Scott Brown (Scottish footballer)

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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 38)
Place of birth Dunfermline, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Aberdeen
Number 8
Youth career
1999–2002 Hibernian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Hibernian 110 (13)
2007–2021 Celtic 407 (29)
2021– Aberdeen 20 (2)
National team
2003–2004 Scotland U19 3 (3)
2004–2006 Scotland U21 10 (0)
2005–2017 Scotland 55 (4)
Teams managed
2021– Aberdeen (player/assistant manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:07, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 February 2018
Scott Brown
Brown playing for Celtic in 2009
Personal information
Full name Scott Brown[3]
Date of birth (1985-06-25) 25 June 1985 (age 38)[4]
Place of birth Dunfermline, Scotland[4]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[5]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club 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)
National team
2003–2004 Scotland U19 3 (3)
2004–2006 Scotland U21 10 (0)
2005–2017 Scotland 55 (4)
Teams managed
2022–2023 Fleetwood Town
2024– Ayr United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hibernian 2002–03 Scottish Premier League 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 3
2003–04 36 3 1 0 4 1 41 4
2004–05 20 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 24 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 5 1 135 20
Celtic 2007–08 Scottish Premier League 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 6 0 30 1
2010–11 28 2 5 2 2 0 4 0 39 4
2011–12 22 3 4 2 2 1 4 0 32 6
2012–13 17 3 4 0 2 0 10 0 33 3
2013–14 Scottish Premiership 38 2 2 2 1 0 9 0 50 4
2014–15 32 4 5 0 4 0 7 1 48 5
2015–16 22 1 3 0 2 0 9 0 36 1
2016–17 33 1 5 1 4 0 12 1 54 3
2017–18 34 0 5 0 3 0 14 0 56 0
2018–19 30 1 5 2 3 0 13 0 51 3
2019–20 29 2 4 1 3 2 15 0 51 5
2020–21 31 1 2 0 1 0 9 0 45 1
Total 407 29 52 11 33 4 129 2 619 46
Aberdeen 2021–22 Scottish Premiership 24 2 2 0 1 0 6 0 33 2
Career total 541 44 64 14 44 7 139 3 787 68

International[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Scotland[7][8]
2005 1 0
2006
2007 7 0
2008 6 0
2009 5 1
2010 3 1
2011 5 0
2012 2 0
2013 7 1
2014 6 1
2015 7 0
2016 2 0
2017 4 0
Total 55 4
As of match played 11 November 2016[8]
Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Brown goal.
List of international goals scored by Scott Brown
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 September 2009 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  Macedonia 1–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 3 March 2010 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  Czech Republic 1–0 1–0 Friendly
3 19 November 2013 Aker Stadion, Molde, Norway  Norway 1–0 1–0 Friendly
4 5 March 2014 National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland  Poland 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Managerial record[change | change source]

As of match played 20 April 2024 [9]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Fleetwood Town 12 May 2022 3 September 2023 64 19 21 24 029.7
Ayr United 23 January 2024 present 15 7 1 7 046.7
Total 79 26 22 31 032.9

Honours[change | change source]

Hibernian

Celtic

Individual

References[change | change source]

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