Shaun Brooks

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Shaun Brooks

| fullname = Shaun Brooks{{Hugman|2345|accessdate=13 April 2020}}

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1962|10|9}}

| birth_place = Reading, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/214 214] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/214}}

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Crystal Palace

| years1 = 1979–1983 | clubs1 = Crystal Palace | caps1 = 54 | goals1 = 4

| years2 = 1983–1987 | clubs2 = Leyton Orient | caps2 = 148 | goals2 = 26

| years3 = 1987–1992 | clubs3 = Bournemouth | caps3 = 128 | goals3 = 13

| years4 = 1992–1994 | clubs4 = Dorchester Town | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 1994 | clubs5 = Bournemouth | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1994–1996 | clubs6 = Leyton Orient | caps6 = 50 | goals6 = 2

| years7 = | clubs7 = Worthing | caps7 = | goals7 =

| totalcaps = 381 | totalgoals = 45

| nationalyears1 = 1978 | nationalteam1 = England Schoolboys | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 4

| nationalyears2 = 1979–1981 | nationalteam2 = England Youth | nationalcaps2 = 7 | nationalgoals2 = 2

}}

Shaun Brooks (born 9 October 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Crystal Palace, Leyton Orient and Bournemouth. He is the son of Johnny Brooks who was also a professional footballer for several clubs and represented England on three occasions.{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersB/BioBrooksJ.html |title=England Players – Johnny Brooks |publisher=Englandfootballonline.com |date= |accessdate=20 December 2014}}

Playing career

Brooks began his youth career with Crystal Palace and signed professional terms in October 1979.{{cite book|last1 =Purkiss|first1 =Mike|last2 =Sands|first2 =Nigel|title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989|year =1990|publisher =The Breedon Books Publishing Company|page=318|isbn=0907969542}} His senior debut came in a home 1–0 win against Leeds United on 12 April 1980, but it was his only appearance that season. Over the next three seasons, Brooks made 17, (0 goals), 25 (2) and 7 (2) appearances respectively,{{cite book|last1 =Purkiss|first1 =Mike|last2 =Sands|first2 =Nigel|title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989|year =1990|publisher =The Breedon Books Publishing Company|pages=254–261|isbn=0907969542}} and in October 1983 after four further games, moved on to Leyton Orient.

In four seasons at Leyton Orient, brooks made 148 League appearances scoring 26 times before moving on to Bournemouth in 1987 for whom he played 128 times (13 goals). He was released by Bournemouth in 1992 and spent two seasons with Dorchester Town before making a brief return to Bournemouth. Brooks finished his League career with Leyton Orient, moving to Worthing in 1996.

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