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Scott Brown
Brown playing for Celtic
Personal information
Full name Scott Brown
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Hibernian 110 (13)
2007– Celtic 119 (11)
International career‡
2003–2004 Scotland U19 3 (3)
2004–2005 Scotland U21 10 (0)
2005– Scotland 25 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 May 2011

Scott Brown (born 25 June 1985 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Celtic as a midfielder. He is also the Celtic captain and a regular in the Scotland national football team. Brown started his professional career with Hibernian and won the 2007 Scottish League Cup.[1] In the summer of 2007, Brown moved to Celtic for a fee of £4.4million, the highest transfer fee paid between two Scottish clubs.[2]

Brown helped Celtic retain the SPL title in his first season with the club. In the 2008–09 season he again won the Scottish League Cup. During the 2009–10 season many changes were made to the Celtic sqaud,[3] leaving Brown as one of the most experienced players at the club. Brown was appointed club captain in February 2010, taking over from Stephen McManus.[4]

Club career

Early career

Brown played junior football in the Fife Youth League with clubs including Inverkeithing United and Foulford Royals of Cowdenbeath.[citation needed]

Hibernian

Brown signed for Hibernian as a professional in 2002 and made his debut as a substitute in a 3–1 win over Aberdeen on 3 May 2003.[5] He made his first starting appearance the following week, a 1–0 win over Motherwell.[6] Brown started in Hibs' remaining two matches of the season and scored in both, a double in a 2–1 against Livingston[7] and in a 3–2 defeat to Partick Thistle.[8]

Brown became a regular fixture in the Hibernian team in the 2003–04 season, playing 41 times in all competitions and scoring four goals.[9] Despite only finishing eighth in the SPL, Hibs reached the 2004 League Cup final, defeating both Celtic and Rangers en route, but they lost 2–0 to Livingston in that final.[10] Brown featured in all of the matches in that cup run and scored in the 9–0 win over Montrose in the third round.[11] Brown, along with several other young players at the club, then flourished under the guidance of new manager Tony Mowbray.[citation needed]

He missed four months of the 2004–05 season due to an injury sustained against Celtic.[citation needed] He consequently played in only 23 matches, scoring just twice,[11] including the second goal in a 3–1 win over Celtic at Celtic Park.[12] The 2005–06 season was also blighted somewhat by injury, as he missed most of the second half of the season due to a broken leg sustained in a challenge by Hearts midfielder Julien Brellier.[13] Brown therefore missed the Scottish Cup semi-final defeat against Hearts, but he featured in the last Edinburgh derby of the season, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 win for Hibs.[14]

The 2006–07 season saw Brown emerge as one of the better players in the Scottish game.[15] Brown helped Hibs win their first trophy in 16 years as they defeated Kilmarnock 5–1 in the League Cup Final.[1]

Brown handed in a transfer request to the Hibernian assistant manager, Tommy Craig, directly after their home game against Dundee United on 2 December 2006.[16] The action was thought to be taken on the advice of agent Willie McKay, who Brown had recently appointed.[16] On 31 January 2007, however, Brown announced that he was retracting his transfer request and was now 'happy' to remain with Hibernian for the duration of his contract, which was due to end in summer 2009. Despite this, media rumours continued to suggest that he would move.[15][17] Former Hibernian teammate Kevin Thomson, who had signed for Rangers in January 2007, claimed to have spoken with Brown about joining him at Rangers.[17]

Premier League club Reading confirmed that they reached agreement with Hibernian to sign Brown, but the player refused the move, saying:[18]

If I had chosen Reading I would probably be fighting a relegation battle next season and then maybe disappearing into the Championship. In two years' time people would have been saying, 'Remember that lad Scott Brown – whatever happened to him?'

