Alan Maybury

Alan Maybury

Personal information
Full name	Alan Paul Maybury
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Right Back
Team information
Current team	Aberdeen (on from loan from Leicester City)
Number	28

Alan Paul Maybury (born August 8 1978 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish footballer currently playing for Aberdeen on loan from Leicester City. He attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School, Dublin and is one of eight children. Alan's partner, Leigh Ramsay has recently gave birth to his daughter, Grace.

Career

Leeds

He started his senior career at Leeds United, where he occasionally deputised for compatriot Gary Kelly in the right-back berth but predominantly spent his time in the reserves. In spite of his lack of competitive football during this period, he attained two caps for Republic of Ireland in friendly internationals.

In an attempt to gain experience of regular first-team action, Maybury spent spells on loan at Reading and Crewe between 1999 and 2001. However, when still unable to displace Kelly upon his return to at Elland Road, he decided it was in his best interests to leave, with Craig Levein paying £130,000 to secure his services for Hearts in August 2001.

Hearts

Alan made his Hearts debut in a convincing 3-0 victory over St Johnstone later that month, and quickly impressed with his determination, consistency and versatility, becoming an integral part of the team that would record successive third place finishes in the SPL in 2002/03 and 2003/04. Although by preference a right-back, he would often deputise at left-back when required, and occasionally in right midfield. His dependably high-level performances eventually earned him the vice-captain's role and, by the summer of 2004, a recall to the Irish international squad, where he increased his cap tally to 9.

One moment of controversy during Maybury's time in Scotland occurred when it emerged that he had been a childhood Rangers fan: in the sectarian environment of the West of Scotland, for an Irish player to proclaim such allegiance was considered newsworthy. Maybury's motivation for supporting the Teddy Bears was, however, reassuringly simple: the colour of their strip. In 1995 he had a trial at Ibrox. Tell ya he was a hun rodders

Leicester

When Craig Levein left Hearts to manage Leicester, he made signing Maybury one of his priorities and Alan joined up at the Walkers Stadium in January 2005 for a nominal fee, in a double signing with striker Mark de Vries, both signing three and a half year contracts. Levein was eventually sacked, but Maybury continued to feature heavily in the first team, playing at right back.

On 14 August 2006, Leicester were approached by Sunderland regarding Maybury's availability. No news update came after that so the deal possibly fell through. Maybury was however transfer listed by then manager Martin Allen on June 4, 2007, having been replaced by Bruno N'Gotty and Richard Stearman. He was given permission to train with Hearts on 21 January 2008 in order to maintain his fitness while searching for a new club.

Aberdeen

Maybury signed for Aberdeen on loan until end of the season on the 31st of January 2008. He made his debut for Aberdeen on February 2, in the 5th round of the Scottish Cup against Hamilton Academical. He came on as a substitute for Stuart Duff in the 69th minute as Aberdeen went on to win 1-0. He played for Aberdeen against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup and was deemed guilty of a handball against Ze Roberto in the penalty area, conceding a penalty that led to Bayern's second equaliser, with the score previously at 2-1. Aberdeen went on to draw the match 2-2.

International

Maybury has two under-21 caps and ten senior caps for the Republic of Ireland.

External links

• Alan Maybury at Soccerbase