Febian Brandy

Febian Earlston Brandy (born 4 February 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Having recovered from various injuries, including a broken leg, that ruled him out of much of the 2005–06 season, Brandy was a regular starter in the United reserve team, and scored his first goal for the reserves against Bolton Wanderers in October 2006.

Brandy started up front for United against Liverpool in both legs of the FA Youth Cup final, winning a penalty in the first leg – which Sam Hewson converted – but missing a chance when through on goal in the second leg, which his youth team manager Paul McGuinness described as a "key moment" in the tie which Liverpool won on penalties.

Brandy was also the scorer of the only goal in the 2007 Champions Youth Cup final against Juventus.

Later in the year, he appeared as an unused substitute in the UEFA Champions League match against Roma, which Manchester United drew 1–1.

At the end of the 2007–08 season, he went on to make nineteen appearances and scoring three times in all competitions.

On 17 January 2008, Swansea City signed Brandy on loan until the end of the 2007–08 season, which was confirmed by United the following morning, and Brandy made his Swansea debut in their match against Port Vale on 19 January 2008, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute for Paul Anderson.

Six days later on 25 January 2008, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 4–0 win over Doncaster Rovers.

Brandy scored again seven days later on 2 February 2008, in a 2–1 win over Oldham Athletic.

He appeared most of the Swansea City's matches, coming on as a substitute.

However, in a 2–0 win over Bristol Rovers on 18 March 2008, Brandy was sent–off in the 85th minute, having spent 20 minutes, coming on as a substitute, for a professional foul on Danny Coles.

Despite this, he later helped Swansea City get promoted to the Championship after beating Gillingham on 13 April 2008.

Brandy later scored his third goal for Swansea City to score the only goal of the game, in a 1–0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion in the last game of the season.

Brandy returned to Manchester United for pre-season training in July 2008, but was sent out for a second six-month spell on loan at Swansea City on 22 July 2008.

However, he spent his second spell at Swansea City on the substitute bench for the first half of the season.

Brandy's four goals in League One made him Hereford's second highest goalscorer for the 2008–09 season.

He returned to Manchester United on 12 January 2009.

On 2 February 2009, Brandy joined Hereford United on a month-long loan deal, subsequently extended until the end of the season.

He made his debut for the Bulls on 14 February 2009, and scored the first goal in a 3–2 away win over Cheltenham Town; fellow on-loan Manchester United player Sam Hewson scored Hereford's other two goals.

Brandy quickly became a first team regular for the side for the rest of the season.

He then scored his fourth goal for the club, in a 4–2 loss against Hartlepool United on 4 April 2009.

Despite suffering from an injury, the club was relegated back to League Two after their relegation was confirmed on 18 April 2009.

On 4 November 2009, Brandy joined League One side Gillingham on a two-month loan deal.

He scored and was named as Man of the Match on his Gillingham debut, a 3–0 FA Cup's first round win over Southend United on 7 November 2009.

In a follow–up match against Oldham Athletic, Brandy set up the only goal of the game, in a 1–0 win.

Despite receiving playing time for the side, he suffered an injury during a 3–1 loss against Leyton Orient on 1 December 2009.

It wasn't until on 19 December 2009 when Brandy returned to the first team from injury, and scored in a 2–1 win over Stockport County.

For his performance, he was named the KM Group's player of the month award for November.

Born in Manchester, he began his career at Manchester United, but he was unable to break into the first team and spent time on loan at Swansea City, Hereford United and Gillingham before his release in July 2010.

Despite local newspaper Kent Online was keen on extending his loan spell with the club, Brandy returned to his parent club in January 2010.

By the time he departed Gillingham, Brandy went on to make nine appearances and scoring two times in all competitions.

At the end of his contract on 30 June 2010, Brandy was allowed to leave Manchester United on a free transfer.

He signed for Notts County in February 2011, but made only four appearances and was released at the end of the season.

After a short spell in Greece with Panetolikos, he returned to England to sign for Walsall in July 2012 before joining Sheffield United the following summer.

He lasted only one season at United, spending half of that back on loan at Walsall before being released in the summer of 2014 signed for Rotherham United in summer 2014.

In January 2015, he joined Rochdale on a deal until the end of the season.

Brandy has played internationally for England four times at under-16, twice at under-17, twice at under-18, five times at under-19 and four times at under-20 level.

In 2015, he received a senior call-up to the Saint Kitts and Nevis national team and earned two caps.

Born in Manchester, England, Brandy attended Trinity Church of England High School.

He was at Manchester United from the age of nine, having been spotted playing for his local team, West End Boys.