Liam Brady

Liam Brady was one of the first players from the United Kingdom to leave the island to join the European continent. There, he won 2 Serie A.

Trophies

104

Goals

706

Games

1973/80 Arsenal (ENG) 307 games, 59 goals

(English Premier League: 235 games, 43 goals)

(English Cup: 35 games, 2 goals)

(English League Cup: 23 games, 10 goals)

(Charity Shield: 1 game)

(UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 9 games, 2 goals)

(UEFA Cup: 4 games, 2 goals)

1980/82 Juventus Turin (ITA) 76 games, 15 goals

1982/84 Sampdoria Genoa (ITA) 57 games, 6 goals

1984/86 Inter Milan (ITA) 58 games, 5 goals

1986/87 Ascoli (ITA) 17 games

1987/90 West Ham (ENG) 119 matches, 10 goals

(English Premier League: 56 matches, 7 goals)

(English Premier League: 33 matches, 2 goals)

(English Cup: 9 matches, 1 goal)

(English League Cup: 17 matches)

(Full Members Cup: 4 matches)

With the National Team :

72 caps, 9 goals

(Friendly matches: 23 caps, 4 goals)

(World Cup qualifiers: 22 caps, 1 goal)

(Euro qualifiers: 27 matches, 4 goals)

1st selection: 30 October 1974 against the USSR (3-0)

Last selection: 16 May 1990 against Finland (0-0)

Liam Brady

Born February 13, 1956 in Dublin (IRL)

Irish, Attacking-midfielder, Central-midfielder, Right-midfielder, 1m74

Getting Arsenal Back on Track

Liam Brady was born on February 13, 1956 in Dublin, Ireland. He learned the basics of football with his two older brothers, Ray and Pat, who would also become professional footballers. At 1.74 meters tall, Liam decided to focus on the art of technique and in particular dribbling.

When he was 13, he was the leader of the youth team of St Kevin's Boys Club, he was then spotted by Bill Darby, Arsenal scout. At 15, he joined Arsenal and in 1973, he played his first professional match, the kid with a golden left foot. It was finally during the 1974/75 season that he became a regular starter for the club from the English capital.

Arsenal's attacking midfielder, he was a wonderful metronome, controlling the rhythm of his team. Arriving at an Arsenal that was in full doubt, he would allow his club to return to the top half of the table and a good overall level.

Travel to Italy

With Arsenal, he won the FA Cup in 1979 and lost twice in the final in 1978 and 1980. Named the best player of the team's revival, Brady became the best Premier League player of the season in 1979. The following year, he reached the final of the Cup Winners' Cup, unfortunately Arsenal would lose on penalties. In the semi-final, Liam Brady had made life difficult for the Juventus Turin defenders.

It was also Juventus Turin who would recruit the player in the summer. He was then 24 years old and was going to establish himself in Serie A. Combative and endowed with a silky left foot, he was going to quickly make himself appreciated by Juventus supporters.

With Brady, Juventus won 2 Serie A championship titles in a row. Brady would also score the goal that gave his team the title in 1982. But the arrival of Boniek and Platini forced the player to leave Italy and join Sampdoria Genoa. He spent 2 more years at Inter, 1 at Ascoli then returned to England, to West Ham where he ended his career at the age of 34 in 1990.

A starter with the Irish national team, he never had the chance to participate in a major competition, in total, he played 72 matches for his country between 1974 and 1989, scoring 9 goals. The only chance of playing in a major competition would have been to play Euro 1988 but Jack Charlton decided not to select him after receiving a red card in the last Euro qualifying match.