Brian Kerr (footballer)

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Brian Kerr
Personal information
Full name Brian Kerr
Date of birth October 12, 1981 (1981-10-12) (age 26)
Place of birth    Motherwell, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current club Hibernian
Number 6
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001–2004
2002
2003
2004
2004–2007
2007–		 Newcastle United
→ Coventry City (loan)
→ Livingston (loan)
→ Coventry City (loan)
Motherwell
Hibernian		 009 00(0)
003 00(0)
013 00(0)
009 00(0)
079 00(5)
025 00(1)   
National team2
2003–2004 Scotland 003 00(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 9, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of May 9, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Brian Kerr (born 12 October 1981, in Bellshill) is a Scottish international footballer, having won three caps for the national side. He currently plays for SPL side Hibernian, after he signed a two-year contract in the summer of 2007.

Kerr joined Motherwell from Newcastle United in the summer of 2004, knocking back offers from German giants Borussia Dortmund to join his home town team. However, having been with the club for less than a month, his career took a setback when he suffered cruciate ligament damage in a pre-season friendly with St Mirren, leaving him out of football for eight months. Since recovering from his injury, Kerr re-established his place in Motherwell's first-team squad, he scored his first goal for the club, as well as the club's first goal of season 2005-06 with a spectacular strike in a 4-4 draw with Celtic.

Kerr left Motherwell after signing a pre-contract agreement with Hibernian on a two-year deal for the 2007-08 season.[1] Kerr scored on his debut for Hibernian against Edinburgh rivals Hearts on 6 August 2007[2], and played regularly under John Collins, but has found it harder to hold down a first team place under Mixu Paatelainen.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Collins welcomes capture of Kerr", BBC Sport, 2007-05-03. 
  2. ^ "Hearts 0-1 Hibernian", BBC Sport, 2007-08-06. Retrieved on 2007-08-06. 

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2 McCann • 4 Hogg • 5 Jones • 6 Kerr • 7 Zemmama • 8 Donaldson • 9 Fletcher • 10 Benjelloun • 11 O'Brien • 12 Morais • 16 Stevenson • 17 Lynch • 19 Gathuessi • 20 Rankin • 21 McNeil • 22 Shiels • 23 Chisholm • 24 Nish • 25 McCormack • 26 Murray • 28 Campbell • 29 Gray • 31 Małkowski • 33 Hanlon • 34 Canning • 41 Gróf • 50 Makabu-Makalambay •  van Zanten • Manager: Paatelainen