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==Personal life== |
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One of his brothers, [[Tesfaye Bramble]], is also a footballer and has represented [[Montserrat national football team|Montserrat]] at international level.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} |
One of his brothers, [[Tesfaye Bramble]], is also a footballer and has represented [[Montserrat national football team|Montserrat]] at international level.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} |
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On 22nd September 2010, Bramble was arrested on suspicion of raping a 29 year old woman in a Newcastle hotel. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Titus Malachi Bramble[1] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sunderland | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1998 | Ipswich Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Ipswich Town | 48 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | → Colchester United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2007 | Newcastle United | 105 | (3) |
| 2007–2010 | Wigan Athletic | 96 | (5) |
| 2010– | Sunderland | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2000–2002 | England U21 | 10 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:13, 25 April 2010 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:48, 1 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
Titus Malachi Bramble (born 31 July 1981) is an English footballer who plays for Sunderland as a defender.
Career
Ipswich Town
Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Bramble started his career at home town club Ipswich Town. After making his debut in the 1998/99 season, Bramble went on to make 48 league appearances for the club, also spending a brief period on loan at Colchester United. He scored four goals for Ipswich, with strikes against Sunderland in the league,[2] Millwall[3] and Coventry[4] in the League Cup and Torpedo Moscow in the UEFA Cup.[5]
Newcastle United
Bramble joined Newcastle in July 2002 for £6 million, vowing at the time to make himself indispensable to then manager Sir Bobby Robson.[6] At the end of the 2003–04 season, readers of the football e-mail newsletter The Fiver voted Bramble as the worst player of the year in the English Premiership. One reader wrote: "Titus's occasional flash of brilliance is heavily outweighed by the total inability to think before attempting what inevitably turns into a hashed clearance, a mistimed tackle, an own goal or a penalty for the opposition."[7][unbalanced opinion?]
[8] Titus scored a spectacular volleyed goal against Chelsea on May 8, 2006 in a 1–0 victory that secured qualification for the Intertoto Cup.[9]
On 10 August 2006, Titus scored another vital goal for Newcastle in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round with a header against Latvian side FK Ventspils. In the return leg as St James's Park, Bramble gave a solid performance in a 0–0 draw, allowing the Geordies to progress to the UEFA Cup.
In December, Bramble was admitted into hospital after his injured calf swelled to double its normal size.[10]
On 31 January 2007, Bramble returned to action against Aston Villa in the centre of defence alongside Steven Taylor. Bramble put in some solid performances against Fulham, Liverpool, Middlesbrough and a Man of The Match Performance against Zulte-Waregem.
After another poor performance in Newcastle's 2–0 defeat to AZ Alkmaar he was dropped by Glenn Roeder. He looked to be frozen out of Newcastle, due to the return of Craig Moore and consistency of Taylor and Oguchi Onyewu, and no longer part of Roeder's plans.
During his time at Newcastle United, Bramble was nicknamed Titus Bungle or Titus Shambles by fans of the club as well as other clubs.
Wigan Athletic
Titus Bramble signed for Wigan Athletic on a free transfer, agreeing to a three-year-deal on 4th of June 2007. On 2 January 2008, Bramble scored a memorable goal at Anfield in a 1–1 draw against Liverpool – a 20-yard strike handing Wigan a late equaliser.[11]
Bramble scored a dramatic equaliser against Newcastle United at St. James' Park, the match finishing in a 2–2 draw on 15 November 2008. Bramble has expressed his gratitude to Wigan manager Steve Bruce for having faith in him when no one else did and for making him the player he is today. His performances throughout the 08/09 season picked him up four awards at the club's awards night, including 'Player of the Year' and 'Player's Player of the Year' for Wigan. On 14 July 2009 he was rewarded with a new contract, keeping him at the club until 2012.
Sunderland
On 23 July 2010, Bramble joined Sunderland for a fee believed to be £1 million, and signed a three-year contract.[12]
Personal life
One of his brothers, Tesfaye Bramble, is also a footballer and has represented Montserrat at international level.[citation needed]
On 22nd September 2010, Bramble was arrested on suspicion of raping a 29 year old woman in a Newcastle hotel.
References
- ^ "Statistics" (PDF). Premier League. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ "Ipswich see off Sunderland". BBC Sport. 26 August 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ "Ipswich 5–0 Millwall (Agg: 5–2)". BBC Sport. 26 September 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ "Ipswich see off Sky Blues again". BBC Sport. 28 November 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ "Bramble maintains Ipswich record". BBC Sport. 20 September 2001. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | Teams | Newcastle United | Bramble bids for starring role". BBC News. 2002-07-04. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
- ^ Smyth, Rob (21 May 2004). "Underdogs, and Prized horses | News | Guardian Unlimited Football". London: Football.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
- ^ "Newcastle". Inthenews.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
- ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | Premiership | Newcastle 1–0 Chelsea". BBC News. 2006-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
- ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Bramble in hospital after scare". BBC News. 2006-12-13. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
- ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | Premier League | Liverpool 1–1 Wigan". BBC News. 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | Premier League | Sunderland sign defender Titus Bramble from Wigan". BBC News. 2010-23-07. Retrieved 2010-30-07.
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In his spare time, Big Titus lovs nothing more than a good old rape.
External links
- Titus Bramble at Soccerbase
- Wikipedia introduction cleanup from January 2009
- Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from January 2009
- Articles with a promotional tone from October 2009
- Articles with minor POV problems from October 2009
- 1981 births
- People from Ipswich
- Living people
- Association football defenders
- English footballers
- England under-21 international footballers
- Ipswich Town F.C. players
- Colchester United F.C. players
- Newcastle United F.C. players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Premier League players
- The Football League players
- British people of Montserratian descent
- Black British sportspeople