Christopher Colin Brunt was born on 14 December 1984 and is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and is the current West Bromwich Albion loan player manager.
34 Facts About Chris Brunt
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Chris Brunt is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders in the club's history.
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Chris Brunt started his career with Middlesbrough but did not manage to make an appearance for the first team.
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Chris Brunt joined Sheffield Wednesday in 2004 and amassed 153 appearances for the club before joining West Bromwich Albion in 2007, where he went on to feature in over 400 matches.
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Chris Brunt earned 65 caps for the Northern Ireland national team between 2004 and 2017.
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Chris Brunt was born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he attended Newtownbreda Primary School.
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Chris Brunt then went on to study at Wellington College Belfast.
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Chris Brunt had trials with professional teams Rangers and Middlesbrough as a 16-year-old.
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Chris Brunt joined Middlesbrough's academy in 2001 and signed his first professional contract a year later.
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Chris Brunt moved to Sheffield Wednesday in March 2004 on an initial short-term deal.
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Chris Brunt went on to hit seven goals the following season, finishing the campaign as the club's top goalscorer.
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West Bromwich Albion's bid for Chris Brunt was accepted on 14 August 2007.
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Chris Brunt signed a new three-year contract in July 2010 to keep him at the club until the summer of 2013.
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In January 2011, Chris Brunt was made stand-in captain as the manager decided to drop previous club captain Scott Carson.
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Chris Brunt signed another three-year contract in August 2011 as a reward for his impressive form.
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Chris Brunt continued to be club captain after a new head coach was appointed when Hodgson had left to manage the England national team.
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Alan Irvine confirmed Chris Brunt would remain as club captain when he was appointed West Brom manager in the summer of 2014.
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Chris Brunt signed a new three-year deal on 10 August 2014 to keep him at the club until the summer of 2017.
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Chris Brunt relinquished the captaincy to new signing Darren Fletcher when the former Manchester United player made his debut for West Brom on 8 February 2015 in a match against Burnley.
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On 18 May 2015, Chris Brunt was hit in the head by a ball kicked by Cesc Fabregas in a match against Chelsea which resulted in the sending off of the latter.
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Chris Brunt was struck on the face by a coin thrown by a West Brom supporter on 20 February 2016 in an FA Cup Fifth Round tie at Championship side Reading.
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On 9 February 2017, Chris Brunt signed a contract extension which would keep him at the club until the summer of 2018 with an option for another year should he trigger a clause relating to appearances.
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Chris Brunt made his 500th career appearance in club football against Burnley in August 2017 and the following month made his 350th appearance for Albion, against Watford.
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Chris Brunt was released from West Bromwich Albion in the 2020 summer transfer window after spending 13 years with the club.
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Chris Brunt holds Albion's Premier League appearance record, having turned out 269 times for the club in the competition.
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On 3 January 2021, Chris Brunt departed Bristol City, after it was mutually agreed to end his contract following an injury which will rule him out for most of the remaining season.
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Chris Brunt made 65 appearances for the Northern Ireland national team.
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Chris Brunt was in the end not selected in the final 18-man squad for the Games.
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Chris Brunt missed out on the chance to appear at Euro 2016 after damaging his anterior cruciate ligament which required surgery.
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On 11 November 2016, Chris Brunt returned to the international scene for Northern Ireland's 2018 World Cup qualification match against Azerbaijan.
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Chris Brunt announced his retirement from international football in August 2018.
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In March 2021, Chris Brunt returned to West Bromwich Albion as an academy coach.
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Chris Brunt became a father for the first time on 1 May 2008, when his wife Cathy gave birth to a baby boy named Charlie.
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Chris Brunt is a cousin of Canadian ice hockey player Shawn Thornton.