Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Oxford United.
Injury-affected season
Missed 7 of Oxford United's ~46 games this season through 7 injury absences (knee, injured). He still appeared 37 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 37 | 3 | 1 | 3326 | 6.95 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7 |
Scout report
C. Brown is a 28-year-old central defender at Oxford United, rated 51.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 296th of 493 on scout potential in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (94.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.27 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Brown.
Judged on this season alone, Brown graded 29 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 37th of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship, on 6 clean sheets and 3.274 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 37 → 29). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 52, 46th of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship. At 28 Brown is in his prime years, and a market index of 14.3 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Brown missed 7 games through injury (knee, injured) out of roughly 46 this season. The 37 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Oxford United finished 22nd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
3.27 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 37 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (22nd of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 94.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Watch points
- Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.
Outlook
With a Rating of 51.6, Brown carries the 46th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship of 82, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Oxford United finished 22nd of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.27 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years). Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
