Kevin Braniff
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kevin Robert Braniff[1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 March 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker/Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
St James Swifts | ||
Youth career | |||
?–2000 | Millwall | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2006 | Millwall | 55 | (5) |
2004 | → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) | 12 | (3) |
2004–2005 | → Canvey Island (loan) | 4 | (1) |
2006–2014 | Portadown | 204 | (81) |
2014 |
Port Melbourne Sharks | 8 | (4) |
2014–2017 | Glenavon | 70 | (26) |
2017–2018 | Ballymena United | 27 | (5) |
2018–2019 | Portadown | ||
2019 | Lisburn Distillery | 5 | (2) |
2020– |
St James Swifts | ||
International career‡ | |||
2002–2005 | Northern Ireland U21 | 11 | (1) |
2004 | Northern Ireland U23 | 1 | (0) |
2010 | Northern Ireland | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:36, 10 May 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:03, 17 November 2013 (UTC) |
Kevin Robert Braniff (born 4 March 1983) is a
Career
Club career
He started his career with
He was then snapped up by Northern Irish club, Portadown in December 2006.
On 13 November 2013, when Ballymena beat Portadown 4–0, Braniff threw his tracksuit away and was fined. Braniff vowed never to play for Portadown under the management of Ronnie McFall again, and was placed on the transfer list. On 18 January, it was confirmed that he would be going to Melbourne to undergo a trial with Port Melbourne Sharks in the Australian National League. He departed for Australia on 5 February. The trial was successful, though Braniff would ultimately return to Northern Ireland to sign for Portadown's Mid-Ulster Derby rivals, and 2014 Irish Cup winners Glenavon on 12 June 2014. His debut season for the Lurgan Blues was a successful one, with his 18 league goals being instrumental to Glenavon attaining European football for the next season.
Injury was to impact Braniff's 2015–16 season, and the scintillating form of new arrival Daniel Kearns meant that Braniff initially struggled to regain a first team spot. However, a mooted swap deal for Glentoran defender Calum Birney in the January transfer window came to nothing, as Braniff gradually returned to the starting XI. On 1 April, Braniff scored 4 goals in a stunning 4–3 Irish Cup semi-final victory against Crusaders, and again demonstrated his late-season form by scoring the opening goal in an eventual 2–0 win over Linfield in the Irish Cup Final. Two days before the final, Braniff had signed a one-year deal at Glenavon, keeping him at the club until 2017.
January 2017 Braniff signed for Ballymena United, scoring two goals on his debut in the Irish cup. His last minute goal secured a place in the Europa League Play-Offs for the first time in the club's history.
International career
He made his full debut for Northern Ireland on 26 May 2010 against Turkey in a friendly.[4]
References
- ^ ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
- ^ a b c d "Portadown sign up striker Braniff". BBC News. 6 December 2006.
- ^ "Millwall 2–1 Walsall". BBC. 3 January 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "N Ireland 0–2 Turkey". BBC Sport. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
External links
- Kevin Braniff at Soccerbase
- Portadown F.C. profile
- NIFG profile
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