Thabiso Nelson Brown (born 3 October 1995) is a

Mosotho The Sotho (), also known as the Basotho (), are a Sotho-Tswana peoples, Sotho-Tswana ethnic group indigenous to Southern Africa. They primarily inhabit the regions of Lesotho, South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. The ancestors of the Sotho peo ...

professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Lesotho national team.

Club career

In April 2023, Thabiso joined

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club Dandong Tengyue. On 20 February 2024, Thabiso joined fellow

club Jiangxi Lushan. On 7 February 2025, Brown made his debut for

club

in a 2–1 loss against

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International career

Youth

Thabiso was the top scorer of the

2015 African U-20 Championship qualification The qualification phase of the 2015 African U-20 Championship decided the participating teams of the final tournament. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament, to be hosted by Senegal. Qualification ties were played on a home-and ...

. He scored 5 goals in 4 matches for the Lesotho national under-20 team.

Senior

Thabiso made his international debut for

Lesotho Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho and formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Entirely surrounded by South Africa, it is the largest of only three sovereign enclave and exclave, enclaves in the world, t ...

against

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in a 4–0 loss in the

2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches determined the participating teams for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. A total of 16 teams competed in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Prior to November 2014, it was expected that Morocco woul ...

. On 4 July 2015, he scored his first international goal against

Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...

in a 1–1 draw in the

2016 African Nations Championship qualification The 2016 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's association football, football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their countr ...

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Lesotho score listed first, score column indicates score after each Brown goal''

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Thabiso Living people Men's association football forwards Lesotho men's footballers Lesotho men's international footballers 1995 births People from Mohale's Hoek District Lesotho expatriate men's footballers Gokulam Kerala FC players Bolivian Primera División players I-League players Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Lesotho men's under-20 international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in China Dandong Tengyue F.C. players Jiangxi Lushan F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in India