Darren Brady

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Darren Brady
Personal information
Full name Darren Simon Brady [1]
Date of birth (1981-11-04) 4 November 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Clyde Boys Club
Queen's Park [2]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2001 Airdrieonians 26 (0)
2001 Dundee United 1 (0)
2001–2003 Livingston 0 (0)
2002–2003 →Raith Rovers (loan) 34 (1)
2003–2005 Raith Rovers 46 (1)
2005–2007 Partick Thistle 72 (4)
2007–2008 Ross County 24 (1)
2008–2011 Forfar Athletic 50 (2)
2011–2013 Pollok
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Darren Simon Brady (born 11 April 1981) is a Scottish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Career

Born in Glasgow, Brady started his career with Airdrieonians but left in 2001 after the club went into administration, though prior to it folding altogether. He had trials at Hibernian [2] and Barcelona [3] through Airdrie manager Steve Archibald's connections to those clubs, before joining Dundee United for the remainder of the 2000–01 season along with David McGuire, making one appearance from the bench. [4]

He then spent two seasons with Livingston but failed to make an impact and played only once, in the Scottish League Cup, spending the second year on loan at Raith Rovers where he played regularly, working under former Airdrie teammate Antonio Calderón as manager. [3] A permanent move to Raith followed in 2003 [2] and he remained there until January 2005, winning the Scottish Second Division title then being named captain in a struggling team, [2] before moving to Partick Thistle where he experienced a relegation followed by promotion. [1]

Brady transferred to Ross County in July 2007 where he again was part of a side that won the third tier championship, and then on to Forfar Athletic a year later, being signed by the same manager – Dick Campbell – who had brought him to Partick and Ross County. [5] The second of his three seasons at the Angus club was ruined by a cruciate ligament injury to his knee. [3] In July 2011, Junior side Pollok signed the midfielder. After a promising season, Brady was injured early in the 2012–13 season, and on returning, he was unable to replicate his form from before. He came on as a substitute in the last 30 minutes of the Central League Cup Final to help secure Pollok's 3–0 win against Ashfield. Brady later retired after serious knee injury prevented him carrying on playing.

Personal life

Brady's elder brother Garry was also a professional footballer, whose clubs included St Mirren. [3] [2]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueCupLg CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Airdrieonians 1998–99 1000000010
1999–00 4000000040
2000–01 210102050290
Total260102050340
Dundee United 2000–01 1000000010
Livingston 2001–02 0000100010
2002–03 0000000000
Total0000100010
Raith Rovers (loan) 2002–03 341300010384
Raith Rovers 2003–04 270101030380
2004–05 191101010221
Total802502050985
Partick Thistle 2004–05 110000000110
2005–06 312602070432
2006–07 302302110363
Total724904180905
Ross County 2007–08 151201020201
Forfar Athletic 2008–09 301201010341
2009–10 5000202090
2010–11 151000010161
Total502203040592
Career total244918013124029910

Honours

Airdrieonians

Raith Rovers

Partick Thistle

Ross County

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Brady, Darren Simon, Partick Thistle History Archive, 16 September 2008
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "I did OK in grand scheme of things; brothers kept Castlemilk boy Darren Brady on course". Sunday Mail. 22 August 2004 – via thefreelibrary.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Brady's certainly Campbell's loon, Scottish Professional Football League, 5 November 2010
  4. ↑ Darren Brady, Arab Archive
  5. ↑ Campbell shows faith in Brady, BBC Sport, 23 July 2008
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