Brian Howard (footballer)
In PFC CSKA Sofia colours, 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Brian Richard William Brotherton Howard | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Winchester, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2001 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Swindon Town | 70 | (9) |
| 2005–2009 | Barnsley | 121 | (27) |
| 2008–2009 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2009 | Sheffield United | 15 | (1) |
| 2009–2012 | Reading | 59 | (2) |
| 2011 | → Millwall (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Portsmouth | 23 | (0) |
| 2013 | Bristol City | 6 | (0) |
| 2013 | CSKA Sofia | 11 | (0) |
| 2014 | Birmingham City | 5 | (1) |
| 2014 | Oxford United | 7 | (0) |
| 2015 | Eastleigh | 18 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Alresford Town | 15 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | Romsey Town | 9 | (0) |
| 2017 | Whitehawk | 4 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2000 | England U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | England U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2001 | England U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2003 | England U20 | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:51, 13 January 2017 (UTC). |
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Brian Richard William Brotherton Howard (born 23 January 1983) is an English footballer who last played as a midfielder for Whitehawk. He made more than 300 appearances in the Football League, and also played for Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia. Internationally, he represented England from under-16 to under-20 level.
Howard started his career as a trainee with Premier League club Southampton, but he was released in 2003 without making a first-team appearance. He trained with Chelsea, who offered him a contract, but while he was away with the England under-20 team, the club was taken over by Roman Abramovich and several top players were signed. Howard chose to turn down Chelsea's offer, preferring the prospect of playing regularly in a lower division, and signed a one-year deal with Division Two (third-tier) club Swindon Town. Howard made his Football League debut on 9 August in a 3–2 home defeat against Sheffield Wednesday, and scored his first Swindon goal on 1 October, an 89th-minute equaliser against Luton Town. In his first season, Howard scored four goals from 41 appearances in all competitions as Swindon lost to Brighton & Hove Albion in the play-off semifinals.
Howard's contract was extended for a further year ahead of the 2004–05 season. He was used in a more central role in midfield rather than on the wing, a change which pleased the player. As Swindon finished in mid-table, Howard finished the season with six goals from 42 appearances, having missed the last three games of the season with a broken bone in his foot. Budget restrictions meant manager Andy King chose not to offer Howard a new contract; he expressed his disappointment that a team with potential was being broken up because of finance.
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