Paul Brooker

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Personal information
Paul Brooker
Full name	Paul Brooker
Date of birth	November 25, 1976 (1976-11-25) (age 31)
Place of birth	Hammersmith, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Chertsey Town
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–2000 1998–1999 2000 2000–2003 2003–2004 2004 2004–2005 2005–2007	Fulham → Stevenage Borough (loan) → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) Brighton & Hove Albion Leicester City → Reading (loan) Reading Brentford	056 0(4) 008 0(1) 015 0(2) 118 (13) 003 0(0) 011 0(0) 031 0(0) 071 0(4)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 Aug 07. * Appearances (Goals)

Paul Brooker (born 25 November 1976 in Hammersmith, London) is a professional footballer currently playing for Chertsey Town. He is a right-winger who can also deputise on the left wing if needed.

[edit] Football career

Born and raised in London, Brooker started his career as a trainee at Fulham. Whilst there, he had loan spells at Stevenage Borough and Brighton & Hove Albion, the latter of which he joined permanently in 2000. It was during his three years at Brighton that Brooker made the majority of his league appearances so far, and it was his form for Brighton that prompted then-Premier League club Leicester City to sign him. However, his first team opportunities at Leicester proved to be limited, so Leicester's manager at the time, Micky Adams, allowed Brooker to go out on loan to Reading, a deal which was made permanent in 2004.

He made a number of appearances for Reading during their 2004–05 Football League Championship campaign, but at the end of the season was allowed to leave as he did not feature in Reading's plans for the future. Brooker then signed for Brentford in the summer of 2005, where he showcased his talents by scoring the Bees' goal of the season against Swindon in 2006. However, Brooker's spell at Brentford was largely disappointing and he left by mutual consent with a year remaining on his contract on August 30, 2007.

[edit] Personal life

Brooker is a blood relative to Matt Elliott (retired professional footballer with Leicester City and Scotland).^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

Paul Brooker profile at brentfordfc.co.uk
Paul Brooker career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
NAME	Brooker, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	25 November 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hammersmith, London
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH