Chris Brunt

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Chris Brunt

Full name	Chris Brunt
Date of birth	December 14, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	6'1" (185cm)
Nickname	Brunty
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Sheffield Wednesday
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2004 2004 2004-	Middlesbrough → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) Sheffield Wednesday	000 0(0) 006 0(2) 140 (22)
National team²
	Northern Ireland	0010 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:08, 22 March 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 6 Aug 06. * Appearances (Goals)

Chris Brunt (born December 14, 1984 in Belfast) is a football player for Sheffield Wednesday.

He grew up in Belfast, where he attended secondary school at Wellington College. He began his career playing for St. Andrews FC youth football teams, during which time he had trials with top English professional teams such as Manchester United and Middlesbrough, eventually signing for the latter.

Currently with Sheffield Wednesday, he is a former Middlesbrough left-winger with ten caps for Northern Ireland. Brunt is a free-kick expert and skilful winger.

After achieving promotion to the Championship with Wednesday he went on to hit seven goals the following season, finishing the campaign as the club's top goalscorer. During the 2006-2007 campaign Brunt passed the 100 appearance mark for Wednesday, making him the clubs current most experienced player, He has also won the Owls' Player of The Month competition 6 times. After scoring a number of wonder goals in the 2006/07 season, Brunt revealed he eats gummy bears at half time to energise himself for the second half.

Due his to his impressive displays during the 06/07 season chris has been rumoured with a move away from Hillsborough in the summer,A rumour which Chris himself has denied stating 'he wants to stay with Wednesday and score as many goals as possible'.This will give some relief to Wednesday fans who see him as one of there best players.