Andy Gray

Andy Gray

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Leeds United

Gray was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. He signed for Leeds United which carried on the family tradition of his father Frank Gray and his uncle Eddie Gray. One of Gray's first senior appearances came for Leeds United in the 1996 League Cup final, when he was 18 years old. Leeds lost 3–0 to Aston Villa. After failing to displace the likes of Tony Yeboah, Rod Wallace, Brian Deane and then Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Gray had a loan spell at Bury to get regular first team football before leaving the club permanently in 1998.

Nottingham Forest

Gray joined fellow Premier League side Nottingham Forest on a permanent deal. Signed as a winger, Gray endured a frustrating time at the City Ground where he was deployed at full back for a portion of his time there. He managed to net his only goal for the club in a game against Wolverhampton Wanderers, in 64 appearances. He also had loan spells at Preston North End and Oldham Athletic.

Bradford City

Gray left Forest for a spell at Bradford City where he converted to the role of striker. He earned the Bradford City Player of the year Award in 2003. His form at Bradford earned him a call up to the Scotland national team. In total Gray scored 20 league goals in 77 games for Bradford.

Sheffield United

His form at Bradford also alerted Neil Warnock who signed Gray for Sheffield United. One of the highlights of Gray's career came when he scored a last minute equaliser against Arsenal in the…

Coaching career

On 30 July 2015, Gray re-joined Leeds United as the Under 16s academy coach. On 24 June 2016, Gray was promoted to co-Under 18s manager at Leeds alongside Mark Jackson as part of Leeds' academy structure. Jackson would manage the Under 18s solely for the 2017–18 season.

International career

Born and raised in England, Gray represented Scotland at international level like his father Frank Gray and uncle Eddie Gray. He received his first caps from Berti Vogts. In total Gray won two caps for Scotland, with his debut coming against Lithuania on 2 April 2003 and his second and final cap was against New Zealand on 27 May 2003.

Club
Bradford City A.F.C. (2002–2004)
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Burnley F.C. (2006–2006)
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Sunderland A.F.C. (2005–2006)
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Preston North End F.C. (1999–1999)
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Leeds United F.C. (1995–1998)
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Barnsley F.C. (2009–2012)
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Nottingham Forest F.C. (1998–2002)
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Sheffield United F.C. (2004–2005)
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Charlton Athletic F.C. (2008–2008)
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Bury F.C. (1997–1998)
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Oldham Athletic A.F.C. (1999–1999)
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Burnley F.C. (2006–2008)
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Charlton Athletic F.C. (2008–2009)
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Leeds United F.C. (2012–2013)
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Bradford City A.F.C. (2013–2014)
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Scotland men's national football team (2003–2003)
League
Premier League
National team
Scotland

Personal

Personal life

Andy is the son of the former Scotland defender Frank Gray and nephew of Leeds United legend Eddie Gray. His cousin Stuart Gray was also a pro footballer. His eldest son Archie is a professional footballer at Tottenham Hotspur, while his younger son Harry Gray plays for the under-21 side at Leeds United, while training with the first team.

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Scottish footballer (1977-)

Position

forward, attacker

Extract from Wikipedia

Andrew David Gray is a former professional footballer.

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