Ryan Brunt (footballer)

Ryan Brunt
Personal information
Full nameRyan Samuel Brunt[1]
Date of birth26 May 1993[1]
Place of birthBirmingham, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Plymouth Argyle
Number28
Youth career
–2010Bristol City
2010–2011Stoke City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2011–2013Stoke City0(0)
2011→ Nantwich Town (loan)0(0)
2011→ Luton Town (loan)5(0)
2012→ Tranmere Rovers (loan)15(1)
2012–2013→ Leyton Orient (loan)18(3)
2013–2015Bristol Rovers35(5)
2014→ York City (loan)6(0)
2014→ Stevenage (loan)5(0)
2015–Plymouth Argyle5(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:40, 15 February 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Ryan Samuel Brunt (born 26 May 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays for Plymouth Argyle, as a forward.

Career

Stoke City

Born in Birmingham, West Midlands,[1] Brunt started his football career with Bristol City's youth team before joining Stoke City's academy in 2010. Brunt began well at Stoke scoring a hat trick against Walsall reserves in September 2010.[3] However Brunt missed most of the 2010–11 season after suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury.[4] After recovering from his injury Brunt joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Nantwich Town on loan and his first game for them was in the FA Cup first round against Milton Keynes Dons which Nantwich lost 6–0.[5] Whilst still out on loan at Nantwich, Brunt played and scored in a reserve match for Stoke against Rotherham United.[6] He impressed watching Luton Town manager Gary Brabin who signed Brunt on a month's work experience on 16 November 2011.[7][8] He made six appearances for Luton before returning to Stoke after an extension could not be agreed.[9][10]

On 27 January 2012 Brunt joined League One side Tranmere Rovers on a one-month loan.[11][12] He made his Football League debut as an 85th minute substitute in a 1–1 draw at home to Huddersfield Town.[5] He scored his first professional goal with a low shot from a Martin Devaney cross in a 1–1 home draw with Charlton Athletic on 18 February 2012.[13] Brunt extended his loan with Rovers for a second month.[14]

In July 2012 Brunt joined League One club Leyton Orient on a six-month loan.[15] He scored his first goal for Orient in a 1–0 win over Brentford at home on 13 September 2012,[16] despite appearing to be in an offside position.[17] He ended his loan spell with Orient having scored three goals in 22 appearances.[16]

Bristol Rovers

Brunt joined League Two team Bristol Rovers on a two-and-a-half-year contract on 23 January 2013.[18] He made his debut for Rovers in a 3–1 away win over Rotherham United on 26 January 2013, being fouled for a penalty kick that was scored before being substituted after 81 minutes.[16][19] He scored his first goal for Rovers with a shot from a narrow angle during injury time of his home debut against Barnet in a 2–1 victory.[16][20]

Brunt joined League Two club York City on a one-month emergency loan on 30 September 2014,[21] with his debut coming in a 0–0 home draw with Portsmouth on 4 October.[22] He made six appearances for York before the loan expired on 1 November 2014.[22][23] Brunt returned to Bristol Rovers and started the games against Tranmere Rovers, Alfreton Town and Kidderminster Harriers before the arrival of Nathan Blissett and Bradley Goldberg on loan pushed Brunt back down the pecking order at Rovers. He was loaned out again on 27 November 2014, this time to League Two side Stevenage until January 2015.[24]

Plymouth Argyle

On 20 January 2015, Brunt signed for League Two side Plymouth Argyle on an 18-month deal.[25]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 December 2014.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nantwich Town (loan) 2011–12[5] NPL Premier Division 0010—0010
Luton Town (loan) 2011–12[9] Conference Premier 50——1[lower-alpha 1]060
Tranmere Rovers (loan) 2011–12[5] League One 151———151
Leyton Orient (loan) 2012–13[16] League One 18320101[lower-alpha 2]0223
Bristol Rovers 2012–13[16] League Two 185———185
2013–14[26] League Two 11010001[lower-alpha 2]0130
2014–15[27] Conference Premier 6010——70
Total 355200010385
York City (loan) 2014–15[22] League Two 60———60
Stevenage (loan) 2014–15[22] League Two 50———50
Plymouth Argyle 2014–15[22] League Two 00———00
Career total 849501030939
  1. ↑ Appearance in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Appearance in Football League Trophy

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brown, Tony; Joyce, Michael; Longbottom, David, eds. (2013). English National Football Archive Yearbook 2013. Tony Brown. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-905891-62-7.
  2. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 534. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. ↑ "Stoke City 4 Walsall 1". Stoke City F.C. 23 September 2010. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Stoke City: Stoke youth striker out for season". The Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent). 25 November 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Games played by Ryan Brunt in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Potters Hit Millers For Four". Stoke City F.C. 9 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "Striker signs on work experience". Luton Town F.C. 16 November 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2011.
  8. ↑ "Luton Town sign teenage Stoke City striker Ryan Brunt". BBC Sport. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony, eds. (2012). Non-League Club Directory 2013. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 104–105. ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0.
  10. ↑ "Deal couldn't be agreed, that's the Brunt of it". Bedfordshire on Sunday (Bedford). 18 January 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Youngster Joins Tranmere on Loan". Stoke City F.C. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012.
  12. ↑ "Striker Joins Rovers on Loan". Tranmere Rovers F.C. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "Tranmere 1–1 Charlton". BBC Sport. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  14. ↑ "Tranmere Rovers extend loan of Stoke City's Ryan Brunt". BBC Sport. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  15. ↑ "Brunt Completes Loan Move To Orient". BBC Sport. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 "Games played by Ryan Brunt in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "Leyton Orient 1–0 Brentford". BBC Sport. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  18. ↑ "Stoke City forward Ryan Brunt signs for Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  19. ↑ "Rotherham 1–3 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  20. ↑ "Bristol Rovers 2–1 Barnet". BBC Sport. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  21. ↑ "York City: Ryan Brunt signs from Bristol Rovers on loan". BBC Sport. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 "Games played by Ryan Brunt in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  23. ↑ Flett, Dave (1 November 2014). "York City hang on to Cheltenham match-winner Diego De Girolamo". The Press (York). Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  24. ↑ "Ryan Brunt signs on loan". Stevenage F.C. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  25. ↑ "Ryan Brunt: Bristol Rovers striker joins Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Ryan Brunt in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  27. ↑ "R. Brunt". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

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