Steve Brown (footballer, born 1973)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{for|similarly named people|Stephen Brown (disambiguation)|Steve Brown (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Steve Brown

| image =

| fullname = Steven Robert Brown

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1973|12|06}}

| birth_place = Southend-on-Sea, England

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1989–1992

| youthclubs1 = Southend United

| years1 = 1992–1993

| years2 = 1993–1994

| years3 = 1994–1995

| years4 = 1995–1998

| years5 = 1998–1999

| years6 = 1999–2001

| clubs1 = Southend United

| clubs2 = Colchester United

| clubs3 = Gillingham

| clubs4 = Lincoln City

| clubs5 = Macclesfield Town

| clubs6 = Dover Athletic

| caps1 = 10

| caps2 = 62

| caps3 = 9

| caps4 = 72

| caps5 = 2

| caps6 = 57

| goals1 = 2

| goals2 = 17

| goals3 = 2

| goals4 = 8

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 12

| club-update = 00:14, 12 May 2011

}}

Steven Robert Brown (born 6 December 1973) is an English former professional footballer. Born in Southend-on-Sea, he played for Southend United, Colchester United, Gillingham, Lincoln City and Macclesfield Town between 1992 and 1999 and made over 150 appearances in The Football League.[https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=1064 Soccerbase]

He started his career at his home town club Southend United but he was released in May 1993 and moved to their Essex rivals Colchester United, where he became the club's top scorer in the 1993–94 season. In March 1995 he moved to Gillingham in a swap with Robbie Reinelt. He did not get to play regularly for the club, however, and in 1995 he moved to Lincoln City where he stayed till 1998. After a brief stay at Macclesfield Town, he moved to Dover Athletic in 1999, helping the club to a 6th-place finish in the Conference.