Brian Wake
English footballer and coach
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Brian Wake (born 13 August 1982) is an English former footballer who played as a striker. He currently works as a youth coach at Viborg.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian Christopher Wake[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Stockton-on-Tees, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Viborg (under-17 manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tow Law Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Carlisle United | 43 | (9) |
| 2004–2005 | Gretna | 17 | (8) |
| 2005–2006 | Scarborough | 13 | (5) |
| 2006–2008 | Hamilton Academical | 61 | (11) |
| 2008–2010 | Greenock Morton | 56 | (17) |
| 2010–2011 | Gateshead | 31 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Östersund | 33 | (26) |
| 2012 | Umeå | 10 | (1) |
| 2013 | IFK Östersund | 13 | (10) |
| 2014–2017 | Ytterhogdals | 46 | (29) |
| 2018–2019 | ÖFK Cosmos | 4 | (2) |
| Total | 327 | (121) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2014 | Östersund (assistant manager) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Ytterhogdals IK | ||
| 2018 | Luleå | ||
| 2018–2020 | Östersund (assistant manager) | ||
| 2021 | Kjellerup (reserves manager) | ||
| 2021– | Viborg (under-17 manager) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
Wake's notable contributions in football have been a hat-trick at Shrewsbury to keep Carlisle in The Football League,[2] winning a first division title medal with Hamilton Accies (although he had left for Morton in January 2008)[3] and four goals in Morton's last three games of season 2007–08 (including a double at Firhill against Partick Thistle)[4] to keep them in Division One.
Wake signed a new contract in May 2009, along with Alex Walker, for another year at Morton.[5]
Wake scored the 50th league goal of his career against Airdrie United in November 2009.[6]
Wake signed for Gateshead on 26 January 2010,[7][8] making his debut as a 55th-minute substitute in a 2–0 defeat to Kettering Town.[9] Wake scored his first goals for Gateshead on 6 February against Mansfield Town.[10] He was made available for transfer by Gateshead on 13 January 2011 after only managing to make 7 substitute appearances up to then during the 2010–11 season.[11][12] Two days later, Wake scored his first goal of the season as a second-half substitute in a 6–0 win in the FA Trophy against Hampton & Richmond Borough.[13] On 10 March 2011, it was announced that Wake had secured a move to an unnamed Swedish club on a two-year contract,[14] the club was later revealed to be Östersunds FK.[15]
He made his competitive debut for Östersund against Friska Viljor in the first round of the 2011 Svenska Cupen, scoring four goals in a 6–1 victory. Interviewed for PAFC managers position 2019-20[16]
On 25 July 2012, Wake signed for Superettan side Umeå.[17] He made his debut on 4 August 2012 in a 0–1 loss to Hammarby.[18] He scored his first goal for Umeå on 13 August 2012 in a 1–0 win over Jönköpings Södra.[19] In January 2013 it was announced that Wake would return to Östersund where he would play for IFK Östersund combined with working as first-team coach for his former club Östersunds FK.[20]
Managerial career
Wake combined playing part-time for Ytterhogdals with coaching at Östersund. He took over as player-manager of Ytterhogdals ahead of the 2016 season.[21] In 2018, he took over as manager of Luleå but left halfway through the season to return to coach at Östersund.[22] In February 2021, he moved to Denmark to coach at Kjellerup.[23] Later in the year, he joined Viborg to take over their under-17 side.[24]
Honours
Carlisle United
- Football League Trophy runner-up: 2002–03[25]
Hamilton Academical
Östersund
- Division 2 Norrland: 2011[26]
- DM Cup: 2011[27]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 20 August 2012
| Club | Season | League[A] | FA Cup[B] | League Cup | Other[C] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Carlisle United | 2002–03[28] | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 9 |
| 2003–04[29] | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 2 | |
| Total | 43 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 11 | |
| Gretna | 2003–04[30] | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| 2004–05[31] | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
| Total | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | |
| Scarborough | 2005–06[32] | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| Hamilton Academical | 2005–06[33] | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| 2006–07[34] | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 5 | |
| 2007–08[35] | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | |
| Total | 61 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 13 | |
| Greenock Morton | 2007–08[36] | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| 2008–09[37] | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 12 | |
| 2009–10[38] | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | |
| Total | 56 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 20 | |
| Gateshead | 2009–10[39] | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| 2010–11[40] | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 2 | |
| Total | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 5 | |
| Östersund | 2011[41] | 20 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 31 |
| 2012[42] | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| Total | 33 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 33 | |
| Umeå | 2012[42] | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Career totals | 264 | 80 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 309 | 96 | |
- A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in The Football League, Scottish Football League, Football Conference, Superettan, Swedish football Division 1 & Swedish football Division 2.
- B. ^ The "FA Cup" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the FA Cup & Svenska Cupen.
- C. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the FA Trophy, Football League Trophy, Scottish Challenge Cup & DM Cup.
