Brian Close (footballer, born 1982)

Brian Close
Personal information
Full name Brian Aidan Close[1]
Date of birth (1982-01-27) 27 January 1982 (age 42)[1]
Place of birth Belfast,[1] Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Guisborough Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
2003 → Chesterfield (loan) 8 (1)
2004–2007 Darlington 83 (0)
2007–2009 Billingham Synthonia
20??–2011 Stokesley
2011–2013 Sunderland RCA
2013–2015 West Auckland Town
2015–2016 Newton Aycliffe
2016–2017 West Auckland Town
2017– Guisborough Town
International career
2001–2003 Northern Ireland U21 10 (0)
2004 Northern Ireland U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Aidan Close (born 27 January 1982) is a Northern Irish football defender or midfielder who plays for Northern League Division One club Guisborough Town.

Close played in the Football League for Chesterfield and Darlington.[2] He was on the books of Middlesbrough without playing league football for them,[1] and played non-league football for clubs including Billingham Synthonia,[3][4] Stokesley, Sunderland RCA,[5] West Auckland Town, with whom he reached and lost in the 2014 FA Vase Final,[6] Newton Aycliffe,[7] and a second spell at West Auckland Town,[8] before joining Guisborough Town in September 2017.[9]

He represented Northern Ireland at under-21 and under-23 level.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Brian Close". NIFG. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Brian Close". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  3. ^ "A–Z of 'The Synners' 1945/46–2018/19". Billingham Synthonia FC Archives. Billingham Synthonia FC. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  4. ^ Vickers, Anthony (2 January 2009). "Nicky Mohan in line to face Marske United". Evening Gazette. Middlesbrough. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Archive: 2011–12: The First Team: Squad pen pictures". Sunderland RCA. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. ^ Clark, Steph (10 May 2014). "West Auckland beaten in FA Vase final". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. ^ "West boss Campbell tells his players to run through brick walls". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  8. ^ Simpson, Ray (18 December 2016). "West boss Williams fumes at costly poor defending". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Latest Moves". Pitchero Non-League. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2019.