Bryan Gunn
Bryan Gunn (born 22 December 1963 in Thurso) is a former footballer. He was a goalkeeper. He played for Aberdeen and Hibernian in Scotland, and Norwich City in England. He played six times for Scotland, in the early 1990s.
| File:Bryan Gunn in the Gunn Club.jpg Gunn at his own-named catering facility club at Carrow Road in November 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bryan James Gunn[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1963
(aged 62)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Thurso, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1980 | Invergordon | ||
| 1980–1982 | Aberdeen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1986 | Aberdeen | 15 | (0) |
| 1986–1998 | Norwich City | 390 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Hibernian (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Hibernian | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 417 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990–1994 | Scotland | 6 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009 | Norwich City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
When he finished playing football, he became manager of Norwcich City. He was manager for nine months before being sacked.
One of Bryan Gunn's children died of leukaemia. Since then, he has raised more than £1,000,000 to pay for projects to help people with the disease and to try to find a cure for it.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aberdeen | 1982–83 | Scottish Premier Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983–84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1984–85 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1985–86 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 1986–87 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Norwich City | 1986–87 | Football League Division One | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | |
| 1987–88 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 38 | 0 | |||
| 1988–89 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 40 | 0 | |||
| 1989–90 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 37 | 0 | |||
| 1990–91 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 34 | 0 | |||
| 1991–92 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 0 | |||
| 1992–93[2] | Premier League | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 42 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94[2] | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| 1994–95[2] | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| 1995–96 | Football League Division One | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 43 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97[3] | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 42 | 0 | |||
| 1997–98[3] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 389 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 404 | 0 | ||
| Hibernian | 1997–98[3] | Scottish Premier Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |
| Career total | 415 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 436 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Includes Scottish FA Cup, FA Cup
- ↑ Includes Scottish League Cup, Football League Cup
- ↑ Appearance in European Cup
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
Honours
Aberdeen
Scotland U18
Individual
- Barry Butler Trophy: 1988, 1993[7]
- Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame Inaugural Member: 2002[8]
Bryan Gunn Media
- Alex Ferguson.jpg
The manager of Aberdeen, Alex Ferguson, mentored Gunn.
- KenBrown.JPG
Ken Brown, the Norwich manager who signed Gunn.
- Marshall, Andy.jpg
Andy Marshall displaced Gunn from the Norwich first team.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Coull, Scott (12 July 2008). "1983 heroes and current European champions on show in glamour friendly". The Scotsman (Edinburgh). http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport/1983-heroes-and-current-European.4282102.jp. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ↑ Gunn & Piper 2006, p. 60.
- ↑ White, Neil (8 May 2005). "Caught in Time: Scotland are European youth champions, 1982". The Sunday Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article520082.ece. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).