Bryan King (footballer, born 1947)

Bryan King
Personal information
Full name Michael Bryan King
Date of birth (1947-04-18) 18 April 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth Bishop's Stortford, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1967 Chelmsford City 136 (2)
1967–1975 Millwall 380 (0)
1975–1976 Coventry City 31 (0)
Total 547 (2)
Managerial career
1978–1980 Jerv
1980–1982 Harstad
1982–1985 Tynset
1985–1988 Kongsberg
1988–1991 Falkenberg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bryan King (born 18 April 1947)[1] is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Chelmsford City, Millwall and Coventry City. After his playing career, he worked as a manager for Jerv, Harstad, Tynset and Kongsberg in Norway, and Falkenberg in Sweden.[2] He later worked as a scout for Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Everton. He now lives in Kongsberg, Norway.

King worked as a scout for Tottenham Hotspur between 2002 and 2008 and was a scout for Aston Villa before that. On 6 January 2017, he left Everton as Scandinavian scout, after working there since 2008.[3]

Playing career

King was once called up to the England squad. He was a non-playing substitute for England in their match against Portugal on 3 April 1974.

References

  1. ^ Millwall FC Archived 4 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Moen, Teddy (31 March 2021). "Engelsk veteran i norsk fotball". Fotballtreneren (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. ^ Kirkbride, Phil (6 January 2017). "Everton's Scandinavian scout leaves club". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 1 September 2021.