Jordan Brown (born 11 October 1991) is an English

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who plays as a

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. A former

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Stratford, London, Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English f ...

youth player, Brown has played on loan with

Aldershot Aldershot ( ) is a town in the Rushmoor district, Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme north-east corner of the county, south-west of London. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Farnborough/Aldershot built-up are ...

and completed a short-term contract with

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England. Its first team competes in League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' ...

, as well as playing for

Barnet Barnet may refer to: People *Barnet (surname) *Barnet (given name) Places United Kingdom *Chipping Barnet or High Barnet, commonly known as Barnet, one of three focal towns of the borough below. *East Barnet, a district of the borough below; anc ...

for over two seasons, Boreham Wood,

Whitehawk Whitehawk is a suburb in the east of Brighton, England, south of Bevendean and north of Brighton Marina. The area is a large, modern housing estate built in a downland dry valley historically known as Whitehawk Bottom. The estate was originall ...

Dulwich Hamlet Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in East Dulwich in south-east London, England. They are currently members of and play at Champion Hill. History The club was formed in 1893, by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. The ...

Welling United Welling United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The most prominent aspect of the club is its men's first team, who play in the , the seventh level of the E ...

, Concord Rangers,

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and East Thurrock United.

Early life

He played football as a schoolboy for Kingdown Rangers in his hometown of Benfleet and was spotted playing in an under-8 team.

Career

Brown joined West Ham as a youth team player for the 2007–08 season. He signed his first professional contract, with West Ham, in the summer of 2010. In August 2011 he signed a one-month loan deal with Aldershot Town. Brown made his debut on 3 September 2011 in a 1–0 home win against

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1887, ...

. Brown was released by West Ham in January 2012. On 27 February 2012 Brown signed for Crewe Alexandra on a one-month contract. On 27 June 2012 Brown signed for League Two side

. He started the 2012–13 season as first choice, but lost his place to Elliot Johnson, making 25 appearances in all competitions that season. In 2013–14, following Barnet's relegation to the

Conference Premier The National League, officially known as Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in England. The National League is the first division of the National Leagues and step 1 of the National Le ...

, Brown had dropped to third choice behind Johnson and Mauro Vilhete, making only three further appearances, before being released on 24 February 2014. Upon leaving the club, he said "Even though I've not played as much football as I would have liked I've enjoyed my time at Barnet Football Club... I'm at a stage in my career where I need to be playing regularly and because of the club's excellent strength in depth it's not been possible at The Hive." Brown joined

Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is in the London metropolitan area, London commuter belt, near the border with Essex, just west of the ...

four days later. In September 2014, Brown had trials with

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

. Although the Hatters decided not to sign Brown, they helped facilitate a move to Boreham Wood for him, signing on 3 October 2014. Brown made one appearance for

against Bath City on 15 August 2015, before moving to

towards the end of September 2015, making his debut in a 3-1

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Premier away win over Metropolitan Police on 29 September 2015. After finishing the 2015–16 season with Dulwich, making 36 appearances in all competitions for the club, Brown joined

ahead of the 2016–17 season. He joined Concord Rangers on loan in October 2016, where he made six appearances. Brown joined the Beachboys permanently for the 2017–18 season. He then joined

for 2018–19. The following season he joined East Thurrock United.Departing legend Sam Higgins set challenge by East Thurrock United boss John Coventry
/ref> He then joined

Personal life

Brown is a cousin of

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies in a loop on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea, London, Chelsea ...

footballer

Kieran Richardson Kieran Edward Richardson (born 21 October 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger, left-back, or central midfielder. Richardson began his career as a trainee at West Ham United, going on to play senior footba ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Jordan 1991 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football defenders West Ham United F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Bishop's Stortford F.C. players Boreham Wood F.C. players Whitehawk F.C. players Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Concord Rangers F.C. players Canvey Island F.C. players East Thurrock United F.C. players Great Wakering Rovers F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players Black British sportsmen 21st-century Black British people People from South Benfleet Footballers from Essex 21st-century English sportsmen