Liam Brady
William " Liam " Brady ( born February 13, 1956 in Dublin, Ireland ) is a former Irish football player and coach.
- 2.1 As a player
Career
As a player
Liam Brady began his career at St. Kevin 's Boys FC, and was then obliged by Arsenal, with whom he won the FA Cup in 1979. In addition, the Irishman stood with the club in 1980 at the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, which they however lost to FC Valencia.
In 1980, he transferred to Juventus, where he became the first foreign player after the lifting of the ban foreigners in Italian football. With Juve he won in 1980/81 and 1981/82 two Italian championships. On the final day of the season 1981/82 Liam Brady showed professionalism: Even though he knew he would be sold to the next season, he came in the game against U.S. Catanzaro in a penalty kick in, turned it and gave his team the championship so.
For the 1982/83 season, Michel Platini, has been contracted by Juventus, then Brady moved to Sampdoria.
After two years with Samp he went in 1984 to Inter Milan, where he again spent two seasons and then moved to Ascoli Calcio, where he played a year before he finally moved back to the island to West Ham United, where he in 1989 his active career finished.
As a coach
In 1991, Liam Brady coach at Scottish club Celtic Glasgow, where he remained until 1993, from 1993 to 1995, he coached then Brighton & Hove Albion.
Since 1996 Liam Brady is responsible for the youth work at Arsenal. In addition, he worked from 2008 to the Irish Association as assistant to the new coach of the national team Giovanni Trapattoni.
Brady came back in April 2010 from his post in order to get on with his duties at Arsenal can.
Achievements
As a player
- Italian Championship: 1980 /81 1981/82 ( with Juventus )
- FA Cup: 1978 /79 ( with Arsenal )
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1979