Rhys Browne
British association football player (born 1995)
Stephen Rhys Browne (born 16 November 1995) is a footballer who plays for National League South club Chelmsford City. Able to play as a winger or striker, he has been capped by the Antigua and Barbuda national football team.
A former youth team player at Norwich City and Charlton Athletic, he also spent time on loan at Isthmian League side VCD Athletic. He won the FA Youth Cup and Norfolk Senior Cup with Norwich but did not play a first-team game for the "Canaries". He spent the 2015–16 season with Aldershot Town in the National League before winning a move into the English Football League with Grimsby Town in June 2016. From Grimsby, he was loaned out to Macclesfield Town and played on the losing side in the 2017 FA Trophy final. He joined Yeovil Town in June 2017 before departing following the club's relegation out of the Football League at the end of the 2018–19 season. However, he remained in the Football League, signing with Port Vale in July 2019. He left the club in August 2020 and joined Sutton United via Wealdstone in January 2021. Sutton went on to win promotion as National League champions at the end of the 2020–21 season.
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