Isaiah Brown

Izzy Brown

Brown playing for England U19s in 2015
Personal information
Full name Isaiah Jay Brown[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997
Place of birth Peterborough, England
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position Forward
Winger
Club information
Current team
 Vitesse
(on loan from Chelsea)
Number 7
Youth career
Leicester City[3]
2010–2013 West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2013 West Bromwich Albion 1 (0)
2013– Chelsea 1 (0)
2015– → Vitesse (loan) 21 (1)
National team‡
2012–2013 England U16[4] 2 (1)
2012–2014 England U17[4] 16 (4)
2014– England U19[4] 10 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:44, 1 May 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:18, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Isaiah Jay "Izzy" Brown[5][6][7] (born 7 January 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Vitesse Arnhem on loan from Chelsea. Brown played for West Bromwich Albion's academy and under-21 teams before making his senior debut in 2013. Since signing for Chelsea, he has played for their under-21 team.[8]

Brown has represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-19 levels.[4]

Career

West Bromwich Albion

On 2 March 2013 Brown made the bench for the first time in an away league match against Chelsea, an unused substitute as West Brom lost 1–0.[9] On 6 April 2013, again Brown made the bench and was again not used as West Brom lost 2–1 to Arsenal at The Hawthorns.[10]

Brown made his debut for West Bromwich Albion on 4 May 2013 in a 3–2 home Premier League defeat to Wigan Athletic, replacing Youssouf Mulumbu for the last four minutes[11] and becoming the second-youngest player in Premier League history at the age of 16 years and 117 days.[12]

On 8 July 2013, West Bromwich Albion rejected an offer for Brown from Chelsea.[13] Later that month, Chelsea confirmed that they had signed Brown,[14] with compensation between the clubs reportedly set to be decided by a tribunal.[15] After Brown left the club West Brom's chairman considered scrapping the club's category one development academy as the EPPP rules Chelsea used to sign Brown meant that the club were losing their best prospects for nominal fees that failed to cover the cost of running an academy.[16]

Chelsea

2014–15 season

Brown scored his first goals for the Chelsea first team on 16 July 2014 in a 5–0 pre-season friendly victory over Wycombe Wanderers.[17] On 29 July 2014, Chelsea manager José Mourinho said that he should be blamed if Brown were not to become a senior England international under his management.[18]

On 28 October, Brown made the Chelsea bench for the first time in a competitive fixture, but was an unused substitute as Chelsea beat Shrewsbury Town 2–1 to advance into quarter-finals of the League Cup.[19]

On 31 January 2015, Brown made the Chelsea bench against current league title holders, Manchester City, but was again an unused substitute as Chelsea drew 1–1.[20] Three days after the match, on 3 February, Brown was promoted into Mourinho's first team squad alongside fellow teenager Ruben Loftus-Cheek.[21][22]

On 12 April, Brown was named on the first team bench for the third time that season for a West London derby against Queens Park Rangers.[23] Less than 24 hours later he captained Chelsea U19 in the final of the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League against Shakhtar Donetsk in Switzerland and put in a man of the match performance scoring 2 goals to help Chelsea take the title.[24]

On 18 May, Brown made his Chelsea debut, coming off the bench for Loïc Rémy for the final eleven minutes of a 3–0 defeat at his former club West Bromwich Albion.[25] Although Brown only made one league appearances out of the whole season, José Mourinho stated that he would receive a winner's medal for his contributions this season.[26]

Loan to Vitesse

On 10 July 2015, Chelsea agreed to a deal that will see Brown go on loan to Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem along with new signing Nathan.[27] A week later, Brown made his debut and played for the entire first half in a friendly 1–0 win against the Turkish side Çaykur Rizespor.[28] He made his competitive debut 13 days later in a UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg against Southampton at St. Mary's, playing the full 90 minutes of a 3–0 defeat.[29]

On 6 March 2016, Brown scored his first senior goal, giving Vitesse the lead in the 34th minute in their 2–1 victory over Roda JC Kerkrade.[30]

