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	89	(7)
International career‡
2019–2020	Northern Ireland U21	4	(0)
2019–	Northern Ireland	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:20, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Ciaron Maurice Brown (born 14 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League One 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

Early career

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

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

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

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

Club

As of match played 29 December 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		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 [lower-alpha 1]	0	39	1
	2017–18 [17]	National League South	18	1	1	0	—		3 [lower-alpha 1]	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 [21]	League One	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1
Oxford United	2022–23 [ citation needed ]	League One	44	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	49	2
	2023–24 [ citation needed ]	League One	23	4	2	0	1	0	2	0	28	4
Career total			210	11	11	0	6	0	12	0	239	11

1. Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

Oxford United

• EFL League One play-offs: 2024 ^[23]

Individual

• Oxford United Player of the Year: 2022–23 ^[24]

References

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. "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. "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. "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. "Games played by Ciaron Brown in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
20. "Games played by Ciaron Brown in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
21. "Games played by Ciaron Brown in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
22. "Games played by Ciaron Brown in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
23. "Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Oxford United: Line-ups". BBC Sport. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
24. "Ciaron and Carly the Stars at Awards Evening". Oxford United FC. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

External links

• Ciaron Brown at Soccerway