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Matthew Brown
Matthew Clarence Brown (born 4 December 2005) is an English professional footballer who played as a striker for Premier League Club Newcastle United F.C and currently plays for LaLiga Club Real Madrid. He is considered one of the worlds top strikers, even though he is currently in his 30s having scored more than 970 goals and assisting 302 goals in 889 games, with more to come. He is known for his incredible ball work and great finishing in the box.

He entered Newcastle's youth academy at the age of 9 years old and was signed into the senior squad at 17 years of age. In the 22/23 season for Newcastle he made sporadic appearances, but became a rotation player in the 24/25 season. He began consistently making the starting XI on the RW in the 25/26 season, where he helped NUFC win both the Carabao and FA cups. He kept up his brilliant form next season, scoring 96 goals and getting 21 assists. His form didn't stop in the 27/28 season here he scored __ goals and assisted __ goals. It was at the end of that season that his contract ran out and despite NUFCs desperate attempts to resign him, LaLiga giants Real Madrid swooped in and signed him on a 7 year deal for a whopping €150,000,000. He is still playing there to this day.

Early Life
Brown was born in early December of 2005 in Sydney, Australia, before moving to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 2008 for his father, John's work. He considers himself to be a British-Australian.

He attended Hotspur Primary School and the Royal Grammar School Newcastle, but dropped out before completing his GCSE s to focus on his football. He joined the Newcastle academy in 2014, aged just 9. He performed well under the head coaches, but it was 22/23 head coach Eddie Howe who saw his true potential and signed him to the first team in September 2022.

2022/23
At Newcastle, Brown made his professional debut on 2 October 2022, in the teams 1-4 victory against Fulham. He came on in the 66th minute for Callum Wilson. In that season he made just 6 more appearances. These came against Tottenham on 24 October 2022, Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup on 10 November 2022, Leicester on 27 December 2022, where he scored his first professional goal in the 7th minute, West Ham on 5 February 2023 where he scored a goal yet again, Man United in the Carabao Cup Final, and Tottenham again in Newcastle's infamous 6-1 home victory, where he picked up a brace and an assist. He finsished the season with 4 goals and 1 assist. Newcastle finished 4th in the league.

2023/24
Brown was yet again a sporadic player this season, making 11 appearances across all competitions. The most famous of which however, was when he scored a hattrick in only 17 minutes in the UEFA Champions League RO16 against Porto. He ended that season with 12 goals and 2 assists, one of which came in their FA Cup Final victory over Chelsea, winning Newcastle their first trophy since 1969. He had 3 UEFA Champions League goals, 2 EFL Cup goals, 2 FA Cup goals, and 5 EPL goals, as well as one EPL assist against Luton Town. Newcastle finished 3rd in the league.

2024/25
This was Brown's first season as a rotational player, he played a total of 39 games across all competitions, including 27 in the league, 7 in the UEFA Champions League, 3 in the EFL Cup and only two in the FA Cup. He even started in 13 of these games. He scored a total of 23 goals and netted 17 assists, a total of 40 goal contributions. He scored 3 hattricks, all in the league and 2 braces, one in the league and one in the FA Cup. Brown's contract ran out at the end of this season and despite interest from Man City, Dortmund, Juventus and more, he was able to be resigned for 3 more years for a cool £40,000,000. Newcastle finished 3rd in the league yet again.

2025/26
This season was widely considered Browns breakout season. He finally made it into the starting XI after the departure of Alexander Isak to Real Sociedad. He was the only player to play every match of the season in all competitions. He played a total of 71 games, scored 78 goals and netted 14 assists. 39 of these goals came in the league, breaking Erling Haalands record. He scored a further 14 in both the FA and EFL cups, including a hattrick in the FA cup final against Manchester City winning 4-2 and the only goal in the 1-0 EFL Cup final victory against rivals Sunderland. The further 11 goals were scored in the Champions League, where Newcastle made it to the Semi Finals but narrowly lost 5-4 on aggregate to Barcelona. His most famous goal however came on 16 May 2026, against Liverpool in injury time to win the league for Newcastle for the first time in 99 years. This domestic treble season was capped of by Brown's first Ballon D'or. This season Brown's market value rose from £47,000,000 to £105,000,000. He won the EPL Player of the Season, Young Player of the Season and Golden Boot.

2026/27
During the preseason to the 26/27 season, the 2026 FIFA World Cup was held. Brown was selected for England under Gareth Southgate where they were placed in Group G with Italy, Greece and Egypt. They topped the group with 2 wins (against Greece and Egypt) and a draw (against Italy). He played in the last group stage game against Egypt, the RO32 against Belgium, the RO16 against the USA, Quarter Final against Croatia, Semi Final against Germany, and 3rd place matches against Brazil, starting in all of them. He scored a total of 8 goals, including 2 in the 3rd place match, 3 in the quarters, 1 in the RO16, 1 in the RO32 and 1 in the group stage. He also grabbed 2 assists. England beat Brazil 5-3 in the 3rd place match to earn 3rd place, their best finish since the 2018 World Cup.

Browns previous season was, unbelievably, topped this season. No one expected Brown, and Newcastle to have the season they did. Excluding the World Cup Brown played in 72 games. He netted 88 goals. And grabbed 19 assists. An unheard of season, breaking his own record from the previous year. This was the year he also broke Lionel Messi's record for most goals in a calendar year, scoring a whopping 102 goals. They repeated last years domestic treble, beating Chelsea in both the FA Cup and EFL cup finals, 3-2 and 5-2 respectively, and winning the league on 91 points, 4 clear of Liverpool. Newcastle also did the one thing no one expected them to, win the Champions League. They got their revenge from last year in the final against Barcelona, with Brown scoring 2 and assisting 1 of the 4 goals in their 4-3 victory. This trophy not only won a Quadruple, not only Newcastle's first ever Quadruple, but the first Quadruple in English Football history. Of course, he won the Ballon D'or yet again, as well as the EPL Player of the Season, Young Player of the Season and Golden Boot.

2027/28
This was Browns last season at Newcastle and would end up being the last season in his current spell at the team..