Paul Brooker

Infobox Football biography
playername = Paul Brooker


fullname = Paul Brooker
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|11|25
cityofbirth = Hammersmith
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=8
nickname =
position = Winger
currentclub = Unattached
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1995–2000
1998–1999
2000
2000–2003
2003–2004
2004
2004–2005
2005–2007
2007–2008
clubs = Fulham
→ Stevenage Borough (loan)
→ Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
Brighton & Hove Albion
Leicester City
→ Reading (loan)
Reading
Brentford
Chertsey Town
caps(goals) = 056 0(4)
008 0(1)
015 0(2)
118 (13)
003 0(0)
011 0(0)
031 0(0)
071 0(4)
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nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 30 Aug 07
ntupdate =

Paul Brooker (born 25 November 1976 in Hammersmith, London) is a professional footballer currently without a club. He is a right-winger who can also deputise on the left wing if needed.

Football career

Born and raised in London, Brooker started his career as a trainee at Fulham. Whilst there, he had loan spells at Stevenage Borough and Brighton & Hove Albion, the latter of which he joined permanently in 2000. It was during his three years at Brighton that Brooker made the majority of his league appearances so far, and it was his form for Brighton that prompted then-Premier League club Leicester City to sign him. However, his first team opportunities at Leicester proved to be limited, so Leicester's manager at the time, Micky Adams, allowed Brooker to go out on loan to Reading, a deal which was made permanent in 2004.

He made a number of appearances for Reading during their 2004–05 Football League Championship campaign, but at the end of the season was allowed to leave as he did not feature in Reading's plans for the future. Brooker then signed for Brentford in the summer of 2005, where he showcased his talents by scoring the Bees' goal of the season against Swindon in 2006. However, Brooker's spell at Brentford was largely disappointing and he left by mutual consent with a year remaining on his contract on August 302007. In September 2008 Brooker has rejoined up with his former boss Micky Adams at Brighton & Hove Albion and is training with the squad, after leaving Chertsey in the summer of 2008.

Personal life

Brooker is a blood relative to Matt Elliott (retired professional footballer with Leicester City and Scotland).fact|date=April 2007

External links

* [http://www.brentfordfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/PlayerProfilesDetail/0,,10421~12227,00.html Paul Brooker profile] at brentfordfc.co.uk
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NAME=Brooker, Paul
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH=25 November 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH=Hammersmith, London
DATE OF DEATH=
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