Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roberto Ronaldo Brown Perea | ||
Date of birth | July 15, 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996 | Ejecutivo Junior | ||
1996–1997 | Cartaginés | ||
1998–1999 | Real España | ||
1999 | FAS | ||
2000 | Alianza | ||
2001 | Sporting '89 | ||
2001 | San Francisco | ||
2002–2004 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 15 | (4) |
2004–2005 | Austria Salzburg | 9 | (1) |
2005–2006 | Peñarol | 16 | (1) |
2006–2007 | Tacuarembó | 9 | (2) |
2007 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | (3) |
2007–2010 | Montreal Impact | 59 | (13) |
2010–2012 | San Francisco | ||
2012–2013 | Millenium UP | ||
2013 | San Francisco | ||
National team‡ | |||
2000–2011 | Panama | 54 | (16) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 24, 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of May 13, 2009 |
Roberto Ronaldo Brown Perea (born July 15, 1977) is a retired Panamanian footballer.
He was appointed assistant manager of sports of the Municipality of Panama in May 2014.
Nicknamed el Bombardero, Brown spent the majority of his early career playing for numerous teams in Central America and Europe.
After leaving Panamanian team Ejecutivo Junior for Costa Rican side Cartaginés in 1996, he helped Real España to the runner-up spot of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras in 1999. In summer 1999 he crossed borders to play for Salvadoran side FAS, only to leave them after the season and joined Alianza in summer 2000.
After moving to play in Europe for FC Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldova in 2002, won three consecutive Divizia Naţională titles, as well as the 2002 Moldavian Cup, in which he scored Sheriff's second goal in the final against Nistru Otaci. In September 2004, Brown was snapped up by Austrian side SV Wüstenrot Salzburg.
In August 2005, Brown joined Uruguayan giants Peñarol and in August 2006 he made his debut for fellow Uruguayans Tacuarembó.
In 2007 Brown signed with the Colorado Rapids in the Major League Soccer, and during his short tenure there tallied scored three goals in 13 games until eventually being released on July 12, 2007.
Brown signed with the Montreal Impact on July 30, 2007. He made his Impact debut on August 16 against the California Victory which he registered his first goal for the club in a 2-0 victory. For the remainder of the season he appeared in eight matches. In the playoffs Brown tallied one goal and one assist in the first game of the quarterfinal series against the Puerto Rico Islanders on September 14. In the following season Brown missed a series of nine matches due to a thigh injury and a suspension. But from his return he recorded one goal and two assists on June 22 against the Carolina RailHawks, the goal scored by Brown was the 300th Impact goal in history scored at home. In the Nutrilite Canadian Championship, Brown scored two goals and most notably the tying goal against Toronto FC on July 22 at BMO Field that clinched the 2008 Nutrilite Canadian Championship for the Impact, and helped the club qualify to the CONCACAF Champions League. During the Impact tenure in the Champions League, Brown played a dominant role in scoring crucial goals for the Impact throughout the tournament. In total he scored four goals out of eight games and helped the Impact reach the quarterfinals before losing out to Santos Laguna to 5-4 on aggregate.