Roberto Ronaldo Brown Perea (born July 15, 1977) is a Panamanian former professional

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who played as a

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. He was appointed assistant manager of sports of the Municipality of Panama in May 2014.

Club career

Nicknamed ''el Bombardero'', Brown spent the majority of his early career playing for numerous teams in Central America and Europe. After leaving Panamanian team Ejecutivo Junior for Costa Rican side Cartaginés in 1996, he helped

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to the runner-up spot of the

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras Liga (Spanish and Portuguese: ''League'') or LIGA may refer to: Sports Basketball * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, women's professional basketball league in Spain Football Latin Amer ...

in 1999. In summer 1999 he crossed borders to play for Salvadoran side FAS, only to leave them after the season and joined Alianza in summer 2000.

Europe

After moving to play in Europe for

FC Sheriff Tiraspol Fotbal Club Sheriff Tiraspol (), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a professional football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnistria, that plays in the Liga, the top tier ...

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in 2002, won three consecutive Divizia Naţională titles, as well as the 2002

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, in which he scored Sheriff's second goal in the final against Nistru Otaci. In September 2004, Brown was snapped up by Austrian side

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. In August 2005, Brown joined Uruguayan giants

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football. The nam ...

and in August 2006 he made his debut for fellow Uruguayans

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. In 2007 Brown signed with the

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in the

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, and during his short tenure there tallied scored three goals in 13 games until eventually being released on July 12, 2007.

Montreal Impact

Brown signed with the Montreal Impact on July 30, 2007. He made his Impact debut on August 16 against the

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which he registered his first goal for the club in a 2–0 victory. For the remainder of the season he appeared in eight matches. In the playoffs Brown tallied one goal and one assist in the first game of the quarterfinal series against the

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on September 14. In the following season Brown missed a series of nine matches due to a thigh injury and a suspension. But from his return he recorded one goal and two assists on June 22 against the

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, the goal scored by Brown was the 300th Impact goal in history scored at home. In the Nutrilite Canadian Championship, Brown scored two goals and most notably the tying goal against

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on July 22 at

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that clinched the 2008 Nutrilite Canadian Championship for the Impact, and helped the club qualify to the

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. During the Impact tenure in the Champions League, Brown played a dominant role in scoring crucial goals for the Impact throughout the tournament. In total he scored four goals out of eight games and helped the Impact reach the quarterfinals before losing out to

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to 5–4 on aggregate. On January 12, 2009 the Montreal Impact announced the re-signing of Brown for the 2009 season. During the 2009 USL season Brown contributed by helping the Impact clinch a playoff spot under new head coach

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. He recorded his first playoff goal in the semifinal match against

. The match resulted in 2–1 victory for the Impact, and allowing the Impact to advance to the finals by winning their second match on aggregate. Montreal would advance on to the finals where their opponents would end up being the

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, thus marking the first time in USL history where the final match would consist of two Canadian clubs. On October 17, 2009 in the second game of finals Brown scored the third and final goal for the Impact, therefore winning the match and claiming Montreal's third USL Championship. Brown had come to terms with Montreal to extend his contract for another year. On July 12, 2010 the Montreal Impact released Brown. He later played for

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side

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and

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where he came out an early retirement in June 2013 for another season at the club. He retired in November 2013.

International career

Brown made his debut for the

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in January 2000 against

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, immediately making an impact by scoring a goal. He earned a total of 54 caps, scoring 16 goals and represented his country in 17

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matches and played at the

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. His final international was a January

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match against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.''

Honours

Montreal Impact *

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Panama *

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runner-up:

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References

External links

*
Montreal Impact bio

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