Jason Brown (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Jason Brown


fullname = Jason Roy Brown
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|5|18
cityofbirth = Southwark
countryofbirth = England
height = height|feet=5|inches=11
weight = 13.03
currentclub = Blackburn Rovers
clubnumber= 32
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = 2000-2001
youthclubs = Charlton Athletic
years = 2001-2006 2006-
clubs = Gillingham Blackburn Rovers
caps(goals) = 126 (0) 003 (0)
nationalyears = 2002-2004 2006-
nationalteam = Wales U21 Wales
nationalcaps(goals) = 007 (0) 002 (0)
pcupdate = October 5 2006
ntupdate = November 15 2006

Jason Roy Brown (born 18 May 1982 in Southwark, England) is a Welsh football goalkeeper currently playing for Blackburn Rovers. At 5'11" he is comparatively short for a goalkeeper.

Career

Charlton Athletic

Brown started his career at Premiership side Charlton Athletic where he came through the youth system.

Gillingham

Unable to make the first team squad at The Valley, he moved to Gillingham following a successful trial shortly before transfer deadline day in the 2001/02 season. Although he started on the bench for Gillingham, some poor performances by Vince Bartram meant that Brown started the final 10 games of the season.

During the 2002/03 season Brown made 44 starts in all competitions as he was firmly established as the Gills' first choice goalkeeper. During the season, Brown gained international recognition as he won his first Wales U-21 cap.

Injury and lack of form meant that Brown did not make as many appearance as he liked over the next two seasons, although he still managed 38 league starts in those two seasons, and he made, but later withdrew, a transfer request.

At the beginning of the 2005/06 season, with the Gills relegated to League One, new Gillingham manager Neale Cooper signed established goalkeeper Tony Bullock from SPL side Dundee United. A pre-season knee injury to Bullock, however, allowed Brown to cement his place in the team, and his good form was rewarded with a call-up to the full Welsh squad, although he did not play. During the same season Brown was also involved in controversy when he reported racial abuse he had suffered from fans during a match at Chesterfield to the FA, and later stated in an interview that the Association had taken no action, claiming that they "had stuck it in a big file and got on with worrying about what Sven-Göran Eriksson is having for dinner" [http://www.kickitout.org/index.php?id=9&StoryID=2537]

Brown was voted the fans' player of the year for his performances during the 2005/06 season and was named in the Wales team for a friendly against a Basque XI on May 20th, although he ended up pulling out of the match due to the birth of his first child. Brown eventually made his full Welsh debut in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago on 27 May 2006 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/5004566.stm] .

Blackburn Rovers

Brown signed for Blackburn Rovers the following month [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/5094320.stm] . He made his debut for Blackburn on 1 October 2006 as a substitute in a 2-1 win over Wigan Athletic and saved a penalty, but did not appear in a league game again until 27 September 2008. He is currently the second choice goalkeeper in the Blackburn squad.

External links

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