Neil Masters

Neil Masters
Personal information
Full name	Neil Bradley Masters
Date of birth	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
1990–1993	Bournemouth
1991	Moss (loan)
1993–1997	Wolverhampton
1997–2000	Gillingham
2001	Moss
Total
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.^[3]

In August 1995, he was called up to the Northern Ireland national team's squad UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying match against Portugal^[4] but had to withdraw due to knee problems.^[5]

He joined Norwegian club Moss FK ahead of the 2001 season.^[6]

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.^[7]

^ ^a ^b "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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