Chris Brunt
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christopher Brunt[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 14 December 1984||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
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Position(s) | Left Winger / Attacking Midfielder / Left Back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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West Bromwich Albion | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2002 | Middlesbrough | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2004 | Middlesbrough | 0 | (0) |
2004 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 6 | (2) |
2004–2007 | Sheffield Wednesday | 134 | (21) |
2007– | West Bromwich Albion | 280 | (39) |
International career‡ | |||
2002–2003 | Northern Ireland U19 | 8 | (3) |
2005–2006 | Northern Ireland U21 | 2 | (1) |
2005 | Northern Ireland U23 | 1 | (0) |
2004– | Northern Ireland | 54 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:54, 27 December 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:54, 27 December 2015 (UTC) |
Christopher "Chris" Brunt (born 14 December 1984) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for and is the vice-captain of Premier League club West Bromwich Albion. He plays as a left winger, as an attacking midfielder or left back. He has also played in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough, and has appeared for Northern Ireland at youth and full international levels.
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Early life
Brunt was born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he attended Newtownbreda Primary School. His father Colin was a talented rugby union player. He then went on to study at Wellington College, a grammar school in Belfast. As a youth player he appeared for Saint Andrews Boys Club.[3]
Club career
Middlesbrough
Brunt had trials with professional teams Rangers and Middlesbrough, eventually signing for Middlesbrough, but he failed to break into the first team.
Sheffield Wednesday
He moved to Sheffield Wednesday in March 2004 on an initial short-term deal. A permanent free transfer followed soon after as Brunt signed a two-year contract at Wednesday.[4] In 2004–05, his first full season at the club, Brunt helped Wednesday achieve promotion to the Championship by scoring five goals. In July 2005 he agreed a one-year extension to his existing contract.[5]
He went on to hit seven goals the following season, finishing the campaign as the club's top goalscorer. During the 2006–07 campaign Brunt passed the 100 appearance mark for Wednesday, making him the club's most experienced player at the time. His impressive displays during the 2006–07 season Brunt linked with a move away from Hillsborough. With only one year remaining on his contract, negotiations between Brunt and Wednesday broke down in July 2007, due to what the club described as 'excessive wage demands'.[6]
West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion had a bid accepted for Brunt on 14 August 2007.[7] They completed the signing the next day, in a £3 million four-year deal, which included £500,000 of performance-related add-ons.[8] Brunt made his Albion debut as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 home win over Barnsley on 1 September 2007.[9] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 victory away at Scunthorpe United on 22 September 2007.[10] Brunt's performance in the 3–0 home win against Plymouth Argyle on 1 March 2008 saw him named in the Championship Team of the Week.[11] On 28 April 2008 Brunt scored a late equalising goal against Southampton in a 1–1 draw; this effectively secured Albion's promotion to the Premier League because of their superior goal difference.[12] He went on to score the free-kick in West Brom's 2–0 win over QPR that sealed automatic promotion.[13] Brunt was the club's top scorer in the 2008–09 season, scoring eight goals. Following the club's relegation, Brunt then signed a new three-year deal at the club. In the 2009/10 season, he once again helped the club reach the highest tier of English football, scoring the second goal in a 3–2 win over Doncaster, which sealed the club's Premier League status. In January 2011 Brunt was made the stand-in captain of West Bromwich Albion as the manager decided to drop old club captain Scott Carson. When the new manager came in February 2011, he confirmed that he had made Brunt the permanent captain for the club. Brunt has continued his Captaincy at WBA since the new head coach was appointed after Roy Hodgson left to manage the English national team.
Brunt continued his role as West Bromwich Albion captain in the 2012/2013 and helped the team secure an 8th-place finish, the highest the club has finished in the Premier League era, while also helping to secure the record amount of points for the club (48). He scored twice in the season, his first a strike from 30 yards away at QPR which Albion won 2–1 and the second a finish from the edge of the box at home to Aston Villa which got Albion back into the game at 1–2, the final score being 2–2.
On 18 May 2015 Brunt was hit in the head by a ball kicked by Cesc Fabregas in a match with Chelsea which resulted in the sending off of the latter. [14]
International career
Brunt is a current international for the Northern Ireland national team. He scored his first goal for his country in February 2009, when his free-kick helped Northern Ireland to a 3–0 victory over San Marino.
In April 2012 it was revealed that Brunt was in manager Stuart Pearce's provisional squad for the 2012 Olympic Great Britain Football Team. He was in the end not selected in the final 18 man squad for the Games.[citation needed]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 26 December 2015.
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sheffield Wednesday | 2003–04[15] | Second Division | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | |||
2004–05[16] | League One | 42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 49 | 5 | |
2005–06[17] | Championship | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 47 | 7 | ||
2006–07[18] | Championship | 44 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 47 | 10 | ||
2007–08[19] | Championship | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 140 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 153 | 24 | ||
West Bromwich Albion | 2007–08[19] | Championship | 34 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 41 | 5 | |
2008–09[20] | Premier League | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 38 | 9 | ||
2009–10[21] | Championship | 40 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 43 | 13 | ||
2010–11[22] | Premier League | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 4 | ||
2011–12[23] | Premier League | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 30 | 3 | ||
2012–13[24] | Premier League | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 33 | 3 | ||
2013–14[25] | Premier League | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 3 | ||
2014–15[26] | Premier League | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 3 | ||
2015–16[27] | Premier League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
Total | 280 | 39 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 305 | 43 | |||
Career total | 420 | 62 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 458 | 67 |
- ↑ One appearance in Football League Trophy, three appearances and one goal in League One play-offs
International
- As of match played 11 October 2015.[28]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Northern Ireland | 2004 | 1 | 0 |
2005 | 5 | 0 | |
2006 | 1 | 0 | |
2007 | 9 | 0 | |
2008 | 5 | 0 | |
2009 | 5 | 1 | |
2010 | 5 | 0 | |
2011 | 5 | 0 | |
2012 | 4 | 0 | |
2013 | 5 | 0 | |
2014 | 3 | 0 | |
2015 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 54 | 1 |
Honours
Sheffield Wednesday
West Bromwich Albion
Individual
- West Bromwich Albion Player of the Year: 2008–09
Personal life
Brunt became a father for the first time on 1 May 2008, when his wife Cathy gave birth to a baby boy named Charlie. The couple then welcomed a second child, Zach David Brunt, on 18 April 2011. Chris is a cousin of ice hockey player Shawn Thornton.[29][30]
References
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External links
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