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Darren Brownlie
Scottish footballer
Darren Brownlie (born 10 April 1994) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a centre-back for League of Ireland Premier Division side Dundalk. He previously played for Ayr United, Cowdenbeath, Queen of the South and Partick Thistle over two spells.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Ayr United | 14 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Partick Thistle | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Cowdenbeath (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Cowdenbeath | 23 | (1) |
| 2015–2020 | Queen of the South | 122 | (4) |
| 2020–2023 | Partick Thistle | 47 | (1) |
| 2023 | Dundalk | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:28, 5 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Ayr United
Born in Bellshill, Brownlie started his career at Ayr United. Brownlie debuted for the Honest Men on 8 July 2012 in the first round of the Scottish Challenge Cup, playing the full match of a 3–1 defeat, away to East Stirlingshire.[2] Two weeks later, Brownlie made his first Scottish Football League appearance, playing the full match in a 1–1 Scottish Division Two draw with Stenhousemuir at Somerset Park.[3] In the last of his 16 league games that season, a 2–1 loss at Forfar Athletic, Brownlie was sent off after two bookings, the first for conceding a penalty kick, with a foul on Chris Templeman and the second for dissent after the referee's decision to award the spot kick.[4]
Partick Thistle and Cowdenbeath
In August 2013, Brownlie joined Partick Thistle. Brownlie scored in a 4–0 win over Falkirk for the Firhill club's under-20's that month[5] but did not make a senior appearance and was loaned out to Scottish Championship club Cowdenbeath on 17 January 2014 for the remainder of that season.[6] Brownlie made 11 league appearances for the Blue Brazil and also played their four play-off matches as they retained their status in the second tier of Scottish football, with victories over former club Ayr United and Dunfermline Athletic respectively.[7]
At that end of the season Brownlie joined Cowdenbeath on a permanent deal.[8] Brownlie played 23 league games in a season which ended in relegation, although Brownlie did manage to score his first senior career goal on 14 February 2015, away to Dumbarton in a match the Blue Brazil won 2–1.[9]
Queen of the South
On 17 June 2015, Brownlie returned to the Scottish Championship, after signing for Queen of the South. The Queens manager at that time, James Fowler, had been a team-mate of Brownlie's at Central Park, in a loan spell in Fife in 2014 from parent club Kilmarnock.[10]
On 28 April 2018, Brownlie extended his contract to remain with the Doonhamers until the end of the 2018-19 season.[11]
Before the start of the 2018-19 season, Brownlie picked up an injury that kept him out of the first-team squad at Palmerston until February 2019.
On 26 February 2019, Brownlie started his first match of the 2018-19 season, in a 1-0 defeat at Cappielow versus Greenock Morton.[12]
On 23 May 2019, Brownlie extended his contract with Queens until the end of the 2019-20 season.[13]
On 5 October 2019, Brownlie scored the winning goal in the Doonhamers 1-0 win versus Partick Thistle at Firhill Stadium in the 60th minute.[14]
Return to Partick Thistle
During December 2019, Brownlie signed a pre-contract to join Partick Thistle during the 2020 close season, although on 27 January 2020, Brownlie departed the Doonhamers and signed a two-and-a-half year contract with Thistle for an undisclosed fee before the end of the January 2020 transfer window.[15]
Following winning the League One title with Thistle, Brownlie added an extra year on to his contract with the club.[16]
Brownlie scored his first Thistle goal in a 4-1 defeat in the Scottish Cup to Premiership side Aberdeen.[17]
Brownlie scored his first league goal for Thistle, opening the scoring in a 2-2 draw away to Raith Rovers on the final league game of the 2022/23 season.[18]
Following Partick Thistle’s premiership play off final defeat on penalties to Ross County Brownlie left Thistle.[19]
Dundalk
On 6 July 2023, Brownlie signed for League of Ireland Premier Division side Dundalk.[20]
Club
- Partick Thistle
- "Darren Brownlie". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- "Ramsdens Cup: East Stirlingshire 3–1 Ayr United". BBC Sport. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- "McMillan to to(sic) the rescue". Scottish Professional Football League. 11 August 2012. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- "Forfar Athletic 2–1 Ayr United: Forfar secure play-off berth". STV Sport. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- "Brownlie settles in at Thistle". Scottish Professional Football League. 15 August 2013. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- "Partick Thistle: St Mirren's Lee Mair switches to Firhill". BBC Sport. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- Burns, Cheri (18 May 2014). "Dunfermline 0–3 Cowdenbeath". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- "Cowdenbeath will have full-time element for new campaign". Central Fife Times. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
- "Dumbarton 1–2 Cowdenbeath". BBC Sport. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- "Queen of the South recruit three young players". BBC Sport. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- "QosFC: Manager Thanks Players As Rebuild Begins". www.qosfc.com. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- "QoS : Report - Greenock Morton 26.2.19". www.qosfc.com. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- "QosFC: Brownlie Signs Up". www.qosfc.com. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- "Queens inflict defeat on McCall's home bow". Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "QosFC: Brownlie Joins Thistle". www.qosfc.com. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- "Partick Thistle seal League 1 title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- Darren Brownlie at Soccerbase