Neil Masters

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Neil Masters
Personal information
Full name Neil Bradley Masters [1]
Date of birth (1972-05-25) 25 May 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Left-back [1]
Team information
Current team
 Rygge FK (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1993 Bournemouth 50 (6)
1993–1997 Wolverhampton 18 (1)
1997–2000 Gillingham 11 (0)
2001–2003 Moss FK 11 (1)
Total90(8)
Managerial career
2003–? Rygge FK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neil Masters (born 25 May 1972) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player.

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Career

Masters was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. A left-back during his active career, played English league football for Bournemouth, Wolverhampton and Gillingham. [3]

In August 1995, he was called up to the Northern Ireland national team's squad UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying match against Portugal [4] but had to withdraw due to knee problems. [5]

He joined Norwegian club Moss FK ahead of the 2001 season. [6]

Having retired as a player after the 2003 season, he was hired as coach of Rygge FK, a fourth-tier Norwegian club located near Moss. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Neil Masters". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ↑ Neil Masters at Soccerbase
  3. ↑ "Masters plan is full-time football". BBC Sport. 23 October 2000. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Hamilton returns to the tried and tested". The Independent. 16 August 1995. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Northern Ireland hit by injuries". The Independent. 30 August 1995. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "VG vurderer Moss" . Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Nesselquist, Knut-Eigil (15 October 2003). "Profesjonell trenersatsing i Rygge". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 May 2020.


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