Field Insider

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameJoshua Brownhill
PositionAttacking midfielder
NationalityEngland
Age30
Date of birth19 Dec 1995
BirthplaceWarrington
Height180 cm
Shirt number#8
ClubAl Shabab
Attacking midfielderalso played FWD
7
Appearances
1
Goals
2
Assists
630
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Al Shabab.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Pro League101907.2

Scout report

Project playerAttacking midfielder

J. Brownhill is a 30-year-old attacking midfielder at Al Shabab, rated 32.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 72nd of 118 on scout potential in the Pro League. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (80.2% of available minutes). He brings 0.26 goal contributions per 90 (0.18 goals, 0.07 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Brownhill.

Judged on this season alone, Brownhill graded 28 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 4th of 5 of the 5 attacking midfielders in the Pro League, on 5 goals and 2 assists in 30 appearances (0.257 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 44 → 44). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 33, 3rd of 5 of the 5 attacking midfielders in the Pro League. At 30 Brownhill is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
Read the full career report →

Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2021/22Stepped up 2023/24
32.9
Ratingi
3rd of 5 attacking midfielders
27.9
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
80.2%
Minutes
near ever-present
0.26
Goal contrib / 90
modest end product

Output in context · Al Shabab finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

30
Apps
5
Goals
2
Assists
7
G+A
0.17
Goals / app

5 goals in 30 appearances (0.17 per game), a meaningful share of the load for a lower-table side. Add 2 assists for 7 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 80.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Output. 0.26 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 32.9, Brownhill carries the 3rd-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Pro League of 5, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Al Shabab finished 13th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.26 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among attacking midfielders in the Pro League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals5

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles28
Interceptions38
Blocks8

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.