Roberto Brown

Personal information
Full name	Roberto Ronaldo Brown Perea
Date of birth	July 15, 1977 (1977-07-15) (age 32)
Place of birth	Panama City, Panama
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Montreal Impact
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996	Alianza
1997	Cartaginés
1998	Real España
1999	FAS
2000	Alianza
2001	Sporting '89
2001	San Francisco
2002–2004	Sheriff Tiraspol	10	(4)
2004–2005	Austria Salzburg	9	(1)
2005–2006	Peñarol	16	(1)
2006–2007	Tacuarembó	4	(2)
2007	Colorado Rapids	13	(3)
2007–	Montreal Impact	46	(12)
National team‡
2000–	Panama	40	(14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 May, 2009

Roberto Brown (born July 15, 1977 in Panama City) is a Panamanian soccer player who currently plays for Montreal Impact in the USL First Division.

[edit] Career

[edit] Club

Brown spent the majority of his early career playing for numerous teams in Central America and Europe. He helped Real España to the runner-up spot of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras in 1998 and, after moving to play for FC Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldova in 2002, won three consecutive Divizia Naţională titles, as well as the 2002 Moldavian Cup, in which he scored Sheriff's second goal in the final against Nistru Otaci.

In 2007 Brown signed with the Colorado Rapids in the Major League Soccer, and during his short tenure there tallied scored three goals in 13 games until eventually being released on July 12, 2007.

Brown signed with the Montreal Impact on July 30, 2007^[1]. He made his Impact debut on August 16 against the California Victory which he registered his first goal for the club in a 2-0 victory. For the remainder of the season he appeared in eight matches. In the playoffs Brown tallied one goal and one assist in the first game of the quarterfinal series against the Puerto Rico Islanders on September 14. In the following season Brown missed a series of nine matches due to a thigh injury and a suspension. But from his return he recorded one goal and two assists on June 22 against the Carolina RailHawks, the goal scored by Brown was the 300th Impact goal in history scored at home. In the Nutrilite Canadian Championship, Brown scored two goals and most notably the tying goal against Toronto FC on July 22 at BMO Field that clinched the 2008 Nutrilite Canadian Championship for the Impact, and helped the club qualify to the CONCACAF Champions League. During the Impact tenure in the Champions League, Brown played a dominant role in scoring crucial goals for the Impact throughout the tournament. In total he scored four goals out of eight games and helped the Impact reach the quarterfinals before losing out to Santos Laguna to 5-4 on aggregate.

On January 12, 2009 the Montreal Impact announced the re-signing of Brown for the 2009 season.^[2] During the 2009 USL season Brown contributed by helping the Impact clinch a playoff spot under new head coach Marc Dos Santos. He recorded his first playoff goal in the semifinal match against Puerto Rico Islanders. The match resulted in 2-1 victory for the Impact, and allowing the Impact to advance to the finals by winning their second match on aggregate^[3]. Montreal would advance on to the finals where their opponents would end up being the Vancouver Whitecaps, thus marking the first time in USL history where the final match would consist of two Canadian clubs. On October 17, 2009 in the second game of finals Brown scored the third and final goal for the Impact, therefore winning the match and claiming Montreal's third USL Championship^[4].

[edit] International

Brown made his debut for the Panama national football team in 2000 against Guatemala, immediately making an impact by scoring a goal. He collected over 60 caps since, scoring 20 goals.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Montreal Impact

• USL First Division Championship (1): 2009

[edit] Individual

• Canadian Championship Golden Boot: 2008 (co-winner)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Montreal Impact bio

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