Tesfaye Bramble

Football player infobox
playername = Tes Bramble


fullname = Tesfaye Walda Simeon Bramble
nickname =
height = height|ft=6|in=2
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|7|20
cityofbirth = Ipswich
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Leiston
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997–1999
2000–2001
2001
2001–2005
2005
2005–2007
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Chelmsford City
Cambridge City
→ Southend United (loan)
Southend United
→ Cambridge United (loan)
Stockport County
Stevenage Borough
Leiston
caps(goals) = 00? 0(?)
018 0(3)
000 0(0)
139 (29)
009 0(3)
068 (11)
011 0(1)
nationalyears = 2004
nationalteam = Montserrat
nationalcaps(goals) = 001 0(1)
pcupdate = 14:39, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Tesfaye Walda Simeon "Tes" Bramble (born July 20, 1980 in Ipswich, England) is an English footballer who plays for Eastern Counties League Premier Division club Leiston. He made over 200 appearances in the Football League, scoring 43 goals, between 2001 and 2007, and played international football for Montserrat.

Football career

Bramble, who is the brother of footballer Titus Bramble, started his career at Chelmsford City and went to to Southern Premier League outfit Cambridge City before signing for Southend United in Janury 2001.cite web| url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=18333|title=Tes Bramble |work=Soccerbase|publisher=Racing Post|accessdate=2008-07-12] Manager Dave Webb initially signed Bramblle on loan before the deal was made permanent for a fee of £7,000.cite news | title = Bramble to tie up Blues deal | url = http://archive.gazette-news.co.uk/2001/1/23/188721.html | publisher = Gazette News | date = 2001-01-23 | accessdate = 2008-05-05] Bramble made over 150 league and cup appearances, scoring 40 goals, in four-and-a-half seasons at Southend United, and played for Southend in the LDV Vans Trophy final at the Millennium Stadium in March 2004.cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3517244.stm |title=Blackpool 2-0 Southend| date=2004-03-21 |publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-12]

Bramble was called up by Montserrat in November 2004 and made his international debut in a Caribbean Cup qualifier against Antigua and Barbuda in which he scored but was unable to prevent Montserrat losing 5–4.cite news| url=http://archive.gazette-news.co.uk/2004/11/9/123428.html |title=International call for Blues striker|date=2004-11-09|publisher=Gazette News|accessdate=2008-07-12]

Bramble spent two months on loan at Cambridge United, where he scored three times in nine games, before being released by Southend United at the end of the 2004–05 season,cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southend_utd/4604075.stm| title=Shrimpers release striker Bramble |date=2005-06-02|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-12] and joining Stockport County on a two-year contract in June 2005.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stockport/4104590.stm|title=Stockport snap up striker Bramble |date=2005-06-17|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-12] He made over 70 appearances for Stockport, scoring 12 goals. Bramble was out of contract in the summer of 2007 and signed for Stevenage Borough in Jul7 2007,cite news | title = Stevenage recruit striker Bramble | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stevenage/6900486.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2007-07-16 | accessdate = 2008-05-05] but was sidelined for two-months following knee surgery in November 2007.cite news | title = Stevenage man Bramble has surgery | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stevenage/7112987.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2007-11-26 | accessdate = 2008-05-05] He was released at the end of the 2007–08 season,cite news|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=49845|title=Boro release five|date=2008-05-07|publisher=Non League Daily|accessdate=2008-07-12] having made 11 Conference National appearances and scoring a one goal. He joined Eastern Counties League Premier Division club Leiston in August 2008.cite news|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=51777|title=Bramble coup for Leiston|date=August 8, 2008|publisher=Non League Daily|accessdate=2008-08-09]

References

External links

*soccerbase|18333|Tes Bramble