Neil Masters
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Bradley Masters[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1972 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1993 | Bournemouth | 50 | (6) |
| 1991 | Moss (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 1993–1997 | Wolverhampton | 18 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | Gillingham | 11 | (0) |
| 2001 | Moss | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 90 | (8) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Rygge FK | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Neil Masters (born 25 May 1972) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player.
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]
References
- ^ a b "Neil Masters". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- ^ Neil Masters at Soccerbase
- ^ "Masters plan is full-time football". BBC Sport. 23 October 2000. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Hamilton returns to the tried and tested". The Independent. 16 August 1995. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Northern Ireland hit by injuries". The Independent. 30 August 1995. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "VG vurderer Moss". Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ Nesselquist, Knut-Eigil (15 October 2003). "Profesjonell trenersatsing i Rygge". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 May 2020.
External links
- Neil Masters at Soccerbase
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Ballymena
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Association footballers from County Antrim
- Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- AFC Bournemouth players
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
- Gillingham F.C. players
- Moss FK players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Expatriate men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Eliteserien players
- Association football managers from Northern Ireland
- English Football League players
- Northern Ireland association football biography stubs