Brandy in 2012
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Febian Earlston Brandy | ||
Date of birth | 4 February 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
Playing position |
Striker Winger |
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Youth career | |||
1998–2007 | Manchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
2008 | → Swansea City (loan) | 19 | (3) |
2008–2009 | → Swansea City (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2009 | → Hereford United (loan) | 15 | (4) |
2009–2010 | → Gillingham (loan) | 9 | (2) |
2011 | Notts County | 9 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Walsall | 34 | (7) |
2013–2014 | Sheffield United | 15 | (0) |
2014 | → Walsall (loan) | 20 | (4) |
2014 | Rotherham United | 1 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Rochdale | 4 | (0) |
2016 | Ubon UMT United | 8 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2004–2005 | England U16 | 4 | (2) |
2005–2006 | England U17 | 2 | (1) |
2006–2007 | England U18 | 2 | (1) |
2007–2008 | England U19 | 5 | (2) |
2009 | England U20 | 4 | (2) |
2015 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:02, 3 April 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:07, 13 October 2013 (UTC) |
Febian Earlston Brandy (born 4 February 1989) is a Kittitian professional footballer who plays for Ubon UMT United in the Thai Division 1 League, Thailand. He plays primarily as a forward, although he has also been deployed as a winger.
Born in Manchester, he began his career at Manchester United, but he was unable to break into the first team and spent time on loan at Swansea City, Hereford United and Gillingham before his release in July 2010. He signed for Notts County in February 2011, but made only four appearances and was released at the end of the season. After a short spell in Greece with Panetolikos, he returned to England to sign for Walsall in July 2012 before joining Sheffield United the following summer. He lasted only one season at United, spending half of that back on loan at Walsall before being released in the summer of 2014 signed for Rotherham United in summer 2014. In January 2015, he joined Rochdale on a deal until the end of the season.
Brandy has played internationally for England four times at under-16, twice at under-17, twice at under-18, five times at under-19 and four times at under-20 level.
Brandy was born in Manchester. He was at Manchester United from the age of nine, having been spotted playing for his local team, West End Boys. Having recovered from various injuries, including a broken leg, that ruled him out of much of the 2005–06 season, Brandy was a regular starter in the United reserve team, and scored his first goal for the reserves against Bolton Wanderers in October 2006.