Corey Brown (footballer)

Corey Brown
Personal information
Full name Corey Edward Brown
Date of birth (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994
Place of birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
Melbourne Victory
Youth career
2009–2010 QAS
2009–2010 Brisbane City
2010–2011 AIS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2018 Brisbane Roar 88 (2)
2018– Melbourne Victory 0 (0)
National team
2007–2009 Australia U-17 14 (1)
2011–2013 Australia U-20 10 (1)
2014–2016 Australia U-23 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 April 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2015

Corey Brown (born 7 January 1994) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Melbourne Victory in the A-League. He previously played for Brisbane Roar.

He is the son of Rod Brown,[1] who scored for Brisbane Strikers in the 1997 NSL Grand Final and held the record for most NSL goals scored (137 goals) playing throughout the 1980s and 1990s mainly with Marconi and Apia.

Club career

Brown attended a prestigious Brisbane all boys school, from grades 5 through to 10; Marist College Ashgrove. In 2009, Brown was awarded a scholarship with the Queensland Academy of Sport at the age of 15. Whilst he was at and played for the QAS, he played on loan for Brisbane City but did not make a senior appearance. In 2010, he was offered a scholarship with the AIS, which he accepted. He made numerous appearances for them in the National Youth League.[2]

On 23 September 2011, it was announced that Brown, who had been on trial for several weeks, had secured a contract with the Brisbane Roar. Brown signed a three-year deal with the club as a player on a full-time youth contract, which allowed him to be on the first team roster but be paid outside of the salary cap.[3]

On 16 May 2012, Brown made his debut at senior level for Brisbane Roar against Chinese side Beijing Guoan in the Champions League, filling in for the injured Shane Stefanutto.

Since then Brown has gone from strength to strength with the Roar, winning the players' player of the season (Gary Wilkins Medal) at the club in the 2016–17 season.[4]

On 27 April 2018, Brisbane Roar confirmed Brown's departure following an approach from Melbourne Victory.[5] Two months later, he officially signed a two-year contract with Melbourne Victory.[6]

Career statistics

As of 24 April 2018[7]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brisbane Roar 2011–12 A-League 00001010
2012–13 40000040
2013–14 1500000150
2014–15 1702130221
2015–16 1510000151
2016–17 2511040301
2017–18 1201000130
Total88241801003

References

  1. http://www.a-league.com.au/article/hyundai-a-league-lads-and-their-dads/lv14th33tq9d1d88pbcm128b0
  2. "reports & opinion – 2010–2011 – NYL HTML template". Back of the Net. 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
  3. "A-League Football Club". Brisbane Roar. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
  4. https://www.brisbaneroar.com.au/news/corey-brown-wins-201617-gary-wilkins-medal
  5. Radbourne-Pugh, Lucas (27 April 2018). "Brisbane lose star defender". FourFourTwo.
  6. Rugari, Vince (22 June 2018). "Victory confirm Brown, Roux signings". The Newcastle Herald.
  7. "Corey Brown". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
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