Brian Wake

Brian Wake

Personal information
Date of birth	13 August 1982
Place of birth	Stockton-on-Tees, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Ytterhogdals IK
Youth career
	Tow Law Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2004	Carlisle United	43	(9)
2004–2005	Gretna	17	(8)
2005–2006	Scarborough	13	(5)
2006–2008	Hamilton Academical	61	(11)
2008–2010	Greenock Morton	56	(17)
2010–2011	Gateshead	31	(3)
2011–2012	Östersunds FK	33	(26)
2012	Umeå	10	(1)
2014	Ytterhogdals IK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 January 2013. † Appearances (goals)

Brian Wake (born 13 August 1982) is an English footballer.

Career

Wake's notable contributions in football have been a hat-trick at Shrewsbury to keep Carlisle in The Football League,^[1] winning a first division title medal with Hamilton Accies (although he had left for Morton in January 2008)^[2] and four goals in Morton's last three games of season 2007–08 (including a double at Firhill against Partick Thistle)^[3] to keep them in Division One.

Wake signed a new contract in May 2009, along with Alex Walker, for another year at Morton.^[4]

Wake scored the fiftieth league goal of his career against Airdrie United in November 2009.^[5]

Wake signed for Gateshead on 26 January 2010,^[6][7] making his debut as a 55th-minute substitute in a 2–0 defeat to Kettering Town.^[8] Wake scored his first goals for Gateshead on 6 February against Mansfield Town.^[9] He was made available for transfer by Gateshead on 13 January 2011 after only managing to make 7 substitute appearances up to then during the 2010–11 season.^[10][11] Two days later, Wake scored his first goal of the season as a second-half substitute in a 6–0 win in the FA Trophy against Hampton & Richmond Borough.^[12] On 10 March 2011, it was announced that Wake had secured a move to an unnamed Swedish club on a two-year contract,^[13] the club was later revealed to be Östersunds FK.^[14]

He made his competitive debut for Östersund against Friska Viljor in the first round of the 2011 Svenska Cupen, scoring four goals in a 6–1 victory.^[15]

On 25 July 2012, Wake signed for Superettan side Umeå.^[16] He made his debut on 4 August 2012 in a 0–1 loss to Hammarby.^[17] He scored his first goal for Umeå on 13 August 2012 in a 1–0 win over Jönköpings Södra.^[18] In January 2013 it was announced that Wake would return to Östersund where he would play for IFK Östersund combined with working as an assistant coach for his former club Östersunds FK.^[19]

Honours

Hamilton Academical

• Scottish Football League First Division: 2007–08

Östersunds

• Division 2 Norrland: 2011^[20]
• DM Cup: 2011^[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 August 2012

Club	Season	League^[A]		FA Cup^[B]		League Cup		Other^[C]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Carlisle United	2002–03[22]	28	9	1	0	1	0	3	0	33	9
	2003–04[23]	15	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	19	2
	Total	43	9	2	0	2	0	5	2	52	11
Gretna	2003–04[24]	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	5
	2004–05[25]	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	3
	Total	17	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	8
Scarborough	2005–06[26]	13	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	5
Hamilton Academical	2005–06[27]	10	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	5
	2006–07[28]	32	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	34	5
	2007–08[29]	19	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	24	3
	Total	61	11	5	0	4	2	2	0	72	13
Greenock Morton	2007–08[30]	11	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	4
	2008–09[31]	32	9	1	0	3	2	3	1	39	12
	2009–10[32]	13	4	3	0	2	0	1	0	19	4
	Total	56	17	5	0	5	2	4	1	70	20
Gateshead	2009–10[33]	18	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	20	3
	2010–11[34]	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	16	2
	Total	31	3	0	0	0	0	5	2	36	5
Östersunds	2011[35]	20	24	2	4	0	0	2	3	24	31
	2012[36]	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	2
	Total	33	26	2	4	0	0	2	3	37	33
Umeå	2012[36]	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
Career totals		264	80	15	4	11	4	19	8	309	96

A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in The Football League, Scottish Football League, Football Conference, Superettan, Swedish football Division 1 & Swedish football Division 2.

B. ^ The "FA Cup" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the FA Cup & Svenska Cupen.

C. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the FA Trophy, Football League Trophy, Scottish Challenge Cup & DM Cup.

References

1. "Shrewsbury 2–3 Carlisle". BBC Sport. 29 April 2003. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
2. "Wake moves from Accies to Morton". BBC Sport. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
3. "Partick Thistle 0–3 Morton". BBC Sport. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
4. "Walker, Wake get new deals for a season". Greenock Telegraph. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
5. "Airdrie Utd 2–4 Morton". BBC Sport. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
6. "Brian Wake". gmfc.net. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
7. "Gateshead in double transfer swoop". gateshead-fc.com. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
8. "Gateshead 0–2 Kettering". BBC Sport. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
9. "Mansfield Town 0–2 Gateshead". gateshead-fc.com. 7 February 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
10. "Wake available for transfer". gateshead-fc.com. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
11. "Gateshead boss Ian Bogie welcomes Brian Wake offers". BBC Sport. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
12. "Gateshead 6 Hampton & Richmond Borough 0". Sunday Sun. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
13. "All Gateshead final in County Cup". gateshead-fc.com. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
14. "Darlington v Gateshead – Match Preview". gateshead-fc.com. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
15. "Säker seger i cupen" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
16. "Torbjörn Direkt -Brian Wake klar för UFC" (in Swedish). Umeå FC. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
17. "Hammarby IF-Umeå FC: Uddamålsförlust" (in Swedish). Umeå FC. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
18. "Umeå FC-Jönköpings Södra: Hemmaseger – 3 sköna poäng" (in Swedish). Umeå FC. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
19. "Brian Wake ska spela för IFK Östersund" (in Swedish). LT. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
20. "ÖFK klara seriesegrare!" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
21. "ÖFK vann DM-finalen med 4–0" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
22. "Carlisle 2002/2003 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
23. "Carlisle 2003/2004 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
24. "Gretna 2003/2004 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
25. "Gretna 2004/2005 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
26. Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:
    "Scarborough 2005/2006 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
    "Harrogate vs Scarborough – FA Cup R4 Qual – Live MatchCentre". Sportbox.tv. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
27. "Hamilton 2005/2006 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
28. "Hamilton 2006/2007 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
29. Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:
    "Hamilton 2007/2008 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
    "Queen of South 2–1 Hamilton". sportbox.tv. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
30. "Morton 2007/2008 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
31. Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:
    "Morton 2008/2009 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
    "Queen of South 0–2 Morton". sportbox.tv. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
32. Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:
    "Morton 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
    "Dumbarton 0–1 Morton". sportbox.tv. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
    "Morton 0–2 Dumfermline". sportbox.tv. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
    "Morton 0–0 Dumbarton". sportbox.tv. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
    "Dumbarton 0–1 Morton". sportbox.tv. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
33. Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:
    "Gateshead 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
    Bowron, Jeff (3 February 2010). "Barrow 1–1 Gateshead". Gateshead F.C. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
    Bowron, Jeff (10 February 2010). "Gateshead 2–3 Barrow". Gateshead F.C. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
34. Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:
    "Gateshead 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
    "Gateshead 6–0 Hampton & Richmond Borough". Gateshead FC. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
    "Gateshead 3 Dartford 0". Sunday Sun. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
    "Blyth Spartans 0–2 Gateshead". Gateshead FC. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
35. Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:
    "Säker seger i cupen" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
    "ÖFK:s Laguppställning mot Stugun" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb (Facebook). 13 April 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
    "ÖFK tar ledningen..." (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb (Facebook). 13 April 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
    "3–0 i 50 miunten..." (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb (Facebook). 13 April 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
    "Giffarna vann klart över ÖFK" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
    "Säker seger i hemmapremiären" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 25 April 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
    "ÖFK vann utan att glänsa" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
    "5–2 seger mot Junsele" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
    "Sollefteå GIF FF 2–2 Östersunds FK" (in Swedish). everysport.com. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
    "Fortsatt obesegrade. 1–0 hemma mot Anundsjö" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
    "Första förlusten kom mot Morön borta" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
    "Uppvisning av ÖFK. 3–0 mot Hudik" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
    "Säker seger borta mot Härnösand" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
    "5–0 mot Piteå!" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
    "Årets andra förlust kom borta mot Mariehem" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
    "ÖFK avslutade med 3–0 seger" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
    "ÖFK vann DM-finalen med 4–0" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
    "Seger efter tuff match mot Älgarna i höstpremiären" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
    "Stabil 4–0 seger i toppmötet mot Anundsjö" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
    "Imponerande seger mot Mariehem" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 13 August 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
    "0–0 borta mot Piteå" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
    "Östersunds FK 0–0 Härnösands FF" (in Swedish). everysport.com. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
    "Onödigt spännande seriefinal" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 3 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
    "Kassaskåpssäker seger hemma mot Junsele" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
    "ÖFK vann borta över Skellefteå" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
    "ÖFK klara seriesegrare!" (in Swedish). Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
36. "B. Wake". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

External links

• Brian Wake career statistics at Soccerbase
• Brian Wake on Twitter