Bryan Small

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Bryan Small

Full name	Bryan Small
Date of birth	15 November 1971 (1971-11-15) (age 36)
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
	Aston Villa
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–1996 1994 1996–1998 1997 1997–1998 1998 1998 1998–2001 2001 2001 2001–2002 2002–2003	Aston Villa → Birmingham City (loan) Bolton Wanderers → Luton Town (loan) → Bradford City (loan) → Bury (loan) → Bury (loan) Stoke City Walsall → Forest Green Rovers (loan) Kettering Town Hednesford Town	35 (0) 03 (0) 17 (0) 16 (0) 05 (0) 08 (0) 10 (1) 45 (0) 00 (0) 05 (0) 07 (0) 20 (0)
National team
1993	England U21	12 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Bryan Small (born 15 November 1971 in Birmingham, England) is a former English footballer who played in defence.

He started out at as a trainee at his hometown club Aston Villa and played for a total of 11 clubs through a series of free transfers and loan deals.

[edit] Playing career

Small was a trainee at Aston Villa where he made 35 games after breaking into the first team. He had a loan spell at second city rivals Birmingham City before he moved to Bolton Wanderers in March 1996. He was limited to 17 games for Bolton in more than two years and instead was loaned out to a series of clubs including one at Bury where he scored his only career league goal.

In 1998 he moved to Stoke City where he played 45 league games - more than he played at any other club. Another free transfer followed to Walsall but he failed to make the first team. After a loan spell at Forest Green Rovers he moved to Kettering Town before he finished his career at Hednesford Town