| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bryan Small | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Aston Villa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1990–1996 | Aston Villa | 35 | (0) |
| 1994 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Luton Town (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | → Bradford City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Bury (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Bury (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 1998–2001 | Stoke City | 45 | (0) |
| 2001 | Walsall | 0 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Kettering Town | 7 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Hednesford Town | 20 | (0) |
| Total | 171 | (1) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993 | England U21 | 12 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Bryan Small (born 15 November 1971 in Birmingham) is an English former footballer who played in defence.
He started out as a trainee at his hometown club Aston Villa and played for a total of 11 clubs in a series of free transfers and loan deals. At international level he was capped 12 times for the England under-21 team.[1]
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Small was a trainee at Aston Villa where he played 35 League 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. During his spell at the club he was nicknamed "Disco" due to his attempts to pass players whilst moving down the left wing. 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.
Small began his coaching career with Stourport Swifts and in July 2008 turned out for old club Bolton in the Masters Tournament.