Nick Deacy

{{short description|Welsh footballer}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2010}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Nick Deacy

| image = PSV tegen Go Ahead 1-1, Nick Deacy scoort langs doelman Van Zoghel, Bestanddeelnr 929-5477.jpg

| caption = Deacy (left) scoring against goalkeeper Nico van Zoghel

| full_name = Nicholas Simon Deacy

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|7|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cardiff, Wales

| height =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1971–1974

| clubs1 = Merthyr Tydfil

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1974–1975

| clubs2 = Hereford United

| caps2 = 17

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 1974

| clubs3 = → Workington (loan)

| caps3 = 5

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1975–1978

| clubs4 = PSV Eindhoven

| caps4 = 52

| goals4 = 8

| years5 = 1978–1979

| clubs5 = Beringen

| caps5 = 42

| goals5 = 10

| years6 = 1979–1980

| clubs6 = Vitesse Arnhem

| caps6 = 9

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1980–1982

| clubs7 = Hull City

| caps7 = 87

| goals7 = 7

| years8 = 1982–1983

| clubs8 = Happy Valley

| caps8 =

| goals8 =

| years9 = 1983–1984

| clubs9 = Bury

| caps9 = 31

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 1984

| clubs10 = Merthyr Tydfil

| caps10 =

| goals10 =

| years11 = 1984–1985

| clubs11 = Swansea City

| caps11 = 0

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 1985–1986

| clubs12 = Double Flower

| years13 = 1986–1987

| clubs13 = Ebbw Vale

| years14 = 1987–1988

| clubs14 = Barry Town

| totalcaps = 243

| totalgoals = 28

| nationalyears1 = 1977–1978

| nationalteam1 = Wales

| nationalcaps1 = 12

| nationalgoals1 = 4

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Nick Deacy (born 19 July 1953) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a striker.

He played for PSV Eindhoven, and won the UEFA Cup with them in 1978, coming on as a substitute in the second leg of the final.{{cite web|url=http://home.wxs.nl/~rapo/psv/europacup/uefacup.html|title=UEFA Cup: Season 1977-1978|last=Raymond Posthouwer|publisher=PSV Eindhoven Wedstrijdhistorie|language=Dutch|accessdate=15 May 2012}}

After a spell with Vitesse Arnhem he signed for Hull City in 1980 and made 87 Football League appearances for them.[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/hull/hull.html Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown – Hull players]

He was capped on 12 occasions by the Wales national team, and he scored on his debut for them against European champions Czechoslovakia[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-columnists/2006/09/01/time-to-czech-out-the-chances-of-qualifying-91466-17664198/ Walesonline.co.uk, Time to Czech out the chances of qualifying – Ian Carbis 01/09/06] in March 1977.

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