Matt Bryant (footballer)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Matt Bryant

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Matthew Bryant

| height = 6ft 1in{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball0000unse_a6b8 |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1995–96 |date=1995 |publisher=Headline |isbn=978-0-7472-7823-8 |editor-last=Rollin |editor-first=Jack |pages=419 |language=en}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1970|9|21}}

| birth_place = Bristol, England

| position = Defender

| years1 = 1989–1996

| years2 = 1989–1990

| years3 = 1990

| years4 = 1996–1999

| clubs1 = Bristol City

| clubs2 = → Gloucester City{{cite book |last=Clark |first=Timothy R.D. |author2=Kujawa, Rob |title=The Complete Record of Gloucester City AFC 1883–2009 |year=2009 |publisher=Tiger Timbo Publications |location=Gloucester |isbn=978-0-9557425-1-4}} (loan)

| clubs3 = → Walsall (loan)

| clubs4 = Gillingham

| caps1 = 203

| caps2 = 7

| caps3 = 13

| caps4 = 103

| goals1 = 7

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

}}

Matthew Bryant (born 21 September 1970){{cite book | first=Roger|last= Triggs | title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club| publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2001| isbn=0-7524-2243-X|pages=70}} is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League in the 1990s.{{NeilBrownPlayers|player5/mattbryant}}

Born in Bristol, he started his career with Bristol City in 1990-91, and after a short loan spell with Walsall went on to make over 200 appearances for Bristol City, scoring 7 goals for them in all competitions.[https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=1086 Soccerbase stats]

In August 1990, during his loan spell at Walsall, he had the misfortune of scoring an own goal which was the first ever league goal scored at the Bescot Stadium.{{cite web|title=Ultimate Saddlers A-Z 3: Matt Bryant |url=http://www.saddlers.co.uk/page/SaddlersAZ/0,,10428~906203,00.html |publisher=Walsall FC |accessdate=14 August 2011 |author=Leigh Edwards |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219210043/http://www.saddlers.co.uk/page/SaddlersAZ/0%2C%2C10428~906203%2C00.html |archivedate=19 February 2012 }}

Bryant moved to Gillingham for the 1996-97 season, making over 100 appearances for them before retiring due to injury.