Mitchel Brown

Glen Mitchel Brown James (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmitʃel ˈβɾawn];[lower-alpha 1] born 16 July 1981), nicknamed "El Depredador" (The Predator), is a Honduran professional footballer.

Mitchel Brown
Personal information
Full name Glen Mitchel Brown James
Date of birth (1981-07-16) 16 July 1981
Place of birth La Ceiba, Honduras
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Victoria Leyde
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Derthona 15 (7)
2001 Brescia
2002–2004 Suchitepéquez (45)
2004–2005 Motagua 7 (1)
2005–2007 Victoria 69 (16)
2007 Marathón 18 (8)
2007–2008 Tatran Prešov 20 (7)
2008 Qingdao Jonoon 23 (7)
2009 Marathón 34 (13)
2010–2011 Hunan Billows 39 (20)
2012 Marathón 34 (8)
2013–2014 Hubei China-Kyle 15 (6)
2014 Marathón 12 (1)
2015 Vida 6 (0)
International career‡
2008–2013 Honduras 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 October 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 6, 2008
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Brown and the second or maternal family name is James.

Club career

A much-travelled forward, Brown has played in Italy, Guatemala, Slovakia and China along with his native Honduras.

His first goal was against Universidad playing for F.C. Motagua and after scoring he was expelled for taking off his shirt. He joined Qingdao Jonoon in 2008. He scored his first goal on the club on April 9, 2008.

China

Brown signed a contract with Hunan Billows in February 2010.[1] He made his China League One debut for Hunan against Shenyang Dongjin on 3 April. Brown scored his first goal for the club on his fourth appearance, in a 2–1 home win against Shanghai East Asia on 22 April.[2] In the 2010 league season, Brown was the top scorer of the club. He scored 7 goals in 19 appearances and won a new contract of the club. In January 2011, Costa Rican club L.D. Alajuelense was reported to be interested in Brown[3] but a deal never materialized.

Brown finished the 2011 league season with the League One top scorer, scored 13 goals in 20 appearances, which shared with Johnny Woodly.

In August 2012, while playing for Marathón, Brown was involved in an incident in which Motagua goalkeeper Kerpo de León was critically injured[4] and a committee summoned an investigation.[5]

International career

He made his debut for the national side on February 6, 2008 in a friendly against Paraguay, coming on as a substitute for Carlos Costly.

Honours

Club

  • Honduran League: 2007 Apertura, 2009 Apertura (Marathón),
  • Runner-up with Victoria: 2006 Clausura
  • Runner-up with Suchitepequez:
  • Promotion with Suchitepequez

Individual

Notes
  1. In isolation, Brown is pronounced [ˈbɾawn].

References
  1. 湖南湘涛无缘哥伦比亚球星 签洪都拉斯现役国脚 (in Chinese)
  2. 王佳玉任意球建功王琛补时绝杀 湖南主场2-1东亚(in Chinese)
  3. El Alajuelense está interesado en Mitchel Brown - Diez (in Spanish)
  4. Kerpo de León: “Tuve miedo de morir ” - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  5. Comisión de Disciplina cita a Mitchel Brown - La Prensa (in Spanish)
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