Alan Brazil

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alan Brazil
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 15, 1959(1959-06-15)
Age	65
Birthplace	Glasgow
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Glasgow
Horoscope	Gemini

Alan Brazil Biography

Alan Brazil is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on June 15, 1959 in Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Alan Bernard Brazil (born 15 June 1959) is a Scottish broadcaster and former football player, most notably for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and internationally for Scotland. He played as a forward before being forced to retire due to a recurring back injury. He moved into media presentation, initially on television, before moving over to radio where he has for many years now been a presenter on Talksport.

Brazil moved to Tottenham Hotspur in March 1983 for £425,000, scoring six times in 10 appearances. In his only full season at White Hart Lane he scored three goals in 19 games, while his fellow Scot Steve Archibald scored 21 times. Tottenham won the 1983–84 UEFA Cup and Brazil scored four goals during their cup run, however he wasn’t part of the squad for the final. In June 1984 Brazil joined Manchester United for a fee of £625,000. He stayed with United for two seasons, but a recurring back injury restricted him to a total of 41 appearances in the League, the League Cup, the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup. Competition for places at Old Trafford was very fierce, with Irish International Frank Stapleton, Mark Hughes and Peter Davenport all in contention. Brazil scored 16 goals during his 18 months with Manchester United, but by the time his second season got underway, he was no longer a regular member of the first team, with most his final appearances for the club coming as a substitute.

Having retired from English league football aged 27 due to injury, for several years in the 1990s Brazil ran the Black Adder pub in Ipswich. This business venture failed and Brazil was declared bankrupt.

In the late 1990s, Brazil joined radio station Talk Radio to present evening sports programming, titled “It’s Just Like Watching Brazil”. When the station became Talk Sport in early 2000, he became co-presenter on the weekday 6 – 10 am programme. The show has since been renamed the ‘Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast’. He has had various co-presenters over the years, including Mike Parry, Graham Beecroft and Ronnie Irani. Since Irani left the show in 2013, there has been a variety of co-presenters including Matt Holland, Ray Parlour, David Ginola, Dominic Cork, Neil Warnock and Brian Moore.

Brazil made 13 appearances for Scotland, the most notable of which saw him playing in the 1982 FIFA World Cup finals in Spain. He was the youngest member of the Scotland squad at the finals. His debut came against Poland in a friendly in Warsaw on 28 May 1980, which Scotland lost 1–0. His last full international came on 1 June 1983 in a 2–0 Home Championship defeat to England. He scored once for the Scottish national side, in his penultimate appearance on 28 May 1983 in a 2–0 Home Championship win over Wales.

Alan Brazil Net Worth

Alan Brazil is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alan Brazil 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the early 1970s, Brazil was subject to abuse at Celtic Boys Club, by Jim Torbett. When Torbett was charged and tried in 1996, Brazil was a witness for the prosecution. Torbett was found guilty on child abuse charges and sentenced to two years in prison.

Born in 1959 in the Govan district of Glasgow, Brazil started his career in England with Ipswich Town in 1977, where he stayed until 1983, appearing a total of 210 times and scoring 80 goals. In 1978, he was loaned to the Detroit Express in the North American Soccer League, appearing in 21 regular season games and 3 playoff games, scoring 10 goals in total. He made his Ipswich debut in a league match against Manchester United on 14 January 1978, and also contributed to their victorious 1977–78 FA Cup run when he played against Bristol Rovers in the fifth round replay. However he wasn’t part of the squad for the final itself. Brazil was a key player by the 1980–81 season, when they won the UEFA Cup and finished runners-up in the league. Ipswich finished runners-up once more the following season, when Brazil scored 22 goals, making him the second-highest scorer in the First Division after Kevin Keegan, who scored 26 for Southampton. One of his finest games in an Ipswich shirt came on 16 February 1982, when he scored all of their goals in a 5–2 league win over Southampton.

In January 1986, he was transferred to Coventry City as a ‘makeweight’ in the deal that took Terry Gibson to Old Trafford. He made 15 league appearances, scoring twice, and was given a free transfer at the end of the season, with his back problems becoming more evident. Joining Queens Park Rangers, he made a total of four appearances, scoring once (the winner against Blackburn in the FA Cup), and went on to play for Bury Town, Chelmsford City and Stambridge United. Brazil left British football in 1988 to join Wollongong City (now the South Coast Wolves), a New South Wales-based club in Australia’s National Soccer League. He returned to Europe to spend his final season (1988–89) with FC Baden of the Swiss Challenge League, the country’s second division, before his playing career ended due to the serious back injury that had plagued him for seasons.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Alan Brazil Dating?

According to our records, Alan Brazil married to Jill Brazil. As of December 1, 2023, Alan Brazil’s is not dating anyone.

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Brazil missed a show in March 2004 and was dismissed by the station, but he was reinstated three weeks later.

Facts & Trivia

Alan Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Alan Brazil celebrates birthday on June 15 of every year.

In September 2007, Brazil was arrested near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk on suspicion of drink-driving. He was convicted, banned from driving for 20 months, and given a £750 fine, as well as being ordered to pay £450 compensation to the court.

Is Alan Brazil still at talkSPORT?

From April 2020 Brazil’s role at Talksport was altered with him hosting Talksport Breakfast two days a week on Thursdays and Fridays with Laura Woods becoming host of the show from Monday to Wednesday with a statement from station stressing that Brazil’s role at Talksport would be ‘expanded’.

Who is Alan Brazil's wife?

Jill Brazil

How old is Alan Brazil?

63 years (June 15, 1959)

How tall is Alan Brazil?

6′ 0″

What is going on with Alan Brazil?

Ipswich Town legend Alan Brazil has revealed he is ‘on the mend’ after undergoing a heart operation. The 62-year-old Scot – who starred for the Blues during the halcyon days of the late 70s and early 80s – is best known these days for being a long-running presenter on talkSPORT radio.