Neil Masters
Neil Masters (born 25 May 1972) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Bradley Masters[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Ballymena, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rygge FK (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1993 | Bournemouth | 50 | (6) |
| 1993–1997 | Wolverhampton | 18 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | Gillingham | 11 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Moss FK | 11 | (1) |
| Total | 90 | (8) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–? | Rygge FK | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
Masters was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. A left-back during his active career, played English league football for Bournemouth, Wolverhampton and Gillingham.[3]
In August 1995, he was called up to the Northern Ireland national team's squad UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying match against Portugal[4] but had to withdraw due to knee problems.[5]
He joined Norwegian club Moss FK ahead of the 2001 season.[6]
Having retired as a player after the 2003 season, he was hired as coach of Rygge FK, a fourth-tier Norwegian club located near Moss.[7]
References
- "Neil Masters". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- Neil Masters at Soccerbase
- "Masters plan is full-time football". BBC Sport. 23 October 2000. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "Hamilton returns to the tried and tested". The Independent. 16 August 1995. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "Northern Ireland hit by injuries". The Independent. 30 August 1995. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "VG vurderer Moss". Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- Nesselquist, Knut-Eigil (15 October 2003). "Profesjonell trenersatsing i Rygge". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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