Titus Bramble

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Titus Bramble
Titus Bramble 2011.jpg
Bramble playing for Sunderland in 2011
Personal information
Full name Titus Malachi Bramble[1]
Date of birth (1981-07-31) 31 July 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Ipswich, Suffolk, England
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Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1996–1998 Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Ipswich Town 48 (1)
1999–2000 → Colchester United (loan) 2 (0)
2002–2007 Newcastle United 105 (3)
2007–2010 Wigan Athletic 96 (5)
2010–2013 Sunderland 47 (1)
International career‡
2000–2002 England U21 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:13, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:00, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Titus Malachi Bramble (born 31 July 1981) is an English footballer who currently is without a club, having left Sunderland at the end of the 2012–2013 Premier League season. He plays as a centre-back.

Bramble began his career at Ipswich Town in 1998, where he made 48 appearances between 1998 and 2002. During his time at Ipswich, he had a loan spell at Colchester United, where he made two appearances during the 1999–2000 season. He left Ipswich for Newcastle United in 2002, making 105 appearances for Newcastle in five seasons, before leaving on a free transfer. Bramble then joined Wigan Athletic, making 96 appearances between 2007 and 2010, before his move to Sunderland at the start of the 2010-11 Premier League season. He made 51 appearances for Sunderland before being released at the end of the 2012–13 season.

Bramble also made 10 appearances for the England under-21s between 2000 and 2002.

Playing career

Ipswich Town

Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Bramble started his career at home town club Ipswich Town. After making his debut in the 1998-99 season, Bramble went on to make 48 league appearances for the club, also spending a brief period on loan at Colchester United over the 1999-2000 season. He scored four goals for Ipswich, with strikes against Sunderland in the league,[3] Millwall[4] and Coventry[5] in the League Cup and Torpedo Moscow in the UEFA Cup.[6]

Newcastle United

Bramble joined Newcastle in July 2002 for £6 million, vowing at the time to make himself indispensable to then manager Sir Bobby Robson.[7]

At the end of the 2003–04 season, readers of the football e-mail newsletter The Fiver voted Bramble as the worst player of the year in the Premier League.[8] Bramble scored a volleyed goal against league champions Chelsea on 8 May 2006 in a 1–0 victory that secured qualification for the Intertoto Cup.[9]

On 10 August 2006, Bramble scored another vital goal for Newcastle in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round with a header against Latvian side FK Ventspils.[10]

In December, Bramble was admitted into hospital after his injured calf swelled to double its normal size.[11] On 31 January 2007, Bramble returned to action against Aston Villa in the centre of defence alongside Steven Taylor.

Wigan Athletic

Bramble signed for Wigan Athletic on a free transfer, agreeing to a three-year-deal on 4 June 2007.[12] On 2 January 2008, he scored a goal at Anfield in a 1–1 draw against Liverpool – a 20-yard strike handing Wigan a late equaliser.[13]

Bramble scored an equaliser against Newcastle United at St. James' Park, the match finishing in a 2–2 draw on 15 November 2008. He has expressed his gratitude to Wigan manager Steve Bruce for having faith in him when no one else did and for making him the player he is today. His performances throughout the 2008–09 season picked him up four awards at the club's awards night, including 'Player of the Year' and 'Player's Player of the Year' for Wigan.[14] On 14 July 2009, he was extended his contract with Wigan until 2012.[15]

Sunderland

On 23 July 2010, Bramble joined Sunderland for £1 million. He signed a three-year contract at the Stadium of Light, signed by his former manager at Wigan, Steve Bruce.[16] He scored his first and only Sunderland goal in a 4–0 win against Stoke City on 18 September 2011.[17] Bramble was one of seven players released by Sunderland at the end of the 2012–2013 Premier League season.[18] He played 51 games in all competitions for Sunderland, scoring one goal.[19]

After being released by Sunderland he trained with West Ham United playing in their 6–2 pre-season defeat of Cork City.[20] He returned to Ipswich in the pre-season to train, making his playing return in a game against Barnet but was not offered a contract.[21]

Coaching career

Bramble is Under-11 coach at Ipswich Town. In November 2014, he spoke out against a possible English application of the "Rooney Rule" to ensure that compulsory ethnic minority candidates are interviewed for managerial positions, calling it a "disgrace".[22]

Personal life

One of his brothers, Tesfaye Bramble, is also a footballer and has represented Montserrat at international level.[23] The two brothers were arrested on suspicion of rape in September 2010[24] with Tesfaye being convicted of the offence,[25] and Titus later being released without charge. On 28 September 2011, Bramble was temporarily suspended by Sunderland,[26] after having been arrested on allegations of sexual assault and possession of a Class A drug.[27] He was cleared of these charges on 31 May 2012.[28]

Career statistics

As of 28 April 2013[19]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ipswich Town 1998–99 First Division 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1999–2000 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000–01 Premier League 26 1 2 0 5 2 0 0 33 3
2001–02 Premier League 18 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 24 1
Total 48 1 5 0 5 2 4 1 62 4
Colchester United 1999–2000 Second Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Newcastle United 2002–03 Premier League 16 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 24 0
2003–04 Premier League 29 0 1 0 0 0 11 3 41 3
2004–05 Premier League 19 1 4 0 2 0 7 0 32 1
2005–06 Premier League 24 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 28 2
2006–07 Premier League 17 0 0 0 1 0 13 1 31 1
Total 105 3 8 0 4 0 39 4 156 7
Wigan Athletic 2007–08 Premier League 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 1
2008–09 Premier League 35 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 39 1
2009–10 Premier League 35 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 38 2
Total 96 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 104 4
Sunderland 2010–11 Premier League 23 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 0
2011–12 Premier League 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
2012–13 Premier League 16 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19 0
Total 47 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 51 1
Career Total 298 10 20 0 14 2 43 5 375 17
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup.

References

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