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Jim Brennan
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- This article is about the soccer player. For the major league baseball player, see Jim Brennan (Baseball).
| Jim Brennan | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Brennan | |
| Date of birth | May 8, 1977 (age 29) | |
| Place of birth | East York, Ontario, Canada | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Toronto FC | |
| Number | 11 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1994-1996 | A.S. Sora | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996-1999 1999-2003 2001 2003-2006 2006 2007— |
Bristol City Nottingham Forest →Huddersfield Town (loan) Norwich City Southampton Toronto FC |
55 (3) 123 (1) 2 (0) 43 (2) 14 (0) 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1999-present | Canada | 43 (6) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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James ("Jim") Brennan (born May 8, 1977 in East York, Ontario) is a professional Football (soccer) player from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada currently on the playing roster of Toronto FC of Major League Soccer. He is also one of only a handful of Canadian-born players to have ever played in the FA Premier League.
A left-back defender who also has played the left side of the midfield, Brennan started playing professionally as a trainee with Italian Serie C1 club Sora before signing with Football League Second Division Bristol City on a free transfer in 1996. In 64 first-team appearances for City over four seasons, Brennan scored three goals.
Brennan joined Nottingham Forest for £1.5 million in October 1999. In 146 games played with Forest over four seasons, Brennan scored just once. He also came on as a substitute in two league games while on loan to Huddersfield Town in 2000-01.
Brennan joined Norwich City on a free Bosman transfer in 2003. During the 2003-04 season in Division One of the Football League, Brennan scored twice in just nine appearances, as he battled an abductor muscle injury. Despite his personal struggles with fitness, the season saw Norwich win the First Division title and promotion back to the Premiership.
Brennan was transferred to Southampton on 27 January 2006 with his contract due to expire in summer having failed to make an impact on the Norwich first team. However, following the expiration of his Southampton contract he was released by the club the following May.
Brennan has made 43 appearances for the Canadian national team, and scored six times. On September 8, 2006, it was announced that Brennan will be heading to Toronto to join the city's new MLS team Toronto FC for the 2007 season, becoming the first player in club history.[1]
- CanadaSoccer.com with a national team member profile page for Brennan
- Photos and stats at sporting-heroes.net
- Jim Brennan career stats at Soccerbase
- Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
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Canada squad - 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions | |
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1 Forrest | 2 Fenwick | 3 Aristodemo | 4 Menezes | 5 deVos | 6 {{{p6}}} | 7 Stalteri | 8 {{{p8}}} | 9 Corazzin | 10 Xausa | 11 Brennan | 12 Clarke | 13 Watson | 14 {{{p14}}} | 15 Hastings | 16 Kusch | 17 Peschisolido | 18 Thomas | 21 Nash | 22 Onstad | Coach: Osieck |
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| Toronto FC - Current Squad |
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1 Sutton | 2 Boyens | 3 Braz | 4 Reda | 5 O'Brien | 6 Hemming | 7 Cancela | 8 Edu | 9 Casey | 10 Eskandarian | 11 Brennan | 12 Buddle | 13 Pozniak | 16 Chencinski | 17 Nagamura | 19 Asante | 20 Lombardo | 24 Gray | 33 Robinson | - Gonsalves | - Guzman | - Lumley | - Mulrooney | - Smith | - West | Coach: Johnston |
Categories: 1977 births | Living people | Canadian men's international soccer players | Bristol City F.C. players | Huddersfield Town F.C. players | Norwich City F.C. players | Nottingham Forest F.C. players | Ontario sportspeople | People from Newmarket, Ontario | Southampton F.C. players | Toronto FC players