Gino Brazil (born 28 March 1968) is an Irish former footballer. He is working as a Football in Community Development Officer for the

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Career

Brazil played all his schoolboy football with

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and then got an offer to sign for

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where he spent five months. After a period on the bench he dropped down a division and signed for Home Farm for two seasons. After a spell at

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(3 League Cup appearances) he signed for

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under

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in 1989. He made his Rovers debut against Derry City on Friday 10 December 1989. He went to spend almost twelve seasons at Rovers where he made 323 competitive appearances scoring twice. In light of the club's failure to award Brazil a well-deserved testimonial Rovers fans organised a testimonial dinner on Sunday 26 October 1997. He played every game in the 1993/94 title winning year scoring once against Bohs on 26 September 1993 at the

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. Brazil was Rovers Player of the Year the following season ( Shamrock Rovers#Player of the Year). He made 4 appearances for Rovers in European competition. In January 2001 Brazil signed for

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brazil, Gino Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Men's association football defenders League of Ireland players St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players Home Farm F.C. players Finn Harps F.C. players Shamrock Rovers F.C. players Athlone Town A.F.C. players 1968 births Living people Association footballers from Dublin (city) Belvedere F.C. players 20th-century Irish sportsmen