# Declan Browne

Declan Browne (born 16 June 1978) is an Irish Gaelic football coach and player who competed at inter-county level for Tipperary for 11 years. He currently plays his club football for Moyle Rovers. He represented Ireland against Australia in the 2003 and 2004 International Rules series.

## Playing career

Browne made his championship debut in 1996 in a Munster championship game against Kerry. Browne received Tipperary's first football All-Star in 1998 when he was picked at corner-forward after leading the Tipperary team to the Munster Football Final. Browne won his second All-Star award in 2003. He has won seven Tipperary Senior Football Championship medals with his club, Moyle Rovers. He won a Munster Minor Football Championship medal in 1995, a Munster and All Ireland Minor Hurling medal in 1996 and a Munster U-21 Hurling medal in 1999 as well as a McGrath Cup medal in 2003 and was awarded the Munster footballer of the year award for that same year. He also won 2 Fitzgibbon Cup medals. Browne captained Tipperary to win the 2005 Tommy Murphy Cup. In 2007, he announced his retirement from the inter-county scene, following Tipperary's defeat by Clare in the Tommy Murphy Cup.

## Management

Browne took over as the manager of the Tipperary Under-21 Football team in September 2016. His first game in charge was against Limerick on 8 March 2017 in the Munster Under-21 Football Championship which Tipperary lost 0–14 to 0–16.
In January 2021, Browne joined the Tipperary senior football management team as the forwards coach.

## Career Statistics

| Team | Year | National League | National League | National League | Munster | Munster | All-Ireland | All-Ireland | Total | Total |
| Team | Year | Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score |
| Tipperary | 1996 | Division 4 | | | 1 | 0-00 | - | - | 1 | 0-00 |
| Tipperary | 1997 | Group D | | | 3 (?) | 1-10 | - | - | 3 | 1-10 |
| Tipperary | 1998 | Division 2 Group B | | | 4 | 2-29 | - | - | 4 | 2-29 |
| Tipperary | 1999 | Division 2 Group B | | | 1 | 0-04 | - | - | 1 | 0-04 |
| Tipperary | 2000 | Not played | | | 1 | 0-08 | - | - | 1 | 0-08 |
| Tipperary | 2001 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tipperary | 2002 | Division 2 Group B | | | 4 | 2-20 | 1 | 0-07 | 5 | 2-27 |
| Tipperary | 2003 | Division 2 Group B | | | 2 | 1-16 | 2 | 1-18 | 4 | 2-34 |
| Tipperary | 2004 | Division 2 Group B | 6 | 2-48 | 1 | 1-03 | - | - | 7 | 3-51 |
| Tipperary | 2005 | Division 2 Group B | 4 | 0-07 | 1 | 0-09 | 1 | 1-02 | 6 | 1-18 |
| Tipperary | 2006 | Division 2 Group B | 7 | 2-31 | 1 | 0-05 | 1 | 0-04 | 9 | 2-40 |
| Tipperary | 2007 | Division 2 Group B | | | 1 | 0-05 | - | - | 1 | 0-05 |
| Total | Total | Total | | | 20 | 7-109 | 5 | 2-31 | 25 | 9-141 |

## Honours
### Moyle Rovers

* 7 Tipperary Senior Football Championship 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2007 2009
* 2 Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship 1998 2007

### Tipperary

* 1 Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship
* 1 Munster Minor Hurling Championship 1996
* 1 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 1996
* 1 Munster Minor Football Championship 1995
* 1 McGrath Cup 2003
* 1 Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship 2000
* 1 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship 2000
* 1 Tommy Murphy Cup 2005
* 1 Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship 1999

### Waterford Institute of Technology

* 2 Fitzgibbon Cup 1999 2000

### Munster

* 1 Railway Cup 1999

### Individual

* 2 All Stars Awards 1998 2003