Chris Brass

Chris Brass
Brass as Bury assistant manager in 2009
Personal information
Full name Christopher Paul Brass[1]
Date of birth (1975-07-24) 24 July 1975 (age 49)[1]
Place of birth Easington, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Nottingham Forest
(senior recruitment manager)
Youth career
Ipswich Town
0000–1993 Burnley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2001 Burnley 134 (1)
1994Torquay United (loan) 7 (0)
2000Halifax Town (loan) 6 (0)
2001–2006 York City 152 (6)
2005Harrogate Town (loan) 9 (0)
2005–2006Southport (loan) 5 (0)
2006–2007 Bury 29 (0)
2007–2009 Hyde United 52 (0)
Total 394 (7)
Managerial career
2003–2004 York City
2008 Bury (caretaker)
2016–2017 Bury
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christopher Paul Brass (born 24 July 1975) is an English football manager and former professional player who works in a senior recruitment role at Premier League club Nottingham Forest in a role across The Academy and First Team.[3]

As a player, he was a defender in the Football League for Burnley, Torquay United, Halifax Town, York City and Bury. He also played non-league football for Harrogate Town, Southport and Hyde United. Between 2003 and 2004 at the age of 27 he was player-manager of York, he did not return to management until 12 years later when he returned to Bury as manager. He has also worked on the coaching staff at Scunthorpe United, Torquay United and Wigan Athletic.

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 77. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ^ "Chris Brass". Soccerbase. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Nottingham Forest linked with key appointment as Chris Hughton set for Evangelos Marinakis meeting". 10 May 2021.