Career statistics

As of 1 May 2016.[31][32]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Bromwich Albion 2012–13 Premier League 100000—10
Total 100000—10
Chelsea 2013–14 Premier League 000000—00
2014–15 Premier League 100000—10
Total 100000—10
Vitesse Arnhem (loan) 2015–16 Eredivisie 2110020—231
Total 2110020—231
Career total 231002000251

Honours

Club

Chelsea Reserves

International

England U16
England U17

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League Squad Lists 2013/14". premierleague.com. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Isaiah Brown". Player profile. West Bromwich Albion FC. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "City lad Izzy set to make his Chelsea debut - Peterborough Telegraph". Peterboroughtoday.co.uk. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Isaiah Brown". The FA. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Nick Ames. "What happened next to the Premier League’s 10 youngest players? | Nick Ames | Football". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  6. ↑ "Izzy Brown's armband honour - England". Thefa.com. 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  7. ↑ Howell, Bill (2015-05-11). "West Brom: Former academy starlet set for a return to The Hawthorns". Birminghammail.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  8. ↑ "Under-21s win warm-up away". chelseafc.com. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Chelsea 1–0 WestBrom". ESPN. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "West 1–2 Arsenal". ESPN. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "West Brom 2 – 3 Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Saturday Sundae: West Brom throw Brown boy in the ring". guardian.co.uk. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "Albion reject Chelsea offer for Brown". wba.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  14. ↑ "Isaiah Brown". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  15. ↑ "Tribunal will settle West Brom's Isaiah Brown cash tussle". expressandstar.com. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  16. ↑ "Jeremy Peace could scrap West Brom academy « Express & Star". Expressandstar.com. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  17. ↑ "PHOTO: Chelsea wonderkid Izzy Brown celebrates first Chelsea goals v Wycombe - HITC Sport". Hereisthecity.com. 2014-07-16. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  18. ↑ Todd, Oliver (2014-07-29). "Jose Mourinho says if Chelsea kids Lewis Baker, Izzy Brown and Dominic Solanke don't play for England, 'blame me!' | Daily Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  19. ↑ "Chelsea needed a late own goal to spare potential embarrassment against gutsy League Two side Shrewsbury and reach the League Cup quarter-finals.". BBC Sport. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  20. ↑ McNulty, Phil (31 January 2015). "Chelsea 1–1 Man City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  21. ↑ "Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Izzy Brown promoted to Chelsea's first team", SB Nations, 3 February 2015, retrieved 3 February 2015
  22. ↑ "More Academy graduates in first team squad", Chelsea Official Site, 3 February 2015, retrieved 3 February 2015
  23. ↑ Higginson, Marc. "BBC Sport - Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Chelsea". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  24. ↑ "Brown inspires Chelsea to Youth League glory - UEFA Youth League - News". UEFA.com. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  25. ↑ "West Brom 3–0 Chelsea". BBC Sport. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  26. ↑ Every Chelsea player to get a Premier League medal says Jose Mourinho | ESPN
  27. ↑ "Brown and Nathan in Dutch loan". Chelsea FC. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  28. ↑ "Vitesse verslaat Rizespor in Seekirchen: 1-0" (in Dutch). Vitesse. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  29. ↑ Williams, Adam (30 July 2015). "Southampton 3-0 Vitesse". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  30. ↑ "Roda JC Kerkrade vs. Vitesse (1 : 2)". OneFootball. 6 March 2016.
  31. ↑ Isaiah Brown career statistics at Soccerbase
  32. ↑ Isaiah Brown profile at Soccerway
  33. ↑ "FA Youth Cup: 2014 | The Club | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club". Chelseafc.com. 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  34. ↑ "UEFA Youth League - Chelsea –". Uefa.com. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  35. ↑ "Schools' Association Football International Board - Sky Sports Victory Shield". Safib.org. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  36. ↑ "West Bromwich Albion Academy Player of the Year: Izzy Brown". YouTube.com. 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2015-05-18.

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