Steven Robert Brown (born 6 December 1973) is an English former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. Born in

Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, east of central London. It is bordered ...

, he played for

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

, Gillingham, Lincoln City and

Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an English professional association football, football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, that was liquidation, wound-up after a High Court of Justice, High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. Initially kno ...

between 1992 and 1999 and made over 150 appearances in

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.Soccerbase
/ref> He started his career at his home town club

but he was released in May 1993 and moved to their Essex rivals

, where he became the club's top scorer in the 1993–94 season. In March 1995 he moved to Gillingham in a swap with

Robbie Reinelt Robert Squire Reinelt (born 11 March 1974) is an English former professional association football, footballer. He played for Aldershot F.C., Aldershot, Gillingham F.C., Gillingham, Colchester United F.C., Colchester United, Brighton & Hove Albio ...

. He did not get to play regularly for the club, however, and in 1995 he moved to Lincoln City where he stayed till 1998. After a brief stay at

, he moved to

Dover Athletic Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 198 ...

in 1999, helping the club to a 6th-place finish in the Conference.

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* 1973 births English men's footballers Footballers from Southend-on-Sea Southend United F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Dover Athletic F.C. players Kingstonian F.C. players Living people Men's association football forwards {{england-footy-forward-1970s-stub