Scott Brown (Scottish footballer)

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)
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 (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

Club

[3]

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

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Scotland[4][5]
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[5]
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

As of match played 20 April 2024 [6]
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

Hibernian

Celtic

Individual

References

  1. ↑ The Bell's Scottish Football Review 2005.06. Cre8 Publishing. 2005. p. 26. ISBN 9-780954-855611.
  2. ↑ "Scott Brown profile". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Scott Brown at Soccerbase
  4. ↑ Brown, Scott at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Scott Brown". EU-football.info. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Managers: Scott Brown". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  7. ↑ Lindsay, Clive (18 March 2007). "Kilmarnock 1–5 Hibernian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  8. ↑ "Dundee United 0–1 Celtic". BBC Sport. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "Kilmarnock 0–6 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Celtic 4–0 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Partick Thistle 1–5 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "Celtic 5–0 Inverness CT". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "Celtic 3–2 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "Heart of Midlothian 0–5 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  15. ↑ English, Tom (29 April 2018). "Celtic 5–0 Rangers". BBC. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  16. ↑ "Celtic secured an eighth consecutive title in style with a convincing win away to wasteful Aberdeen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  17. ↑ "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  18. ↑ "Celtic beat Motherwell in Scottish Cup final to end season on a high". The Guardian. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  19. ↑ "Hibernian 0–3 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  20. ↑ "Celtic 2 Aberdeen 1". BBC Sport. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  21. ↑ "Heart of Midlothian 1–2 Celtic". BBC Sport. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  22. ↑ Celtic win fourth straight Scottish Cup as Hazard's shootout saves break Hearts, Ewan Murray, The Guardian, 20 December 2020
  23. ↑ Gordon, Phil (18 March 2009). "Scott Brown the man to give lift for both Celtic and Scotland cause". The Times. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011.(subscription required)
  24. ↑ "Dundee United 0–2 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  25. ↑ "Aberdeen 0–3 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  26. ↑ "Motherwell 0 – 2 Celtic". BBC Sport. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  27. ↑ "Scottish League Cup final: Celtic 1–0 Aberdeen – Rodgers leads Celtic to seventh straight domestic trophy". BBC Sport. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  28. ↑ "Rangers 0–1 Celtic". BBC Sport. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  29. ↑ "SPFA's team of the 2006/07 season". BBC Sport. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  30. ↑ "PFA Scotland Teams of the Year". SPFL. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  31. ↑ "PFA Scotland teams of the year 2017". PFA Scotland. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  32. ↑ "James Forrest, Steve Clarke & Ryan Kent win PFA Scotland annual awards". BBC Sport. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  33. ↑ Spiers, Graham (4 May 2009). "Celtic's Scott Brown claims player of the year prize". The Times. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  34. ↑ Brown is Player of the Year, Scottish Football Writers' Association, 11 May 2018
  35. ↑ Hannan, Martin (29 March 2016). "Football: Scott Brown prepares to join 50-cap roll of honour". The National. Retrieved 30 March 2016.