Alan Browne (footballer)

Alan James Browne (born 15 April 1995) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Preston North End, whom he captains, and the Republic of Ireland national team.[4]

Alan Browne
Browne with Preston North End in 2016
Personal information
Full name Alan James Browne[1]
Date of birth (1995-04-15) 15 April 1995[2]
Place of birth Cork, Ireland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Preston North End
Number 8
Youth career
2012–2013 Cork City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Preston North End 341 (39)
International career‡
2013–2015 Republic of Ireland U19 9 (0)
2014–2017 Republic of Ireland U21 11 (3)
2017– Republic of Ireland 33 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:53, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:52, 13 October 2023

Career

Cork City

Browne joined the Cork City U19 squad prior to the start of the 2012–13 season, graduating to the senior squad the following season.[2] He was named on the substitutes' bench twice in the 2013 season for games against Sligo Rovers and Drogheda United, but he failed to make a first-team appearance for the club before leaving.[5]

Preston North End

Browne signed an 18-month contract with Preston North End in League One, joining them on 1 January 2014.[4]

He made his first-team debut on 25 March 2014, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 victory against Peterborough United with the score at 1–1, with a contribution and work ethic that drew praise from manager Simon Grayson.[6][7]

In 2015, Browne was involved in the play-off final win, which saw Preston promoted to the Championship.[8]

Browne became a major part of the Preston squad throughout the 2017–18 season, scoring eight' goals. This led to him earning the clubs Player of the Year award.[9]

From the 2020-21 season Browne was appointed club captain following the departure of Tom Clarke. On 13 January 2021, Browne signed a new three-and-a-half year deal with the club, seeing him under contract until the end of the 2023–24 season.[10]

International career

On 24 March 2021, Browne scored his first competitive goal for Ireland, a header to give them the lead in a 3-2 defeat away to Serbia in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 23 September 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cork City 2013[12] LOI Premier Division 000000—00
Preston North End 2013–14[13] League One 8100—1[lower-alpha 3]091
2014–15[14] League One 20340206[lower-alpha 4]0323
2015–16[15] Championship 3631030—403
2016–17[16] Championship 3101030—350
2017–18[17] Championship 4472210—479
2018–19[18] Championship 38121020—4112
2019–20[19] Championship 4340030—464
2020–21[20] Championship 3841020—414
2021–22[21] Championship 3941010—414
2022–23[22] Championship 3612110—392
2023–24[23] Championship 800010—90
Career total 341391331907038042
  1. Includes FAI Cup & FA Cup
  2. Includes League of Ireland Cup & EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in League One play-offs
  4. Two appearances in League One play-offs, four in Football League Trophy

International
As of match played 13 October 2023[24]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Republic of Ireland 201710
201820
201961
202020
202161
2022103
202360
Total335

International goals
As of match played 7 September 2023. Ireland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Browne goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 10 September 2019Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland5 Bulgaria1–03–1Friendly[25]
2 24 March 2021Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia12 Serbia1–02–32022 FIFA World Cup qualification[26]
3 26 March 2022Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland18 Belgium2–22–2Friendly[27]
4 11 June 2022Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland22 Scotland1–03–02022–23 UEFA Nations League B[28]
5 17 November 2022Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland26 Norway1–11–2Friendly

Honours

Preston North End

Individual

References
  1. "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  2. "Alan Browne: Profile". Cork City. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  3. "Alan Browne". 11v11. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. "Alan Browne: Preston North End sign ex-Cork City midfielder". BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  5. "Alan Browne: Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  6. "Preston North End 3 Peterborough United 1". BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  7. "Simon Grayson: "I Am Pleased Now!"". Preston North End. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  8. "Preston North End 4–0 Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  9. "Player Of The Year Awards 2018". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  10. "Club Captain Alan Browne Commits Future". www.pnefc.com. 13 January 2021.
  11. "Committed Ireland start World Cup campaign with defeat in Serbia". The 42. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  12. "A. Browne". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  13. "Games played by Alan Browne in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  14. "Games played by Alan Browne in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  15. "Games played by Alan Browne in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  16. "Games played by Alan Browne in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  17. "Games played by Alan Browne in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  18. "Games played by Alan Browne in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  19. "Games played by Alan Browne in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  20. "Games played by Alan Browne in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  21. "Games played by Alan Browne in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  22. "Games played by Alan Browne in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  23. "Games played by Alan Browne in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  24. Alan Browne at National-Football-Teams.com
  25. "Republic of Ireland 3-1 Bulgaria: Collins comes off the bench to seal friendly victory". Sky Sports. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  26. "Serbia 3–2 Ireland: Goal drought ended but still no win for Stephen Kenny". Irish Independent. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  27. "Republic of Ireland 2–2 Belgium: Late Alan Browne goal earns Republic draw in friendly". BBC Sport. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  28. "Republic of Ireland 3–0 Scotland: Michael Obafemi stars as Irish finally claim first Nations League win". BBC Sport. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  29. Middleton, Nathan (24 May 2015). "Preston North End 4–0 Swindon Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  30. "McGoldrick named Ireland's Player of the Year". RTE Sport. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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