Dean Brett (born 8 December 1992) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a right back or midfielder formerly of Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic and is currently a free agent.

Dean Brett
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Right back, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2017 Cowdenbeath 149 (9)
2017 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
2017 Montrose 0 (0)
2017–2023 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:08, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Career

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Brett made his debut for Cowdenbeath in the 2009–10 season.[1]

In February 2017 he was suspended by the club after he admitted breaching professional conduct rules on gambling,[2][3] before being sacked four days later.[4] He had earlier received a four-match ban from the Scottish Football Association for homophobic tweets.[5][6][7]

On 8 March 2017 Brett signed for Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic until the end of the season.[8] After leaving the club at the end of his contract, Brett returned to senior football, signing for Scottish League Two club Montrose on 11 June 2017.[9] Brett, however, left the club less than three weeks after joining, citing lengthy travel times to and from the club as his main motivation behind quitting.[10]

Shortly after leaving Montrose, Brett re-signed for SJFA East Superleague side Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic.[11][12]

Personal life

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In January 2015 his girlfriend died from cancer; their newborn daughter had died in 2014.[13]

References

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  1. ^ Dean Brett at Soccerbase
  2. ^ "Dean Brett's Cowdenbeath career on line as he admits gambling against own team". BBC Sport. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Tranent footballer Dean Brett suspended for betting on matches". East Lothian Courier.
  4. ^ "League Two Cowdenbeath sack Dean Brett over gambling offences". BBC Sport. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Dean Brett: Cowdenbeath defender banned over 'offensive tweets'". BBC Sport. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  6. ^ Grant Russell (22 February 2017). "Cowdenbeath's Dean Brett banned over homophobic tweets". STV. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Footballer Dean Brett handed four-match ban for offensive tweets". East Lothian Courier.
  8. ^ Brendan Parkinson (8 March 2017). "Signing update". Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic F.C. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Petrie strengthens defensive options". Montrose FC. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  10. ^ Roache, Ian (30 June 2017). "Former Dundee United skipper Sean Dillon joins Montrose as player-coach". The Courier. Dundee. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  11. ^ Harper, Gavin (6 July 2017). "Dean Brett signs for Bonnyrigg Rose after ending 19-day spell with Montrose". East Lothian Courier. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Bonnyrigg's Dean Brett is expecting Tranent to have wised up". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com.
  13. ^ Stewart, Stephen (22 January 2015). "Footballer's girlfriend dies months after the couple's baby daughter passed away". Daily Record.