Chris Brunt is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for and is the vice-captain of Premier League club West Bromwich Albion. He plays as a left winger, as an attacking midfielder or left back. He has also played in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough, and has appeared for Northern Ireland at youth and full international levels.
Chris Brunt's set-pieces are very strong, he is also good at crossing, key passing and defensive contributuion. He likes to play long balls, cross, shoot from distance. And he often plays the ball off the ground.
In 2004–05, his first full season at Sheffield Wednesday, Brunt helped Wednesday achieve promotion to the Championship by scoring five goals. He went on to hit seven goals the following season, finishing the campaign as the club's top goalscorer. During the 2006–07 campaign Brunt passed the 100 appearance mark for Wednesday, making him the club's most experienced player at the time.
During West Bromwich Albion spell, Brunt's performance in the 3-0 home win against Plymouth Argyle on 1 March 2008 saw him named in the Championship Team of the Week. On 28 April 2008 Brunt scored a late equalising goal against Southampton in a 1-1 draw; this effectively secured Albion's promotion to the Premier League because of their superior goal difference. He went on to score the free-kick in West Brom's 2-0 win over QPR that sealed automatic promotion. Brunt was the club's top scorer in the 2008–09 season, scoring eight goals. In the 2009/10 season, he once again helped the club reach the highest tier of English football, scoring the second goal in a 3-2 win over Doncaster, which sealed the club's Premier League status. When the new manager came in February 2011, he confirmed that he had made Brunt the permanent captain for the club.
Brunt continued his role as West Bromwich Albion captain in the 2012/2013 and helped the team secure an 8th-place finish, the highest the club has finished in the Premier League era, while also helping to secure the record amount of points for the club(48).
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