Scott Brown (footballer, born June 1985)

Scott Brown
Brown playing for Celtic in 2009
Personal information
Full name Scott Brown[1]
Date of birth (1985-06-25) 25 June 1985 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth Dunfermline, Scotland[2]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ayr United (head coach)
Youth career
1999–2002 Hibernian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Hibernian 110 (13)
2007–2021 Celtic 407 (29)
2021–2022 Aberdeen 24 (2)
Total 541 (44)
International career
2003–2004 Scotland U19 3 (3)
2004–2006 Scotland U21 10 (0)
2005–2017 Scotland 55 (4)
Managerial career
2022–2023 Fleetwood Town
2024– Ayr United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Scott Brown (born 25 June 1985) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who manages Scottish Championship side Ayr United. A former midfielder, he is widely known for his fourteen-year tenure with Celtic, where he was club captain for eleven years and won ten Scottish league championships.

Brown started his career with Hibernian, breaking into their first team in 2002. His only trophy with Hibs was the 2006–07 Scottish League Cup; in that season he also won the SFWA Young Player of the Year award. In May 2007, he transferred to Celtic for a fee of £4.4 million, the highest transfer fee paid between two Scottish clubs.

During Brown's time at Celtic, the club won ten Scottish championships, six Scottish Cups, and six Scottish League Cups. He captained the club to nine consecutive championships,[4] and successive trebles in 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 and 2019–20. Individually, Brown won the PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year award twice, in 2008–09 and 2017–18, and the Scottish Footballer of the Year award in 2017–18. He made more European appearances for Celtic than any other player. Brown left Celtic in June 2021, when he signed for Aberdeen and also became their assistant manager. He spent nine months at Pittodrie before leaving the club in March 2022 and retiring as a player two months later.

Brown played for Scotland at under-19 and under-21 levels before making his full international debut in November 2005, aged 20. He did not play for Scotland again until March 2007, but then became a regular in the squad. He scored his first goal for the senior team on 5 September 2009 in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification win against Macedonia. In March 2016, he won his 50th cap and was inducted into Scotland's Scottish FA International Roll of Honour.

Following his retirement as a player, Brown became manager of EFL League One club Fleetwood Town in May 2022, but was sacked after just over a year in the job. He then became head coach of Ayr United in January 2024.

  1. ^ The Bell's Scottish Football Review 2005.06. Cre8 Publishing. 2005. p. 26. ISBN 9-780954-855611.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference BrownCelticProfile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Scott Brown profile". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". wwww.bbc.com/sport. BBC Sport. 18 May 2020.