1. Gary Nicholas Brazil was born on 19 September 1962 and is an English former professional footballer and football manager.
17 Facts About Gary Brazil
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Gary Brazil scored 160 goals in 658 league and cup games in an 18-year professional career.
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Gary Brazil spent four seasons with Preston, then spent one season at Newcastle United, before transferring to Fulham in 1990.
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Gary Brazil went into coaching in 1999, and spent two periods as manager of Notts County and three spells as a caretaker manager at Nottingham Forest, where he was appointed academy manager for nine years, starting in 2014.
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Gary Brazil was voted Player of the Year in 1987, as the club won promotion in second place, with Gary Brazil and John Thomas scoring 48 goals between them.
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Gary Brazil started just three games of the rest of the season, as Newcastle suffered relegation out of the First Division.
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In six seasons at Craven Cottage Gary Brazil played 254 matches and scored 60 goals.
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Gary Brazil had fifteen months with Slough, scoring ten goals in 69 games.
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Gary Brazil was demoted back down to assistant manager in May 2000, making way for Jocky Scott.
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Gary Brazil did receive a second chance at the helm between October and November 2001 after Scott was sacked following repeated clashes with the board, but this short reign was ended abruptly when Brazil was fired after failing to win a game over five weeks.
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Gary Brazil went on to serve Doncaster Rovers as youth team coach.
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Gary Brazil progressed through the ranks to become Academy Manager at the club in 2014.
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Gary Brazil became caretaker manager of the first-team after the sacking of Billy Davies in March 2014.
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Gary Brazil was handed a second spell as caretaker manager of the club after the departure of Philippe Montanier in January 2017.
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On 14 October 2020, Nottingham Forest announced that Gary Brazil had signed a new long-term contract with the club.
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Gary Brazil went on to work for The Football Association as head of men's recruitment and retention.
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Gary Brazil is the father of former England youth player Ellie Brazil, as well as Jack Brazil, former coach of New Mongol Bayangol.