Mark Brown (footballer born 1981)

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Mark Brown
Personal information
Full name	Mark Brown
Date of birth	February 28, 1981 (1981-02-28) (age 28)
Place of birth	Motherwell, Scotland
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Celtic
Number	21
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2001 2001–2002 2002–2007 2007–	Rangers Motherwell Inverness CT Celtic	004 (0) 019 (0) 170 (0) 013 (0)
National team
2005–2006	Scotland B	002 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:37, 20 February 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Mark Brown (born 28 February 1981 in Motherwell, Scotland) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Celtic as a goalkeeper.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Inverness CT 1.3 Celtic 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

Brown, a goalkeeper, started his career with Rangers, where he made just five first team appearances as a young player, before moving on to Motherwell. Brown made 19 appearances with Motherwell before the club's financial difficulties forced them into administration and was one of 20 players released by the club in order to lessen its wage bill.

[edit] Inverness CT

Brown earned a contract with Inverness CT in the summer of 2002 after impressing then-manager Steve Paterson, and quickly became an indispensable member of the first team squad. Brown has also played international football for Scotland at Under-21 level.

After joining Inverness, Brown's reputation as a talented goalkeeper grew, helped by his performances for the club in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup and the SPL. The highlights of his career include a Player of the Round award from Scottish Cup sponsors Tennent's in March 2003, after his performance in goal helped Inverness to a quarter-final win against Celtic, and a call-up to the Scotland "B" squad, where he played part of the second half in a friendly against Austria in April 2005 and the first half against Turkey in March 2006. ^[1]

[edit] Celtic

With Brown's contract due to expire in the summer of 2007, Caley Thistle accepted an undisclosed 6 figure sum from Celtic for the goalkeeper's services in January, rather than risk him leaving on a free transfer at the end of the season.^[2] The player joins the list of players to have crossed the Old Firm divide and play for both teams. He has largely served Celtic as a back-up to Artur Boruc.

[edit] Honours

Inverness CT

• Scottish First Division: 2003-04
• Scottish Challenge Cup: 2003-04

Celtic

• Scottish League Cup: 2008-09

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Mark Brown career stats at Soccerbase

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