Dean Brett

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Dean Brett
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Right back, midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2017 Cowdenbeath 149 (9)
2017 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
2017 Montrose 0 (0)
2017–2023 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:08, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Dean Brett (born 8 December 1992) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a right back or midfielder formerly of Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic and is currently a free agent.

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Career

Brett made his debut for Cowdenbeath in the 2009–10 season. [1]

In February 2017 he was suspended by the club after he admitted breaching professional conduct rules on gambling, [2] [3] before being sacked four days later. [4] He had earlier received a four-match ban from the Scottish Football Association for homophobic tweets. [5] [6] [7]

On 8 March 2017 Brett signed for Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic until the end of the season. [8] After leaving the club at the end of his contract, Brett returned to senior football, signing for Scottish League Two club Montrose on 11 June 2017. [9] Brett, however, left the club less than three weeks after joining, citing lengthy travel times to and from the club as his main motivation behind quitting. [10]

Shortly after leaving Montrose, Brett re-signed for SJFA East Superleague side Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic. [11] [12]

Personal life

In January 2015 his girlfriend died from cancer; their newborn daughter had died in 2014. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Dean Brett at Soccerbase
  2. ↑ "Dean Brett's Cowdenbeath career on line as he admits gambling against own team". BBC Sport. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Tranent footballer Dean Brett suspended for betting on matches". East Lothian Courier.
  4. ↑ "League Two Cowdenbeath sack Dean Brett over gambling offences". BBC Sport. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Dean Brett: Cowdenbeath defender banned over 'offensive tweets'". BBC Sport. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Grant Russell (22 February 2017). "Cowdenbeath's Dean Brett banned over homophobic tweets". STV. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Footballer Dean Brett handed four-match ban for offensive tweets". East Lothian Courier.
  8. ↑ Brendan Parkinson (8 March 2017). "Signing update". Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic F.C. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Petrie strengthens defensive options". Montrose FC. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  10. ↑ Roache, Ian (30 June 2017). "Former Dundee United skipper Sean Dillon joins Montrose as player-coach". The Courier. Dundee. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  11. ↑ Harper, Gavin (6 July 2017). "Dean Brett signs for Bonnyrigg Rose after ending 19-day spell with Montrose". East Lothian Courier. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "Bonnyrigg's Dean Brett is expecting Tranent to have wised up". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com.
  13. ↑ Stewart, Stephen (22 January 2015). "Footballer's girlfriend dies months after the couple's baby daughter passed away". Daily Record.
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