Darren Brownlie (born 10 April 1994) is a Scottish

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who plays as a

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for

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side

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. He previously played for Ayr United, Cowdenbeath, Queen of the South and

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over two spells.

Career

Ayr United

Born in

Bellshill Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, southeast of Glasgow city centre and west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell to the south, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton to the south ...

, Brownlie started his career at Ayr United. Brownlie debuted for the ''Honest Men'' on 8 July 2012 in the first round of the

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. Two weeks later, Brownlie made his first

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appearance, playing the full match in a 1–1

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draw with

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at Somerset Park. In the last of his 16 league games that season, a 2–1 loss at

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, Brownlie was sent off after two bookings, the first for conceding a

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, with a foul on

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and the second for dissent after the referee's decision to award the spot kick.

Partick Thistle and Cowdenbeath

In August 2013, Brownlie joined

. Brownlie scored in a 4–0 win over

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for the

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club's under-20's that month but did not make a senior appearance and was loaned out to

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club Cowdenbeath on 17 January 2014 for the remainder of that season. Brownlie made 11 league appearances for the ''Blue Brazil'' and also played their four play-off matches as they retained their status in the second tier of Scottish football, with victories over former club Ayr United and Dunfermline Athletic respectively. At that end of the season Brownlie joined Cowdenbeath on a permanent deal. Brownlie played 23 league games in a season which ended in relegation, although Brownlie did manage to score his first senior career goal on 14 February 2015, away to Dumbarton in a match the ''Blue Brazil'' won 2–1.

Queen of the South

On 17 June 2015, Brownlie returned to the Scottish Championship, after signing for Queen of the South. The ''Queens'' manager at that time, James Fowler, had been a team-mate of Brownlie's at

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, in a loan spell in

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in 2014 from parent club

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. On 28 April 2018, Brownlie extended his contract to remain with the Doonhamers until the end of the 2018-19 season. Before the start of the 2018-19 season, Brownlie picked up an injury that kept him out of the first-team squad at Palmerston until February 2019. On 26 February 2019, Brownlie started his first match of the 2018-19 season, in a 1-0 defeat at

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versus

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. On 23 May 2019, Brownlie extended his contract with Queens until the end of the 2019-20 season. On 5 October 2019, Brownlie scored the winning goal in the ''Doonhamers'' 1-0 win versus

at Firhill Stadium in the 60th minute.

Return to Partick Thistle

During December 2019, Brownlie signed a pre-contract to join

during the 2020 close season, although on 27 January 2020, Brownlie departed the ''Doonhamers'' and signed a two-and-a-half year contract with Thistle for an undisclosed fee before the end of the January 2020 transfer window. Following winning the League One title with Thistle, Brownlie added an extra year on to his contract with the club. Brownlie scored his first Thistle goal in a 4-1 defeat in the Scottish Cup to Premiership side Aberdeen. Brownlie scored his first league goal for Thistle, opening the scoring in a 2-2 draw away to Raith Rovers on the final league game of the 2022/23 season. Following Partick Thistle’s premiership play off final defeat on penalties to Ross County Brownlie left Thistle.

Dundalk

On 6 July 2023, Brownlie signed for

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Honours

Club

;Partick Thistle *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brownlie, Darren 1994 births Living people Footballers from Bellshill Scottish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Ayr United F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Cowdenbeath F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Dundalk F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players League of Ireland players Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland