Neil Masters

Neil Masters (born 25 May 1972) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player.

Neil Masters
Personal information
Full name Neil Bradley Masters[1]
Date of birth (1972-05-25) 25 May 1972
Place of birth Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back[1]
Club information
Current team
Rygge FK (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Bournemouth 50 (6)
1993–1997 Wolverhampton 18 (1)
1997–2000 Gillingham 11 (0)
2001–2003 Moss FK 11 (1)
Total 90 (8)
Teams managed
2003–? Rygge FK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Masters was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. A left-back during his active career, played English league football for Bournemouth, Wolverhampton and Gillingham.[3]

In August 1995, he was called up to the Northern Ireland national team's squad UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying match against Portugal[4] but had to withdraw due to knee problems.[5]

He joined Norwegian club Moss FK ahead of the 2001 season.[6]

Having retired as a player after the 2003 season, he was hired as coach of Rygge FK, a fourth-tier Norwegian club located near Moss.[7]

References

  1. "Neil Masters". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. Neil Masters at Soccerbase
  3. "Masters plan is full-time football". BBC Sport. 23 October 2000. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. "Hamilton returns to the tried and tested". The Independent. 16 August 1995. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  5. "Northern Ireland hit by injuries". The Independent. 30 August 1995. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. "VG vurderer Moss". Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  7. Nesselquist, Knut-Eigil (15 October 2003). "Profesjonell trenersatsing i Rygge". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 May 2020.


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