inter-county and international football in December 2011.