Christopher Paul Brass was born on 24 July 1975 and is an English manager and former professional footballer, he who works in a senior recruitment role at Premier League club Nottingham Forest in a role across The Academy and First Team.
18 Facts About Chris Brass
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Chris Brass played non-league football for Harrogate Town, Southport and Hyde United.
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Chris Brass has worked on the coaching staff at Scunthorpe United, Torquay United and Wigan Athletic.
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In 1994, Chris Brass captained the Burnley A team as it won the Lancashire League.
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Chris Brass went on a one-month loan to Halifax Town in September 2000, with the first of his six league games being a win against Torquay.
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Chris Brass had played 134 league games for Burnley, scoring once, ironically against York City.
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Chris Brass was immediately installed as captain at York and on 4 June 2003, aged only 27, was appointed as York's player-manager.
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Results were not much better in the Conference and Chris Brass was sacked as manager in November 2004.
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Chris Brass remained at York as a player and, after suffering a serious ligament injury, joined Harrogate Town on loan in September 2005 in an attempt to regain match-fitness.
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Chris Brass joined Southport on a one-month loan in November 2005, which was extended for another month in January 2006.
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Chris Brass scored a notable own goal, when attempting an overhead clearance in the game against Darlington, kicking the ball into his nose and subsequently the net.
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Chris Brass nearly received a broken nose to add to the humiliation.
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Chris Brass was appointed as Bury's Centre of Excellence manager on 6 July 2007, before combining this role with playing for Hyde United after signing in July 2007 following a successful trial.
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Chris Brass became Bury's caretaker manager on 15 January 2008, following the sacking of Chris Casper, and remained in post until the appointment of Alan Knill on 4 February 2008.
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Chris Brass left Hyde having made 62 appearances after being appointed assistant manager to Knill on 22 January 2009.
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When Knill was appointed Scunthorpe United manager on 31 March 2011, Chris Brass followed him as assistant manager.
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Chris Brass was appointed on a permanent basis, along with Knill, following the end of the season.
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In June 2015 Chris Brass was appointed Head of Football Operations.