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Brunt started 55 of his 65 full internationals and was a substitute on 10 occasions, He played the full 90 minutes in 35 of his 65 games for his country and was an unused substitute only three times, one of them being the night Northern Ireland famously beat England 1-0 in Belfast.

Twenty-nine of Brunt’s full caps

came under current boss Michael O’Neill, 10 of which ended in victory, 10 in draws and nine in defeat.

Brunt’s only ever red card while playing for Northern Ireland came in the 4-2 defeat to Portugal in a World Cup qualifier at Windsor Park in September 2013. After picking up a booking in the first half Brunt received his second yellow card of the evening in the 61st minute when Northern Ireland were winning the game 2-1! A 15-minute hat-trick from Cristiano Ronaldo secured a 4-2 victory for the visitors.

Brunt weighed in with eight assists during his 14-year international career. Three of them led to goals for his then club colleague Gareth McAuley in games against Serbia, Faroe Islands and Azerbaijan. He also provided two for Kyle Lafferty while the remainder led to goals from Warren Feeney, Steven Davis and Jamie Ward.

In total Brunt was yellow carded on 13 occasions for Northern Ireland. His first ever booking was in a 2-1 Euro 2008 qualifying contest versus Iceland in Reykjavik while his last came in his final international against Switzerland last November.

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