Steve Brown (footballer born 1972)

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Personal information
Steve Brown
Full name	Steven Byron Brown
Date of birth	May 13, 1972 (1972-05-13) (age 36)
Place of birth	Brighton, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender (retired)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–2002 2002–2005	Charlton Athletic Reading Total	242 0(9) 040 0(1) 282 (10)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Steven Byron "Steve" Brown (born 13 May 1972) is a former English footballer.

Born in Brighton, Brown spent his career as a defender for two different clubs. He started his career with Charlton Athletic in 1990 where he was to spend the bulk of his career. His twelve year spell at Charlton saw the club twice gain promotion and spent four seasons in the Premier League. An extremely popular player with supporters, he also acquired the reputation of a versatile player. Indeed, he played in goal four times for Charlton without conceding.^[1]

After over twelve years with Charlton, he was signed by former team-mate Alan Pardew for Reading in late 2002.^[1] After two-and-a-half years, he retired from the game before undertaking a series of coaching roles. He initially became a youth coach at Charlton Athletic before moving to West Ham United (by then managed by Pardew) to become reserve-team coach. He ended his role in July 2007^[2] and he now works on commentating Charlton's matches for BBC Radio Kent.