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Northern Irish footballer and coach

Neil Masters
Personal information
Full name	Neil Bradley Masters
Date of birth	(1972-05-25) 25 May 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Rygge FK (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1993	Bournemouth	50	(6)
1991	Moss (loan)	8	(0)
1993–1997	Wolverhampton	18	(1)
1997–2000	Gillingham	11	(0)
2001	Moss	0	(0)
Total		90	(8)
Managerial career
2004–2005	Rygge FK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neil Masters (born 25 May 1972) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player.

Career

Masters was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. A left-back during his active career, played English league football for Bournemouth, Wolverhampton and Gillingham.

In August 1995, he was called up to the Northern Ireland national team's squad UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying match against Portugal but had to withdraw due to knee problems.

He joined Norwegian club Moss FK ahead of the 2001 season.

Having retired as a player after the 2003 season, he was hired as coach of Rygge FK, a fourth-tier Norwegian club located near Moss.

^ "Neil Masters". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
Neil Masters at Soccerbase
"Masters plan is full-time football". BBC Sport. 23 October 2000. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
"Hamilton returns to the tried and tested". The Independent. 16 August 1995. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
"Northern Ireland hit by injuries". The Independent. 30 August 1995. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
"VG vurderer Moss". Retrieved 15 February 2017.
Nesselquist, Knut-Eigil (15 October 2003). "Profesjonell trenersatsing i Rygge". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 May 2020.

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