Frankie Brown (born 8 October 1987) is a Scottish
footballer
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, who played for
Falkirk Ladies,
Whitehill Welfare,
Hibernian,
Bristol City
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...
and the
Scotland national team.
Playing career
A right sided
defender, Brown began her footballing career with
Falkirk Girls and was called up to the national under-17 squad in 2004. After leaving school to study at the
University of Edinburgh
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, Brown joined
Whitehill Welfare before moving to
Hibernian. She also played in the
UEFA Women's Champions League
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The ...
for Cypriot side
Apollon Limassol
Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...
alongside fellow Scot
Hayley Lauder.
Brown was called up to the full
Scotland
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squad for the first time in August 2008 and won her first cap the following month in a
friendly match against
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
[
She attended the ]Scottish Football Association
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National Performance Centre at the University of Stirling
The University of Stirling (, gd, Oilthigh Shruighlea (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built w ...
as a PhD student. After graduating, Brown took up a research post at the University of Bath
(Virgil, Georgics II)
, mottoeng = Learn the culture proper to each after its kind
, established = 1886 (Merchant Venturers Technical College) 1960 (Bristol College of Science and Technology) 1966 (Bath University of Technology) 1971 (univ ...
, and in April 2014 she left Hibs to join FA WSL
The Women's Super League (WSL), currently known as the Barclays Women's Super League (BWSL) for sponsorship reasons, is the highest league of women's football in England. Established in 2010, it is run by the Football Association and features t ...
side Bristol City
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...
.
In July 2014 Brown was involved in an altercation between her Bristol teammate Natalia Pablos
Natalia Teresa Pablos Sanchón (born 15 October 1985), known simply as Natalia, is a Spanish former Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. She spent most of her club career at Rayo Vallecano (wom ...
and Birmingham City's Karen Carney
Karen Julia Carney (born 1 August 1987) is an English sports journalist and former professional footballer who played as a winger and midfielder. Carney has been a regular broadcaster for live football on Sky Sports and Amazon Prime, includi ...
. On the strength of Brown's witness statement, Carney was fined, banned and sent on an education course for telling Pablos to "fuck off back to Spain." Pablos branded Carney a "puta madre" ( en, mother fucker) during a lively exchange which Brown had drawn to the attention of the match referee.
Career statistics
International appearances
References
External links
*
Hibernian GLFC profile
1987 births
Living people
Scottish women's footballers
Scotland women's international footballers
Hibernian W.F.C. players
Alumni of the University of Stirling
Apollon Ladies F.C. players
Expatriate women's footballers in Cyprus
Bristol City W.F.C. players
Women's Super League players
Women's association football defenders
Spartans W.F.C. players
Scottish expatriate women's footballers
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players
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