Dean Brett
{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|12|8|df=y}}
|birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
|height = 1.73 m{{Soccerway|dean-brett/129079}}
|position = Right back, midfielder
|currentclub = Tranent
|clubnumber = 15
|years1 = 2009–2017
|clubs1 = Cowdenbeath
|caps1 = 149
|goals1 = 9
|years2 = 2017
|clubs2 = Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
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|years3 = 2017
|clubs3 = Montrose
|caps3 = 0
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2017–2023
|clubs4 = Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
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|years5 = 2023–
|clubs5 = Tranent
|caps5 = 37
|goals5 = 5
|club-update = 14 December 2024
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Dean Brett (born 8 December 1992) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a right back or midfielder for {{Scottish football updater|Tranent}} club Tranent.
Career
Brett made his debut for Cowdenbeath in the 2009–10 season.{{soccerbase|52664}}
In February 2017 he was suspended by the club after he admitted breaching professional conduct rules on gambling,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39027073|title=Dean Brett's Cowdenbeath career on line as he admits gambling against own team|date=20 February 2017|accessdate=20 February 2017|publisher=BBC Sport}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/15104205.cowdenbeath-footballer-dean-brett-from-tranent-suspended-for-betting-on-matches/|title=Tranent footballer Dean Brett suspended for betting on matches|website=East Lothian Courier}} before being sacked four days later.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39083265|title=League Two Cowdenbeath sack Dean Brett over gambling offences|date=24 February 2017|accessdate=25 February 2017|publisher=BBC Sport}} He had earlier received a four-match ban from the Scottish Football Association for homophobic tweets.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39059563|title=Dean Brett: Cowdenbeath defender banned over 'offensive tweets'|date=22 February 2017|accessdate=25 February 2017|publisher=BBC Sport}}{{cite web|url=https://stv.tv/sport/football/1381431-cowdenbeath-s-dean-brett-banned-over-homophobic-tweets/|title=Cowdenbeath's Dean Brett banned over homophobic tweets|date=22 February 2017|accessdate=25 February 2017|author=Grant Russell|publisher=STV|archive-date=25 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225211123/https://stv.tv/sport/football/1381431-cowdenbeath-s-dean-brett-banned-over-homophobic-tweets/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/15110735.cowdenbeath-footballer-dean-brett-from-tranent-handed-four-match-ban-for-offensive-tweets/|title=Footballer Dean Brett handed four-match ban for offensive tweets|website=East Lothian Courier}}
On 8 March 2017 Brett signed for Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic until the end of the season.{{cite web|url=http://www.bonnyriggrosefc.co.uk/teams/118321/news/signing-update-1763061.html|title=Signing update|date=8 March 2017|accessdate=16 March 2017|author=Brendan Parkinson|publisher=Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic F.C.}} After leaving the club at the end of his contract, Brett returned to senior football, signing for Scottish League Two club Montrose on 11 June 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.montrosefc.co.uk/index.php/links/scottish-football/33-featured/1221-petrie-stengthens-defensive-options |title=Petrie strengthens defensive options |publisher=Montrose FC |date=11 June 2017 |accessdate=12 June 2017}} Brett, however, left the club less than three weeks after joining, citing lengthy travel times to and from the club as his main motivation behind quitting.{{cite news|last1=Roache|first1=Ian|title=Former Dundee United skipper Sean Dillon joins Montrose as player-coach|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/scottish-league-2/460218/former-dundee-united-skipper-sean-dillon-joins-montrose-player-coach/|accessdate=30 June 2017|work=The Courier|date=30 June 2017|location=Dundee}}
Shortly after leaving Montrose, Brett re-signed for SJFA East Superleague side Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic.{{cite web |url=http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/sport/football/15394033.Dean_Brett_signs_for_Bonnyrigg_Rose_after_ending_19_day_spell_with_Montrose/ |title=Dean Brett signs for Bonnyrigg Rose after ending 19-day spell with Montrose |first=Gavin |last=Harper |work=East Lothian Courier |publisher=Newsquest |date=6 July 2017 |accessdate=13 October 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/bonnyriggs-dean-brett-expecting-tranent-have-wised-180003|title=Bonnyrigg's Dean Brett is expecting Tranent to have wised up|website=www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com}}
Personal life
In January 2015 his girlfriend died from cancer; their newborn daughter had died in 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/tragic-footballers-girlfriend-dies-months-5021363|title=Footballer's girlfriend dies months after the couple's baby daughter passed away|first=Stephen|last=Stewart|date=22 January 2015|website=Daily Record}}
References
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Category:Footballers from Edinburgh
Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Cowdenbeath F.C. players
Category:Bonnyrigg Rose F.C. players
Category:Montrose F.C. players