Personal information | |||
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Full name | Brian Neil Easton[1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 March 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | East Fife | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
?–2006 | Hamilton Academical | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2009 | Hamilton Academical | 103 | (2) |
2009–2012 | Burnley | 33 | (1) |
2010 | → Hamilton Academical (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Dundee | 17 | (0) |
2013–2019 | St Johnstone | 134 | (1) |
2019–2023 | Hamilton Academical | 77 | (0) |
2023– | East Fife | 32 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2010 | Scotland U21 | 2 | (0) |
2009 | Scotland B | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 May 2009 |
Brian Neil Easton (born 5 March 1988) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish League Two club East Fife. Easton started his career with Hamilton Academical, winning the Scottish First Division championship in 2008. He was sold to English club Burnley in 2009 but was mainly a backup squad member, being loaned back to Hamilton in 2010 and leaving at the end of his contract in 2012; he then signed for Dundee.
In June 2013, Easton's contract with Dundee ended and he moved to St Johnstone, initially on a one-year deal, however remained with the club for six seasons, winning the Scottish Cup in 2014 but being unavailable for over a year through injury. He rejoined Hamilton in the summer of 2019. He then signed for East Fife in 2023.
Easton played for the Scotland under-21s and B team in his early career.