Bryan King (footballer, born 1947)

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Bryan King
Personal information
Full name Michael Bryan King
Date of birth (1947-04-18) 18 April 1947 (age 74)
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
1975–1976 Coventry City 31 (0)
Teams managed
1978–1980 Jerv
1980–1982 Harstad
1982–1985 Tynset
1985–1988 Kongsberg
1988–1991 Falkenberg
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 April 3 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.
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