LONDON – Antigua and Barbuda winger Rhys Browne have joined English National League club Wealdstone on an initial one-year contract with an option for a second year.
Browne, 25, made one appearance on a short-term deal last season for Wealdstone – nicknamed the Stones – before joining Sutton United until the end of the campaign in the fifth tier.
Browne made 14 appearances to help Sutton win the National League title, guaranteeing them an automatic spot in League Two next season, and Hartlepool United, who beat Torquay United in Sunday’s play-off final to clinch the other place.
Wealdstone finished 19th of 22 last season.
A former youth-team player at Norwich City and Charlton Athletic, Browne spent the 2015–16 season with Aldershot Town in the National League before winning a move into the English Football League with Grimsby Town 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 – his late father Steve’s old club – in June 2017, before departing following the club’s relegation out of the Football League at the end of the 2018-19 season.
He remained in the Football League, however, signing with Port Vale in July 2019. He left the club in August 2020 before joining Sutton via Wealdstone in January.
UK-born Browne, who made his debut for Antigua and Barbuda in 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 4-1 defeat against St Lucia in a World Cup qualifier, notched his first international goal three years ago, opening the scoring in a 3-2 victory over Bermuda in a friendly.
His father died following a long battle with cancer in 2017, aged 52.
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