ahead of an Old Firm match later that month. Brown was subsequently nominated for the 2021 FIFA Fair Play Award. Personal life Brown's younger sister Fiona died of skin cancer in May 2008, aged 21. He suffered this loss only two weeks after Celtic first team coach Tommy Burns had died of the same illness. Brown has a tattoo on his right forearm with his sister's dates of birth and death; he later had words from a well-known funeral poem tattooed next to this. Brown married Lisa Taylor in June 2009, in a small ceremony in Cyprus. As of May 2021, the couple have three sons, named Sonny, Kit and Shay. Soon after signing for Celtic, Brown purchased a house in the Cramond area of Edinburgh for £1.475 million. He made the house available for sale in August 2012. Brown has been an Ambassador for the Homeless World Cup since 2014. Career statistics Club International Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Brown goal. Managerial record Honours Hibernian Scottish League Cup: 2006–07 Celtic Scottish Premiership (10): 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 2018–19, 2019–20 Scottish Cup (6): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 Scottish League Cup (6): 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 Individual PFA Scotland Team of the Year (Premiership) (6): 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 SFWA Young Player of the Year: 2006–07 PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year: 2008–09, 2017–18 SFWA Footballer of the Year: 2017–18 Scotland national football team roll of honour: 2016 See also List of footballers in Scotland by number of league appearances (500+) List of Scotland national football team captains References External links Homeless World Cup Ambassador Profile Living people 1985 births People from Hill of Beath People educated at Beath High School Footballers from Fife Association football midfielders Celtic F.C. players Hibernian F.C. players Scotland B international footballers Scotland international footballers Scotland under-21 international footballers Scotland youth international footballers Scottish footballers Scottish Premier League players Scottish Professional Football League players Association football coaches Aberdeen F.C. players Scottish football managers Fleetwood Town F.C. managers English Football League managers