Scott Brown (footballer)

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Personal information
Scott Brown
Date of birth	June 25, 1985 (age 21)
Place of birth	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Nickname	Broony, Broonaldo
Position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Hibernian
Number	7
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2002-present	Hibernian	94 (11)
National team**
2005-present	Scotland	1 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:15, 3 December 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of 22 September 2006.

Scott Brown (born on June 25, 1985 in Dunfermline, Fife) is a professional football player, currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Hibernian.

Brown initially emerged as a temperamental forward player, and picked up many yellow cards during the 2003/2004 season. He has since redefined himself as an imposing attacking midfield player. Brown is a core player in the Hibernian team, and is nicknamed "Broony" and "Broonaldo" by the Hibs supporters. ^{[citation needed]}

Brown handed in a transfer request to the Hibernian assistant manager, Tommy Craig, directly after their home game against Dundee Utd on 2 December 2006. The action was thought to be taken on the advice of Brown's agent Willie McKay.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] International career

He has been capped once for the Scotland national team, in a friendly against the USA in November 2005. He was then put back into the Under-21 squad for a few squads, although he was added to the full squad for the match with Lithuania in September 2006. He was selected for the full squad for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against France and Ukraine in October 2006, but was not used in either game.

[edit] Injury problems

His progress has been periodically checked by a series of injuries. He missed four months of the 2004/2005 season due to an injury sustained against Celtic, then missed most of the second half of the 2005/2006 season due to a broken leg. This meant that Brown was unavailable for Hibs' Scottish Cup semi-final defeat to Edinburgh rivals Hearts. He was able to make a cameo appearance in the last Edinburgh derby of the 2005/2006 season as a substitute, which Hibs won 2-1.