Brown's remarks were to prove prescient as Reading were relegated at the end of the 2007–08 season. Despite intense speculation that he would move to Rangers, with Rangers fans taunting Hibs fans that Brown would sign for them,[19] Brown agreed a move to Celtic.[2] [20] Willie McKay confirmed the deal and commented that Brown was excited about playing for such a successful club and the chance to play in the UEFA Champions League.[21] Brown was transferred for £4.4 million, the largest transfer fee exchanged between two Scottish clubs.[2] Brown scored in his final appearance for Hibs, against Celtic, for whom he had agreed to sign the previous week. During the game he was cheered by both sets of supporters.[22]

Celtic

Brown made his Celtic debut in a goalless draw against Kilmarnock on 5 August 2007.[citation needed] Ten days later he made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 1–1 draw at Spartak Moscow.[23] Brown cleared a header off the Celtic goalline to keep the scores level.[23] His first goal for Celtic came on 25 August, in a 5–0 win against Hearts.[11] Four days later he played in the return leg against Spartak.[24] Brown won a penalty in extra time, but it was missed by Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.[24] Celtic went on to win the resulting penalty shootout to qualify for the Champions League group stage.[24] Brown scored in a 5–1 win over St. Mirren on 2 September, one week after scoring against Hearts.[11] Brown played in Celtic's 2–1 win over reigning European champions AC Milan at Celtic Park.[25] On 6 November 2007, Brown was on the receiving end of a heavy tackle by Gilles Binya during Celtic's 1–0 win over Benfica, but he was relatively unhurt.[26] Binya was subsequently given a six match European ban following the dangerous challenge.[26]

Celtic finished second in their Champions League group with nine points. They were drawn with Barcelona in the last 16, but Brown missed the 3–2 defeat in the first leg through suspension.[27] He returned for the second leg at the Camp Nou, which Celtic lost 1–0.[28] Brown was suspended for three league matches, including two Old Firm games, in April 2008.[29] Due to this suspension, manager Gordon Strachan chose a midfield pairing of Barry Robson and Paul Hartley during the final weeks of the season.[29] Brown made a total of 48 appearances for Celtic in his first season with the club, scoring 3 goals.[11]

Early in the 2008–09 season, Strachan praised Brown for re-inventing himself as a more defensive minded player.[30] Despite taking on these defensive duties, Brown still contributed some goals, such as against his former club Hibernian on 25 October.[31] Brown won the SPL Player of the Month Award for October 2008. In January, Brown was named by FIFA as a player to watch in 2009.[32] He scored his first brace for Celtic in a 7–0 victory over St. Mirren on 28 February 2009.[33]

Brown was voted man of the match in the 2009 League Cup Final, which Celtic won 2–0 against Rangers at Hampden Park.[34] and was awarded the SPFA Players' Player of the Year for the 2008–09 season.[35] Due to a suspension, he missed the final Old Firm game of the season,[36] which Celtic lost 1–0.[37] This defeat proved crucial[by whom?] as Rangers regained the championship from Celtic. He suffered an ankle injury towards the end of the season and had to take injections in order to play matches.[38] Brown played 48 times for Celtic during the 2008–09 season, scoring seven goals.

Following the resignation of Strachan at the end of the 2008–09 season, Brown's former Hibs boss Tony Mowbray became Celtic manager.[39] Brown underwent surgery during pre-season in an attempt to rectify his ankle problem, but this failed to rectify the problem, as he played matches despite not being fully fit.[38] Celtic had a fairly good start to their league campaign, going into the first Old Firm match four points ahead of Rangers, but they lost 2–1[40] and struggled thereafter. Celtic beat Dynamo Moscow in Champions League qualifying, but lost the play-off to Arsenal, which meant that Celtic dropped into the 2009-10 Europa League group stage. The 1–0 home defeat by Hamburg on 22 October was Brown's last action of the year,[11] as Celtic initially chose to rest him in another effort to heal the ankle injury.[41] Rest also proved unsuccessful, and he underwent a second operation in Rotterdam.[38] Brown made his comeback in February 2010 as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Kilmarnock,[4] during which he took the captaincy of the team.[4] Mowbray confirmed later that week that Brown would assume the Celtic captaincy when available.[4] Brown was sent off in the third Old Firm game of the season, after a confrontation with Rangers player Kyle Lafferty.[42] BBC Sport described the decision to dismiss Brown as "harsh".[42]

