Jack Brown (born 27 July 2001) is a Scottish professional

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who plays for

Peterhead Peterhead (; gd, Ceann Phàdraig, sco, Peterheid ) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement (the city of Aberdeen itself not being a part of the district), with a population of 18,537 at the 2011 Census. ...

, as a

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Career

Brown began his career with

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team currently competes in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional F ...

, and was one of 10 youth players to turn professional with the club in May 2018. He made his senior debut on 27 January 2018, in a 3–1 league defeat away at

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

. In July 2019, he was one of nine Inverness players loaned to Fort William in the

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. After the club was furloughed in 2020 due to

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, Brown was one of many youth players released after it was decided that it was financially unwise for the club to have wage bills for players not getting any game time. Following this he was signed on by

Rothes Rothes (; gd, Ràthais) is a town in Moray, Scotland, on the banks of the River Spey, south of Elgin. The town had a population of 1,252 at the 2011 Census. A settlement has been here since AD 600. History and castle At the south end of the ...

in the Highland League, leaving Inverness with only one appearance to his name. In January 2022, it was announced that Brown had been signed to

References

2001 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players Peterhead F.C. players Rothes F.C. players Fort William F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Highland Football League players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Highland (council area) {{scotland-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub