Des Bremner

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Personal information
Des Bremner
Full name	Desmond George Bremner
Date of birth	September 7, 1952 (age 54)
Place of birth	Aberchirder, Banffshire, Scotland
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
1971-1972	Hibernian
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972-1979 1979-1984 1984-1989 1989-1990 1990 1990-1991	Hibernian Aston Villa Birmingham City Fulham Walsall Stafford Rangers	255 (22) 174 (9) 168 (5) 16 (0) 6 (0)
National team
1976	Scotland	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Desmond George Bremner (born 7 September 1952 in Aberchirder, Banffshire) is a Scottish former professional football midfielder. He was a member of Aston Villa's European Cup winning team of 1982 and currently works as the Managing Director of the Professional Footballers Association's Finance Division.

Bremner began his career with Deveronvale before joining Hibernian in 1971, turning professional in November 1971. He made his only appearance for Scotland while with Hibs in March 1976, coming on as a substitute for Kenny Dalglish in the game against Switzerland.

He moved to Aston Villa in 1979 for a fee of £275,000 and quickly settled as a regular in the Villa side. In his second season with the club he was an ever-present as Villa took the Football League title, their first for 71 years. The following season Bremner was a member of Villa's European Cup winning side.

He left Villa in October 1984, rejoining his former Villa manager Ron Saunders, who by then was managing local rivals Birmingham City. He helped Birmingham to promotion back to the Second Division, moving to Fulham in August 1989. He joined Walsall in March 1990 on non-contract terms and subsequently played for Stafford Rangers before retiring in 1991.

After retiring as a player he joined the Professional Footballers Association, subsequently becoming the managing director of the financial division of the organisation.

His brother Kevin was also a professional footballer.