Jordan Antonio Brown (born 10 November 1996) is an English

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who plays as a forward for

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in the

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. Having started his football career with the

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, Brown made his competitive debut for

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in 2015 and his since played in Germany, Czech Republic, Canada and Iceland.

Club career

West Ham United

Having been with Arsenal youth team for eight years, Brown joined West Ham in 2013 as he considered there would be greater opportunities to play football. He was first included in a West Ham matchday squad for their

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second leg fixture away to Lusitanos of Andorra on 9 July 2015, remaining an unused substitute in a 1–0 victory (4–0 aggregate). With manager

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putting priority on the team's

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performance, he made an array of changes for their third qualifying round second leg away to

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on 6 August, and Brown made his debut as an 80th-minute substitute for Elliot Lee in a 2–1 defeat which saw his team eliminated. On 9 October 2015, Brown joined

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on a one-month loan.

Hannover 96 II

On 2 June 2016, Brown announced he had signed for Hannover 96 via his Instagram social media account. His contract was terminated by mutual consent after 18 months in Germany.

Barnet

Brown returned to London and signed for Barnet, but following a long wait for international clearance and the departure of

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as manager, Brown was released by new manager

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in March 2018.

Znojmo

On 18 October 2018, Brown joined

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side

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Cavalry FC

On 30 January 2019, Brown signed for

side

Cavalry FC Cavalry Football Club, is a Canadian professional soccer club based in the Calgary metropolitan region of Alberta. The club competes at the top of the Canadian soccer league system in the Canadian Premier League, and plays their home matches a ...

. In the

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quartfinals, Brown would score the opening goal as Cavalry would upset Major League Soccer side

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, knocking them out of the tournament. In December 2019, Cavalry announced Brown would return to the club for the 2020 season.

VfR Aalen

On 22 October 2020, Brown signed a one-year contract with Regionalliga side

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. He left the club in March 2021 after asking to terminate his contract.

Electric City FC

In 2022, he returned to Canada, signing with Electric City FC in

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. He led the team in scoring in 2022 with 11 goals.

Pacific FC

On 22 August 2022, he returned to the

, signing with

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Calvary FC * Canadian Premier League Finals **Runners-up:

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(Regular season): **Champions: Spring 2019, Fall 2019

References

External links

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Electric City stats
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