Bryan Gunn

Scottish association football player and manager (born 1963)

Bryan Gunn (born 22 December 1963 in Thurso) is a former footballer. He was a goalkeeper. He played for Aberdeen and Hibernian in Scotland, and Norwich City in England. He played six times for Scotland, in the early 1990s.

Bryan Gunn
A bald man in a black suit posing in front of an earlier picture of himself.
Gunn at his own-named catering facility club at Carrow Road in November 2007
Personal information
Full name Bryan James Gunn[1]
Date of birth (1963-12-22) 22 December 1963 (age 60)[1]
Place of birth Thurso, Scotland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1979–1980 Invergordon
1980–1982 Aberdeen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1986 Aberdeen 15 (0)
1986–1998 Norwich City 390 (0)
1998Hibernian (loan) 12 (0)
1998–1999 Hibernian 0 (0)
Total 417 (0)
National team
1990–1994 Scotland 6 (0)
Teams managed
2009 Norwich City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

When he finished playing football, he became manager of Norwcich City. He was manager for nine months before being sacked.

One of Bryan Gunn's children died of leukaemia. Since then, he has raised more than £1,000,000 to pay for projects to help people with the disease and to try to find a cure for it.

Career statistics change

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aberdeen 1982–83 Scottish Premier Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983–84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984–85 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1985–86 9 0 1 0 2 0 1[c] 0 13 0
1986–87 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
Total 14 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 20 0
Norwich City 1986–87 Football League Division One 29 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1987–88 38 0 0 0 0 0 38 0
1988–89 37 0 3 0 0 0 40 0
1989–90 37 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
1990–91 34 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
1991–92 25 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1992–93[2] Premier League 42 0 0 0 0 0 42 0
1993–94[2] 41 0 2 0 0 0 6[d] 0 49 0
1994–95[2] 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1995–96 Football League Division One 43 0 0 0 0 0 43 0
1996–97[3] 38 0 2 0 2 0 42 0
1997–98[3] 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Total 389 0 7 0 2 0 6 0 404 0
Hibernian 1997–98[3] Scottish Premier Division 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Career total 415 0 8 0 6 0 7 0 436 0

Honours change

Aberdeen

Scotland U18

Individual

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Bryan Gunn". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Bryan Gunn". Premier League. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Bryan Gunn". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  4. Coull, Scott (12 July 2008). "1983 heroes and current European champions on show in glamour friendly". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  5. Gunn & Piper 2006, p. 60.
  6. White, Neil (8 May 2005). "Caught in Time: Scotland are European youth champions, 1982". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  7. "Player of the Season 1967–2010". Norwich City F.C. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  8. "New Hall of Fame members enrolled". Norwich City F.C. 28 February 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2011.