Mowbray was sacked by Celtic in March 2010 and replaced by Neil Lennon, initially on a caretaker basis.[43] After he was appointed manager on a permanent basis during the summer, Lennon considered replacing Brown as captain, but decided against that because Brown had contributed significantly to Lennon keeping his position.[43] Brown missed several matches through injury during the first half of the 2010–11 season, which coincided with Celtic having some indifferent results.[43] He scored against Rangers in a Scottish Cup tie at Ibrox on 6 February 2011, which earned Celtic a replay.[44] A week later, Lennon publicly stated he wanted to agree a new contract with Brown.[43]

move to east stirling shire fc

celtic have decided brown is not good enough to be captian or play for them at all east stirling shire fc have had a bid of £1 accepted and the deal will be don by next week

International career

Brown (#8) playing for Scotland against Brazil in March 2011.

Brown made his debut for the Scotland national team as a substitute in a friendly against the USA in November 2005.[45] He was then put back into the Under-21 squad, although he was added to the full squad for the match with Lithuania in September 2006.[46] Brown was selected for the full squad for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against France and Ukraine in October 2006,[47] but was not used in either game.[48][49]

Brown made his competitive debut for Scotland in a Euro 2008 qualifying match against Georgia, coming on as a substitute for Gary Teale.[50] Having performed well as a substitute against Georgia, he made his first start for Scotland in the following match, a 2–0 loss against 2006 World Cup winners Italy.[15] Brown then became a regular pick for the national team; he started in Scotland's 1–0 victory over 2006 World Cup runners-up France at the Parc des Princes in September 2007.[51]

Brown was named by FIFA as a player to watch in 2009.[32] He scored his first goal for Scotland on 5 September 2009, in a 2–0 win over Macedonia in a 2010 World Cup qualifying match.[52] Brown started the first two matches of Scotland's Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, a draw against Lithuania and a win against Liechtenstein.[11] He missed the next two matches, losses against the Czech Republic and World Cup winners Spain due to injury.[53] Brown was suggested as a possible captain for the 2011 Nations Cup match against Northern Ireland, in the absence of Darren Fletcher,[54] but manager Craig Levein decided to give the armband to Kenny Miller instead.[54] Brown missed the match anyway due to injury.[55]

International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 September 2009 Glasgow, Scotland  Macedonia 1–0 2–0 2010 World Cup qualification
2. 3 March 2010 Glasgow, Scotland  Czech Republic 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Personal life

Brown's sister Fiona died of skin cancer in May 2008, aged 21.[56] Brown suffered this loss only two weeks after Celtic first team coach Tommy Burns had died of the same illness.[56]

Brown married Lisa Taylor in June 2009, in a small ceremony in Cyprus.[57] Instead of wedding gifts he set up a wishing well for guests to give donations to Cancer Research, in memory of his sister.[57]

Club statistics

As of 21 May 2011[11]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hibernian 2002–03 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2003–04 36 3 1 0 4 1 0 0 41 4
2004–05 20 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 23 2
2005–06 20 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 24 3
2006–07 30 5 5 0 5 2 2 1 42 8
Total 110 13 10 3 10 3 4 1 134 20
Celtic 2007–08 34 3 3 0 2 0 9 0 48 3
2008–09 36 5 2 1 4 1 6 0 48 7
2009–10 21 1 3 0 0 0 5 0 29 1
2010–11 28 2 5 2 2 0 4 0 38 4
2011–12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 119 11 13 3 8 1 24 0 163 15
Career total 229 24 23 6 18 4 28 1 297 35

Honours

Hibernian
Celtic
Individual

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