Alan Brazil
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Bernard Brazil | ||
| Date of birth | 15 June 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Govan, Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Celtic Boys Club | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1983 | Ipswich Town | 154 | (70) |
| 1978 | → Detroit Express (loan) | 21 | (9) |
| 1983–1984 | Tottenham Hotspur | 31 | (9) |
| 1984–1986 | Manchester United | 31 | (8) |
| 1986 | Coventry City | 15 | (2) |
| 1986 | Queens Park Rangers | 4 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | Stambridge United | ? | (?) |
| 1987 | Witham Town | ? | (?) |
| 1988 | Wollongong City | 12 | (4) |
| 1988 | Chelmsford City | 7 | (3) |
| 1988–1989 | FC Baden | 6 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 1979–1981 | Scotland U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 1980–1983 | Scotland | 13 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alan Bernard Brazil (born 15 June 1959) is a Scottish broadcaster and former football player, most notably for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Internationally for Scotland. He played as a forward before being forced to retire due to a recurring back injury. He moved into media presentation, initially on Television, before moving over to radio where he has for many years now been a presenter on Talksport.
Born in 1959 in the Govan district of Glasgow, Brazil started his career in England with Ipswich Town in 1977, where he stayed until 1983, appearing a total of 210 times and scoring 80 goals. In 1978, he was loaned to the Detroit Express in the North American Soccer League, appearing in 21 regular season games and 3 playoff games, scoring 10 goals in total. He was not in the Ipswich squad that won the FA Cup in 1978, but was a key player by the 1980-81 season, when they won the UEFA Cup and finished runners-up in the league. Ipswich finished runners-up once more the following season, when Brazil scored 22 goals, making him the second-highest scorer in the First Division after Kevin Keegan, who scored 26 for Southampton. One of his finest games in an Ipswich shirt came on 16 February 1982, when he scored all of their goals in a 5–2 league win over Southampton.
Brazil moved to Tottenham Hotspur in March 1983 for £425,000, scoring six times in 10 appearances. In his only full season at White Hart Lane he scored three goals in 19 games, while his fellow Scot Steve Archibald scored 21 times. In June 1984 Brazil joined Manchester United for a fee of £625,000. He stayed with United for two seasons, but a recurring back injury restricted him to a total of 41 appearances in the League, the League Cup, the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup. Competition for places at Old Trafford was very fierce, with Irish International Frank Stapleton, Mark Hughes of Wales and Peter Davenport all in contention. Brazil scored just 16 goals during his time at the club.
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