Bryan Yeubrey
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| Bryan Yeubrey | |
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| Born | August 18, 1960 Wolverhampton, U.K. |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | FA Licensed Football Agent |
| Spouse | Tessa |
| Children | Paul James Emma |
Bryan Yeubrey (born 18 August 1960) is a British businessman, writer and football agent licensed by The FA and FIFA.
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[edit] Early life and career
Born in Wolverhampton, he attended the city's St. Peter's School. A creative producer and entrepreneur, whose varied commercial interests at one time even included ownership of an American professional wrestling company. He is now an FA Licensed Players’ Agent.[1]
Based in London and West Midlands but working globally, he has represented a number of top international professional football players including: David Villa, Sergio Agüero, Pablo Zabaleta, Wael Gomaa, Amr Zaki, Joaquín Sánchez, Marcus Bent, Stephen Kelly, Mauro Zárate, Ange Pacomé Dogba Gnagbo, Nikola Žigić, Mohamed Shawky, John Alvbage, Jonás Gutiérrez, Jonas Olsson[disambiguation needed 
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He also has also represented a number of football managers, including; Walter Zenga, Roberto Landi, David Platt, John Beck and Craig Brown.
[edit] His latest ‘future star’ finds are
Together with son Paul, he has developed a global network of football contacts, and his latest ‘future star’ finds are:
Carlos Enrique Fernandez, who at only 18, already has 60 international caps for Venezuela, at FULL, U23, U21 and U20.
Ange Pacomé Dogba Gnagbo, known as Dogba, who is a young international from Côte d'Ivoire, that Spurs, Birmingham, Bolton and Portsmouth To date they have been unable to obtain a work permit for the player. Dogba has U20 international caps for Côte d'Ivoire.
Also rising stars represented include, Abdelhameed Shabana and Samir Sony.
[edit] Alain Robert
He also manages the career of Alain Robert (Spiderman). Alain is the world renowned urban free climber, who has climbed more than 100 of the world's tallest buildings with nothing more than his bare hands.
On 28 March 2011, he was with Alain Robert when he climbed the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa (2717 feet / 828 meters).
[edit] Other interests
A writer, filmmaker, recording artist, songwriter (Songs covered by various artists – Also Final groupings of Song For Europe 1981 and 1988), he is also a regular contributor to magazines, usually writing on matters of health, nutrition and longevity.
Also, the creator of many of the popular humorous greetings cards and calendars for sale in High Street stores across the United Kingdom, and of the soon to be released cartoon ‘super hero’ Lovely Les Ferrari.
He has just finished writing a Christmas single with his long time friend, the actor and comedian Bobby Davro. It is hoped that Bobby, Shane Ritchie and Joe Pasquale will release this together for Christmas 2010. He is also working on an Australian musical project, with the multi-talented genius Rolf Harris.
The holder of several patents, in 1987 Bryan Yeubrey and rock star Robin George invented the onboard ‘compact tuner’. This was designed for stringed instruments in general but in particular for guitars (Patent EP0269652), and it ushered in a new generation of frequency counting tuning devices that were actually built into musical instruments. The first was the Casio PG-380 professional guitar. The Yeubrey/George form of tuning is now a worldwide standard.[2][3][4]
Yeubrey is involved with various charitable activities. In the 1990s, he sued HSBC Bank plc in a huge action, settled privately.
Yeubrey is presently leading a campaign to honour the former England captain Billy Wright CBE, with a posthumous knighthood.[5] www.SirBillyWright.com
[edit] Personal life
He lives with Tessa, they have three children; Emma, Jay and Paul.
A lifelong bodybuilder and fitness addict, who at 5’11" weighs 238 lbs (108 kg) and has officially bench-pressed 528 lbs (240 kg).
Also an admitted car freak, his first auto was a rusting Morris Marina 1.8, with a top speed of 53 mph, though it did go faster down steep hills. Seeking a little more power, his next car was a silver Jensen Interceptor Mark lll.
His present business car is a Jaguar, with the registration number W13ARD.
[edit] References
- ^ "Licensed Agent Status". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/administration/playersagents/letter=y.html.
- ^ "1.TUNING AID FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. - Patent EP0269652". Patents Online. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0269652.html.
- ^ "1.(WO/1987/007068) TUNING AID FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS". WIPO. http://www.wipo.org/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=1987007068.
- ^ "DETERMINATION OF THE FREQUENCY OF VIBRATION OF AN ELEMENT - Patent". WikiPatents. http://www.wikipatents.com/gb/1551008.html.
- ^ "Battle Kick Started for Sir Billy Wright". Express and Star. http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/05/25/battle-kick-started-for-sir-billy-wright.
