Brian Grant (footballer)

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Brian Grant
Personal information
Full name Brian Grant
Date of birth (1964-06-19) 19 June 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Bannockburn, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dundee United
(head of player pathway and loans)
Youth career
Fallin Violet
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1984 Stirling Albion 26 (3)
1984–1996 Aberdeen 265 (27)
1996–1998 Hibernian 17 (0)
1998–1999 Dundee 12 (0)
1999 → Stirling Albion (loan) 7 (1)
Total327(31)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Grant (born 19 June 1964) is a Scottish football coach and former professional footballer who is who played as a midfielder. He is currently head of player pathway and loans at Scottish Premiership club Dundee United. He spent twelve years as a player with Aberdeen, making over 300 appearances [1] and winning three major trophies. He also played for Stirling Albion, Hibernian and Dundee.

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Playing career

Grant began his career in the early 1980s with local Stirling Albion, recovering from a double leg fracture [2] before joining Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen in 1984. He took some time to become a regular in the side ahead of older players who had won several domestic and European trophies, [1] but became established towards the end of the decade, winning both the Scottish League Cup [3] and the Scottish Cup [4] in the 1989–90 season, as well as playing a part in several other finals [5] [6] [7] and runners-up finishes in the Scottish Premier Division [8] (losing out to Rangers on every occasion). He later lifted the League Cup again in 1995, [9] a few months after helping the club avoid what would have been a first-ever relegation via a play-off. [10] In August 1996, Aberdeen played Everton in a testimonial for Grant, with the 9,000-plus crowd witnessing a 3–1 win for the Merseyside team. [11] [12]

Midway through the 1996-97 season, Grant joined Hibernian for a £75,000 fee, [1] spending little over a year at Easter Road before a March 1998 move to Dundee. Towards the end of the 1998-99 season, returned to first club Stirling on loan, [1] scoring in what turned out to be his final match at senior level. Grant moved on to Bellshill Athletic at the end of the season and chose not to remain in football after retiring.

Later work

After retiring as a player, Grant managed a McDonald's franchise in Forfar. [13] He also remained involved in football, coaching Dundee United youth teams. [14] [15] In February 2019, with the appointment of Andy Goldie as the club's new academy director, Grant moved to a new role as head of player pathway and loans. [16]

Personal life

Grant is the father of former Falkirk player Thomas Grant. [2] [17]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [18] [19] [20] [21]

ClubSeasonLeagueScottish CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stirling Albion 1983-84 Scottish Second Division 2630000----263
Total2630000----263
Aberdeen 1984-85 Scottish Premier Division 00001000--10
1985-86 00000000--00
1986-87 154300000--184
1987-88 71102010--111
1988-89 271312110--333
1989-90 316515021--438
1990-91 322004030--392
1991-92 336102120--387
1992-93 293502000--363
1993-94 302400020--362
1994-95 342104010--402
1995-96 250402000--310
1996-97 20001030--60
Total26527272252151--33232
Hibernian 1996-97 Scottish Premier Division 12040000010170
1997-98 Scottish First Division 50002000--70
Total17040200010240
Dundee 1997-98 Scottish First Division 800000----80
1998-99 SPL 40100000--50
Total120100000--130
Stirling Albion (loan) 1998-99 Scottish Second Division 710000----71
Career total327313222721511040236

Honours

Aberdeen [1]

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