Brian McGovern

Brian McGovern
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-04-28) April 28, 1980
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Cherry Orchard
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997-2000 Arsenal F.C. 1 (0)
1999-2000 (loan) Queens Park Rangers 5 (0)
2000-2002 Norwich City F.C. 21 (1)
2002-2003 Peterborough United 1 (0)
2003 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. 0 (0)
2003-2004 Longford Town F.C. 41 (2)
2005 Shamrock Rovers 4 (0)
2005-2006

Bray Wanderers F.C.

Fastnet Rovers
34 (1)
Total 107 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Brian McGovern (born 28 April 1980 in Dublin) is a retired Irish footballer.

The former Irish U18 and U21 player had joined Arsenal as a trainee in summer 1997. He made a single appearance for Arsenal, as a substitute against Newcastle United on May 14, 2000, in which a youthful Arsenal side lost 4-2. While with the Gunners, McGovern also had a short loan spell with QPR. Norwich City manager Bryan Hamilton signed McGovern for a fee of £50,000 in August 2000.

McGovern was unable to establish himself in the first team at Carrow Road, scoring once against Tranmere Rovers,[1] and was released in October 2002. He joined Peterborough United but after failing to establish himself there also, and returned to Ireland when a move to Inverness Caledonian Thistle fell through. Briefly with St Patricks Athletic before going to Longford Town, where again a move to Calley fell through in autumn 2004.

Signed by the seasiders from Shamrock Rovers, who had signed him on loan from Longford Town, where he had failed to command a place.

Brian McGovern departed from Bray Wanderers in December 2006 having made a total of 40 appearances.

He made his Rovers debut on 25 March 2005.

Sources

References

  1. "Tranmere 0-1 Norwich". BBC. 14 April 2001. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

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