"Brian Christopher Deane" is an English Association football/football coach and former player whose most recent position was as the manager of the Norway/Norwegian side Sarpsborg 08.

During his playing career, he played as Forward (association football)/forward from 1985 until 2006. He was the scorer of the first ever goal in the Premier League/FA Premier League in 1992, when he was a Sheffield United F.C./Sheffield United player. Deane also played in the Premier League for Leeds United F.C./Leeds United and Middlesbrough F.C./Middlesbrough as well as playing top-flight football in Portugal and Australia for S.L. Benfica/Benfica and Perth Glory FC/Perth Glory respectively. He also played in The Football League for Doncaster Rovers F.C./Doncaster Rovers, Leicester City F.C./Leicester City, West Ham United F.C./West Ham United and Sunderland A.F.C./Sunderland before finishing his playing career in 2006 with a brief spell back at Sheffield United. Deane was capped three times by England national football team/England.

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