Brown leaves Aberdeen to deal with teaching improvement

Scott Brown captained Aberdeen as he faced his former club Celtic for the first time

Scott Brown left Aberdeen after simply 9 months at Petodore “to deal with his teaching improvement”.

The 36-year-old, probably the most capped gamers in Scottish soccer historical past, joined Dons’ aspect final summer season on a two-year deal in a player-coach position.

Nonetheless, a month after supervisor Stephen Glass – lured by Celtic – was sacked, Brown’s keep at Granite Metropolis is reduce brief by mutual consent, as he appears to focus his efforts on turning into supervisor.

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Talking in December 2019, Scott Brown stated he was studying a number of coaches to change into a supervisor someday

He stated: “I wish to take this chance to first thank the board of administrators in Aberdeen, and naturally Stephen Glass and his employees within the again room for giving me the chance to get pleasure from my first teaching expertise.

“I’d additionally wish to thank all my teammates and the fantastic employees at Cormac Park and Petudrey.

“I do know I used to be solely within the Northeast for a short while, however the followers made me really feel so welcome from day one, so I’ve to thank them as properly for exhibiting me a lot assist.

“Aberdeen is a big membership and I do know there’s a actual willpower from everybody to attain success on and off the sphere. I want all of them the perfect for the rest of the season.”

“Captain, Commander, Legend”

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Brown leads Celtic captain to a historic treble quartet

Brown’s glittering profession started with Hibernian, however he’s greatest remembered for his 14 years in Celtic and his good profession in Scotland.

Following the success of the League Cup at Easter Highway, the midfielder joined Celtic from Hibs in 2007 for £4.4m – a file switch payment between two Scottish golf equipment.

Scott Brown won his first major title with Hibs.
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Scott Brown received his first main title with Hibs.

He grew to become a legend for the membership, lifting 10 first division titles in Celtic in addition to six Scottish Cups and 6 different League Cups throughout his 14 years on the membership.

Brown led Parkhead to an unbeatable season in Brendan Rodgers’ first yr as coach, in addition to 4 consecutive hat-tricks.

Usually celebrated for his position as a consultant villain, Brown has appeared in 44 video games towards Previous Agency rivals and has a 51 p.c match win fee.

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Rangers’ Ryan Kent was fired to face Scott Brown in Aberdeen, and the pair certain have a fiery historical past.

The midfielder obtained one purple card in 2010 and scored an unforgettable aim the next yr, adopted by his iconic celebration towards El Hadj Diouf.

Scott Brown played 43 games for Old Firm
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Brown and Diouf clashed a number of instances throughout Previous Agency matches

Brown additionally clashed with Joey Barton, and when contemplating his most memorable Celtic shirt match towards Rangers, Brown stated. Sky Sports activities Information“Joey talked about an important match and I confirmed him an important match.

“It was that straightforward, he did all of the speaking off the sphere and I did all of the speak about him.

“I had an opportunity on the finish of the match, he shook my hand and it was a struggle. I already had in my head that I used to be profitable it earlier than the sport even began as a result of he was speaking lots.

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Brown talks about his fights with former Rangers participant Joey Barton throughout his time in Scotland

“He could have completed it lots in England, however he had an important profession, he slipped and he performed within the Premier League.

“It reveals you what a high quality workforce we had on the time after we had been doing that for gamers who got here right down to play in England, so it reveals you ways sturdy we had been at the moment.”

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Brown reveals that he refused a transfer to Tottenham’s Harry Redknapp and likewise the change to Newcastle United within the Premier League.

Brown made his 600th look for Celtic on 6 December 2020, nonetheless, simply three months later, it was confirmed that he could be leaving on the finish of the season to affix Aberdeen.

He did not get the fairy story ending he had hoped for at Celtic regardless of a trophyless season and performed his final house recreation in an empty stadium. Nonetheless, that did not cease using the identical three phrases after the match: captain, captain, legend.

The Scott Brown final was played at home in an empty stadium.
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Celtic’s final match was performed at house in an empty stadium

scotland occupation

Regardless of by no means main the nationwide workforce to a serious last, Brown did spend 13 years taking part in for Scotland – a journey that started in 2005 when he made his debut towards the USA.

He performed 50 caps earlier than asserting his determination to withdraw from worldwide soccer in 2016 to deal with his soccer profession.

Brown won 55 caps for Scotland
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Brown made 55 Scotland appearances over two phrases after popping out of worldwide retirement

The transfer was short-lived and he returned to the workforce below former Celtic coach Gordon Strachan months later in a bid to assist lead the workforce to the 2018 World Cup.

Then the midfielder, who has captained the nationwide workforce 21 instances, made the choice to not be prepared for choice after talks with then-head coach Alex McLeish.

The way in which to the bunker

Edinburgh, Scotland - MARCH 02: Scott Brown of Aberdeen before a Premier League match between Hearts and Aberdeen at Tynecastle, on March 2, in Edinburgh, Scotland.  (Photo by Ross Parker/SNS Group)
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Scott Brown left Aberdeen after lower than one season at Petodry

When Brown agreed to maneuver to Aberdeen earlier than the tip of final season, he noticed the chance as an actual first step on the trail to turning into a coach someday.

After turning into captain of the workforce, he stored making common appearances below former supervisor Glass – one thing the 36-year-old was eager on.

Nonetheless, after Glass was fired, Jim Goodwin arrived from St Mirren. In a wierd coincidence – FC Paisley Brown thought of changing Godwin, however as an alternative Stephen Robinson took over and Brown has been on the sidelines ever since because of harm.

What do the statistics say about Brown’s profession?

Not surprisingly, Brown made the overwhelming majority of his appearances with Celtic, taking part in 620 instances. He scored near 50 targets for Glasgow FC.

His greatest targets got here to appearances at Hibernian Stadium, the place he scored twice in his tenure at Aberdeen. Brown additionally scored 4 worldwide targets.

He received the overwhelming majority of Brown’s Cups with Celtic, though he did seize the Scottish League Cup with Hibernian.

Profitable three home titles between 2016 and 2020, Brown have misplaced silver titles in simply three seasons since 2006-2009/2010, 2020/21 and 2023/22.

Ten of Browns’ 23 titles are Scottish Premier League titles. He additionally received the Scottish Cup six instances and 7 Scottish League Cup titles – six with Celtic and one with Hibernian.

After all, Brown has additionally obtained plenty of particular person awards together with profitable medals. He has been included within the PFA Scotland Workforce of the Yr (Premier League) six instances and was a three-time winner of the PFA Scotland Participant of the Yr award.

He was awarded the SFWA Soccer League of the Yr for the 2017/18 season, having received the Younger Participant of the Yr award within the 2006/07 marketing campaign.