Rachel Brown was born on 2 July 1980 and is an English former football goalkeeper who played for Liverpool from 1995 to 1998 and Everton from 2003 until 2014.
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A product of the American college system, Brown spent five years playing varsity soccer for Alabama Crimson Tide and Pittsburgh Panthers.
She also spent the 2003 season on loan in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild, playing for ÍBV.

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Since making her debut for the England women’s national football team in 1997, Brown won over 80 caps.
She understudied Pauline Cope in her first years with the national team, then served as England’s first-choice goalkeeper at the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup and UEFA Women’s Euro 2009.
Due to injuries, Brown was displaced from the team by Karen Bardsley for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
She was also selected in the Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics. Brown was the goalkeeper on Channel Five’s Superstars and is employed by Everton FC’s Community Project.
Outside of football, she married professional golf caddie Ian Finnis in 2013 and has since been known as Rachel Brown-Finnis.
Who is Rachel on BT Sports?
Having retired in 2015, Rachel – who earned 82 caps for England having made her first appearance as a 17-year-old – has since forged a career in the media, appearing on the BBC and on BT Sport’s coverage of the Women’s Super League, and has watched the sport to which she has dedicated her life blossom in the past two decades.
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Who is Rachel former England player?
Rachel is a former goalkeeper who has played for England on more than 80 occasions, and at club level played for top WSL sides, Liverpool Women and Everton Women. In 1995, Rachel signed for Liverpool Women, just after she turned 15.
Who did Rachel Brown play for?
Rachel played for Liverpool in her early football career before moving to the United States for five years, playing varsity soccer for Alabama Crimson Tide and Pittsburgh Panthers, before moving back to England to join Everton in 2003 where she stayed for eleven seasons until 2014.


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