Rachel Brown

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Rachel Brown
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Personnel
Surname Rachel Laura Brown-Finnis
birthday 2nd July 1980
place of birth Burnley ,  England
position goal
Juniors
Years station
Accrington Stanley LFC
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
1995-1998 Liverpool Ladies FC
1998-2000 University of Alabama 41 (0)
2000-2003 Pittsburgh Panthers
2003 Everton LFC
2003 ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar 10 (0)
2003-2014 Everton LFC
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
1997-2013 England 82 (0)
2012 Team GB 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of May 4, 2007

2 As of June 26, 2013

Rachel Laura Brown-Finnis (born Rachel Laura Brown on July 2, 1980 in Burnley ) is a former English soccer player . The goalkeeper last played for the English club Everton and the English national team , of which she is the record goalkeeper.

Career

After a long break from injury, Brown played in the national team against Sweden in the last game of Euro 2005 . Brown matured as a soccer student in the United States , playing for Panthers at the University of Pittsburgh , where she was regularly the best goalkeeper in the Eastern Conference. A highlight of her career was taking part in the FA Women's Cup final with Liverpool FC at the age of 15 . Brown played for the England women's national team in all qualifying games for participation in the 2007 World Cup . In April 2007 she was nominated for the game of the “FIFA Women's World Stars” against the Chinese women's national soccer team on the occasion of the group draw for the 2007 World Cup and came on as a substitute for the second half. In 2009 she reached the final of the European Championship with England , in which she was defeated by Germany 2-6. Even if it was no longer used in 2011, it was nominated for the 2011 World Cup , but was not used there either. Brown was also in the squad for Team GB that took part in the London Olympics. She was used on July 19, 2012 in the friendly against Sweden , but not at the Olympic Games where her team was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Canada .

Private

She is married to professional golfer Ian Finnis .

successes

  • English Cup Winner: 2010
  • English league cup winner: 2008

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Match Report FIFA Women's World Stars - China PR 2: 3 (2: 2)
  2. ↑ TheFA.com: Powell names World Cup squad
  3. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: Jakobsson på topp mot Stor Great Britain
personal data
SURNAME Brown, Rachel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brown-Finnis, Rachel Laura (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd July 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Burnley