Jason Brown

Charlton Athletic

Brown began his career playing youth football as a defender for Fisher Athletic before converting to a goalkeeper at the age of 14. He later played one season for Sydenham, winning a local league and cup double. During this season the side conceded just four goals during their campaign, with him featuring alongside Anwar Uddin and Terrell Forbes. His performances attracted the attention of several London based clubs, including Fulham and Queens Park Rangers. He eventually signed for Charlton Athletic after two of his friends also joined up with the club. Brown struggled as an apprentice during his first season at The Valley, suffering home sickness and later rupturing his hamstring. This injury kept him out of the team for several months but he was able to return to action the following year after training alongside first team goalkeeper Mike Salmon. In his second year at the club he was more successful, as he became a regular in the club's academy teams and with the first team he trained one-on-one with new signing Dean Kiely. Charlton coach Gary Stevens later told Brown that "a year ago you were a waste of space, but you've come on and proved a lot of people wrong". At the end of his apprenticeship, Brown was offered a one-year professional contract with the club for the 2000–01 season. However, he struggled to make an impact on the squad with four other senior goalkeepers in the team. As so he entered into talks with club manager Alan Curbishley…

Born in England, Brown qualified to play for Wales due to a Welsh-born grandmother. Brown's first cap for Wales Under-21s came in a 2–1 defeat to Finland in a 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championships qualifying group stage game. In 2003 Brown was named as Young Welsh Footballer of the Year by the FAW. Brown was first named in the senior Wales squad for friendlies against a Basque XI and Trinidad & Tobago in May 2006, although he ended up pulling out of the first match due to the birth of his first child. He made his senior debut in the friendly against Trinidad and Tobago on 27 May 2006, in a 2–1 victory for Wales. He gained his second cap later on in the year, when Wales took on European minnows Liechtenstein, keeping a clean sheet in a 4–0 victory. Brown would then wait another six years for his third and final senior cap which came in Chris Coleman's first game in charge as Wales manager. The game ended in a 2–0 defeat against Mexico with goals from Aldo de Nigris either side of half-time.

Brown retired from playing at the end of the 2014–15 season to take up the goalkeeping coach position at former club Gillingham in the summer of 2015. However, he left the club soon after to assume the role of a goalkeeping coach at Arsenal Ladies. This was followed by a move to Thai side Air Force Central as goalkeeping coach. He became caretaker manager in June 2018, after the resignation of Andrew Ord. The appointment was made permanent shortly afterwards, with Brown signing a contract until 2019, but he was unable to prevent the team's relegation to Thai League 2. He had previously worked as a goalkeeping coach with the Bangladesh and Vietnam national teams.

Born in Bermondsey in Southwark, England, Brown attended Riverside Primary School and Deptford Green School as a youngster.