Ciaron Brown

Ciaron Brown
Personal information
Full name Ciaron Maurice Brown[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Hillingdon, London, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Oxford United
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Bedfont Sports 34 (1)
2016–2018 Wealdstone 48 (2)
2018–2022 Cardiff City 17 (0)
2019 → Livingston (loan) 6 (0)
2020–2021 → Livingston (loan) 25 (1)
2022 → Oxford United (loan) 13 (1)
2022– Oxford United 112 (10)
International career‡
2019–2020 Northern Ireland U21 4 (0)
2019– Northern Ireland 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:59, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:22, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Ciaron Maurice Brown (born 14 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Oxford United and the Northern Ireland national football team. After playing non-League football, Brown signed for Cardiff City in 2018 and made his professional debut for Livingston during a loan spell the following year.

Club career

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Early career

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Brown enjoyed a stint at amateur side Bedfont Sports before moving to National League South club Wealdstone.[4] He made over 50 appearances for the Ruislip-based club, scoring twice.[3]

Cardiff City

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After a successful trial period, Brown was signed by Cardiff City on 9 January 2018.[5] He was an unused substitute in Cardiff's 3–1 defeat to Norwich City in the EFL Cup.[6]

On 24 January 2019, Livingston confirmed the signing of Brown on loan from Cardiff.[7] He played his first league game on 23 February 2019, playing 63 minutes against Kilmarnock.[8] He was again loaned to Livingston in January 2020.[9] On 21 July 2020, he rejoined Livingston on a one-year loan, making his third spell at the club.[10] On 31 January 2021, Brown was recalled following an impressive string of displays.

On 31 January 2022, Brown joined EFL League One club Oxford United on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season.[11] On June 10, 2022, Cardiff announced Brown would leave the club when his contract expired on June 30.[12]

Oxford United

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On 26 June 2022, Brown would sign with Oxford United on a two-year deal.[13]

In January 2023, The Football Association opened an investigation into suspicious betting patterns related to the booking of Brown in Oxford's FA Cup defeat against Arsenal on 9 January 2023.[14]

International career

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Born in the London Borough of Hillingdon, he qualifies for Northern Ireland through his mother, who is from Belfast.[15] In September 2019, he was called up to the under-21 side for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers against Malta and Finland.[15] Six days later he was drafted into the senior squad and made his debut against Luxembourg in a friendly.[15]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 29 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bedfont Sports 2015–16[16] CCL Premier Division 34 1 0 0 — 0 0 34 1
Wealdstone 2016–17[17] National League South 30 1 3 0 — 6[c] 0 39 1
2017–18[17] National League South 18 1 1 0 — 3[c] 0 22 1
Total 48 2 4 0 0 0 9 0 61 2
Cardiff City 2017–18[18] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2018–19[19] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2019–20[20] Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2020–21[21] Championship 12 0 0 0 0 0 — 12 0
2021–22[22] Championship 5 0 1 0 0 0 — 6 0
Total 17 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19 0
Livingston (loan) 2018–19[19] Scottish Premiership 6 0 0 0 0 0 — 6 0
2019–20[20] Scottish Premiership 9 0 2 0 0 0 — 11 0
2020–21[21] Scottish Premiership 16 0 0 0 2 0 — 18 1
Total 31 0 2 0 2 0 — 35 1
Oxford United (loan) 2021–22[22] League One 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
Oxford United 2022–23[23] League One 44 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 49 2
2023–24[24] League One 45 5 3 0 1 0 5[d] 0 54 5
2024–25[25] Championship 23 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 3
Total 112 10 5 0 4 0 6 0 127 10
Career total 255 15 12 0 7 0 15 0 289 15
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup, Scottish League Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in FA Trophy
  4. ^ Two appearances in EFL Trophy, three appearances in League One Play-offs

Honours

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Oxford United

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Updated squad lists for 2018/19 Premier League". Premier League. 1 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Ciaron Brown". Cardiff City Football Club. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b "C.Brown". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Ciaron Brown and Ogo Obi: Who are the two Under-23 players Cardiff City have signed?". WalesOnline. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Ciaron Brown - Football Player Statistics". 11v11.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Cardiff 1-3 Norwich". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Livingston: Cardiff City's Ciaron Brown signs on loan". 24 January 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Livingston vs. Kilmarnock - 23 February 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Livingston sign Cardiff's Ciaron Brown and Huddersfield's Ryan Schofield on loan". BBC Sport. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Livingston sign defender Ciaron Brown on loan from Cardiff City". BBC Sport. 21 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Ciaron Brown signs for Oxford United". Oxford United FC. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  12. ^ "2021/22 Retained List | Cardiff". www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Ciaron Brown signs". Oxford United FC. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  14. ^ "FA investigating claims Oxford defender Ciaron Brown was deliberately booked". Joe. 11 January 2023.
  15. ^ a b c "Who is Ciaron Brown? All you need to know about the Cardiff player handed his Northern Ireland debut against Luxembourg". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Ciaron Brown - Bedfont Sports". Bedfont Sports FC. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  17. ^ a b "Ciaron Brown - profile". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Games played by Ciaron Brown in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Games played by Ciaron Brown in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  20. ^ a b "Games played by Ciaron Brown in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  21. ^ a b "Games played by Ciaron Brown in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  22. ^ a b "Games played by Ciaron Brown in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  23. ^ "Games played by Ciaron Brown in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  24. ^ "Games played by Ciaron Brown in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  25. ^ "Games played by Ciaron Brown in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  26. ^ "Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Oxford United: Line-ups". BBC Sport. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  27. ^ "Ciaron and Carly the Stars at Awards Evening". Oxford United FC. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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