Isaiah Brown

Isaiah " Izzy " Jay Brown ( * January 7, 1997 in Peterborough ) is an English footballer. The usable on various attacking positions Brown plays since 2013 in the junior area of Chelsea, primarily in the U-19 and U-21 team of the club.

Club career

Isaiah Brown was born in the beginning of 1997 in the English city of Peterborough United, where he lived until he moved to London and went to school. At the age of 13, he moved to the youth department of West Bromwich Albion and fought his way through the various academy teams surprised in the next higher age groups. At 15, he played mostly used for the U-21 division of his club and was doing it in more than half of the league matches of his team in the Professional Development League from the very beginning. Because of his performance, he was appointed to the senior squad the Baggies on March 2, 2013 for the game against Chelsea for the first time by coach Steve Clarke. In the case of the use he would have surpassed the existing since 2007 and prepared by Matthew Briggs record as the youngest player in the Premier League inserted at exactly eleven days. For such a use, it did not come, he sat a month later in the 1-2 home defeat against Arsenal again einsatzlos on the bench before him Clark, again a month later, at the game against Wigan Athletic for the first time in the Premier League began. In the 2:3 home defeat he was substituted off after 86 minutes of play for the Congolese team player Youssef Mulumbu and looked at minute 90 3 due to unsportsmanlike conduct is booked. At this time Brown was just 16 years and 117 days old, making him the second youngest used players in the Premier League behind the aforementioned Matthew Briggs. This year he was also elected WBA Academy Player of the Year.

Over time, more and more clubs courted the young offensive talent that can be used both in the storm as well as in midfield, primarily as a classic number 10, are used. In addition to the scouts of Arsenal FC and that of the local rivals Chelsea had his eye on the young players. After initially reported the media that a move to Chelsea was rejected, came soon after such but about. As an offer of £ 350,000 was considered to be too low, and therefore failed the first interview negotiations, the offer was increased by the Chelsea. The change was finally decided by a sports court. The end of November, finally demanded the Baggies £ 1.2 million for Isaiah Brown, who would be entitled at Chelsea until his birthday in January 2014 to sign a professional contract. Shortly after his move to the Blues showed Isaiah Brown of his offensive quality when he scored four goals in the first three games for the U-21 team. In addition, he succeeded on December 16, 2013 in a 5-0 away win over the U -21 Bolton Wanderers a hat-trick. He also participates with the U-19 team of the Chelsea Academy at the UEFA Youth League 2013 /14, which it so far (as of March 2, 2014), the team has managed easily to the quarter- finals and there in mid- March at the Youth of FC Schalke 04 hits. Also in League events occurs Brown frequently and for the U-19 Academy team to use more but for the U-21 team for which he is to date (as of March 2, 2014) to eleven league inserts, seven goals and three assists had brought.

National team career

As of 2012, Isaiah Brown first came to the U- 16 national team of his home country and completed it in February 2013, a total of two caps for England. During his last U-16 National team, a scarce 3:4 defeat to the age counterparts from Germany, he scored his only goal as a center forward for the team. Also starting in 2012, he was inducted into the U-17 national team of England and came for just this in March 2014 to a total of nine international appearances, in which he came three times to score. At the two far (as of March 2, 2014) recent international matches, a 8-0 success over Gibraltar and a 6-0 victory over Ireland in October 2013, Brown was a successful scorer in both games. After he could not participate Tournament U-17 on Nordic 2013, he was instead at the FA International Tournament in use and attended games in qualifying for the U-17 European Championship in 2014.