Ryan Brobbel

Brobbel started his career with the youth system of Middlesbrough and signed a three-year professional contract with the club on 1 May 2011 after finishing his apprenticeship. He joined League Two club York City on 30 August 2013 on a one-month loan, making his debut the following day as a 74th-minute substitute for Ashley Chambers in a 2–1 defeat away to Exeter City. Brobbel scored his first career goal in the second minute of the following match at home to Mansfield Town on 14 September 2013 with a header from six yards, although York went on to lose 2–1. On 27 September 2013, after making three appearances and scoring one goal for York, Brobbel's loan was extended to 5 January 2014. York opted against extending his loan when it expired, having made 13 appearances and scored three goals for the club. Brobbel rejoined York on 27 March 2014 on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season, following an injury to Josh Carson, and made his second debut for the club two days later in a 0–0 home with Burton Albion. He played in York's 1–0 home defeat to Fleetwood Town in the play-off semi-final first leg, but did not play in the second leg, after which York were eliminated 1–0 on aggregate. He made eight appearances and scored one goal in his second spell with York. Brobbel signed a new one-year contract with Middlesbrough in July 2014, before joining League Two club Hartlepool United, his hometown club, on a one-month loan on 8 August. He made his debut as a seventy-sixth-minute…

Brobbel is eligible to represent England, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland at international level, and has been on training camps with both Irish teams. He played for the Northern Ireland national under-17, under-18 and under-19 teams before making his debut for the under-21 team in a 3–0 away defeat against Malta on 30 May 2013. His first goal for the under-21s came in a 2–1 home defeat to Serbia in a 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match on 9 September 2014. He earned nine caps and scored one goal for the under-21s from 2013 to 2014.

As of 18 April 2026

Brobbel was born in Hartlepool, County Durham and attended High Tunstall College of Science.