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Wayne Brown (defender)

Wayne Brown
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Wayne Brown playing for Leicester City in January 2010
Personal information
Full name Wayne Lawrence Brown
Date of birth (1977-08-20) 20 August 1977 (age 40)
Place of birth Barking, London, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Colchester United U23 (manager)
Youth career
1993–1997 Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Ipswich Town 40 (0)
1997 Colchester United (loan) 2 (0)
2001 Queens Park Rangers (loan) 2 (0)
2001 Wimbledon (loan) 17 (1)
2002 Watford (loan) 11 (3)
2002–2004 Watford 25 (1)
2003 Gillingham (loan) 4 (1)
2004 Colchester United (loan) 16 (0)
2004–2007 Colchester United 124 (4)
2007–2009 Hull City 42 (1)
2008 Preston North End (loan) 6 (0)
2009 Leicester City (loan) 9 (0)
2009–2010 Leicester City 39 (0)
2010–2011 Preston North End 13 (0)
2011 Bury Town 0 (0)
Total 350 (11)
Teams managed
2013–2016 Colchester United U18
2015 Colchester United (caretaker)
2016– Colchester United U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Wayne Lawrence Brown (born 20 August 1977) is an English football coach and former player who is currently manager of the Colchester United under-23 team.

Brown began his playing career with Ipswich Town where he progressed through the club's Academy. He made his professional debut on loan at Colchester United in 1997, going on to make 40 league appearances for Ipswich. He also had loan spells with Queens Park Rangers, Wimbledon and Watford, before permanently moving to the latter in 2002. He made 25 league appearances for Watford in two years with the club, failing to establish himself in the first team. Brown was again loaned out to Gillingham in 2003, and once more to Colchester in 2004. He sealed a move to Colchester following his loan, where he made over 120 league appearances and helped guide the club to the Championship for the first time in their history in 2006. He was also named the club's Player of the Year for his efforts.

After one season in the Championship with Colchester, Brown moved to Hull City for £450,000, spending two years with the side. However, he failed to make a mark in the first-team, making 42 league appearances, though he did help the club to promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs in 2008. He was twice loaned out by the club, to Preston North End, and Leicester City. During his loan period with Leicester, Brown was a member of the League One title-winning team. He joined Leicester permanently in the summer of 2009, but spent just one season with the club as they reached the Championship play-off places. Brown rejoined Preston in 2010 after leaving Leicester by mutual consent, but could only manage 13 league appearances in the 2010–11 season. After being deemed surplus to requirements, Brown finally wound down his playing career with local side Bury Town in 2011.


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