Michael Branch
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Michael Branch (born 18 October 1978 in Liverpool) is an English professional footballer His position is striker and he is unattached, having recently left Chester City.
Branch started his career at Everton and won himself a fixed place in the first team during 1996-97, when he was 18 years old. But he was unable to live up to early promise and was soon sold to Manchester City. He helped them win the Division Two playoffs in 1998-99 and the following season was sold to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
He had loan spells with Reading and then Hull City before joining Bradford City in 2003. In 2004 he joined newly-promoted Chester City and has had a turbulent spell with the Coca Cola League Two club, where he was taken off the transfer list in July 2006.
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