Timothy Sean Breacker (born 2 July 1965) is an English football coach and former player, who is chief scout at

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. As a player, he was a

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who notably played in the

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for

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, where he made 240 appearances, scoring 8 goals in a nine-year spell. He also played in the

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for both

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

and

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. He was capped twice at

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level. Since retiring, he has moved into coaching and was assistant manager of Leicester City, Plymouth Argyle and Charlton Athletic. He has also worked as a scout for Millwall, Bradford City and Bolton Wanderers.

Playing career

Born in

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, England, Breacker started his career as an apprentice at

. He made 210 appearances for the first team. In 1987-88, he helped Luton win their first — and only to date — major trophy as they achieved a shock 3–2 over

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in the

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final. From Luton he was signed by manager Billy Bonds for

for £600,000. He made his debut on 20 October 1990 in a 1–0 away win against

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as a substitute for

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. He spent nine years at Upton Park, initially competing with Steve Potts for the right-back position. When Potts was moved into the centre of defence, mainly due to injuries to other players, Breacker established himself as first choice right-back for much of the decade, again playing over 200 league games. Breacker finished his playing career with two seasons at

Coaching career

On 29 November 2007, Breacker became the assistant manager at Leicester City after following Ian Holloway from Plymouth Argyle. He left Leicester by mutual consent on 1 July 2008 after

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had taken charge at the club. On 28 July 2009, Breacker was named assistant manager to Phil Parkinson at Charlton Athletic. He was sacked, along with Parkinson, on 4 January 2011. In July 2011, Breacker was named as a scout at

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side Millwall. Breacker followed Parkinson to Bradford City where he was appointed as chief scout. In June 2016, Breacker was on the move again, following Parkinson to

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Breacker, Tim 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Bicester English men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks England men's under-21 international footballers Premier League players Luton Town F.C. players West Ham United F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. non-playing staff English Football League players Leicester City F.C. non-playing staff Charlton Athletic F.C. non-playing staff Millwall F.C. non-playing staff Bradford City A.F.C. non-playing staff Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff English football scouts Footballers from Oxfordshire