Brandon Austin
![]() Austin with Tottenham Hotspur in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Brandon Anthony Austin[1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 January 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Hemel Hempstead, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Number | 40 | ||
Youth career | |||
Chelsea | |||
2015–2019 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
2019 | → Viborg FF (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2021 | → Orlando City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
International career | |||
2017 | United States U18 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Brandon Anthony Austin (born 8 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
Club career
[edit]Tottenham Hotspur
[edit]After playing with Watford F.C. and Chelsea as a young child, Austin joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2007. In his first main year with the club he was limited to five appearances with the under-18 team. The following year he made 16 appearances, more than any other under-18 goalkeeper at the club during the 2016–17 season. In the same season he also made two appearances for the under-23 in the Premier League 2 and a further appearance in the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League.[3]
After traveling with the Spurs first-team during the team's 2017 preseason tour of the United States,[4][5] he made the permanent step up to under-23 level for the 2017–18 season.[3] During the season he made two appearances during the 2017–18 EFL Trophy against EFL clubs Luton Town and AFC Wimbledon and was a key part of the team's run to the 2017–18 UEFA Youth League quarter-finals before being eliminated by Monaco on penalties.[3]
During the 2019–20 season, Austin traveled with the first-team as the emergency third goalkeeper for a few weeks. He was named as a first-team substitute for the first time on 19 October 2019 for Spurs' Premier League match against Watford as a backup to Paulo Gazzaniga following an injury to Hugo Lloris and ahead of fellow academy team-mate Alfie Whiteman.[6][7] He signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with Spurs in December 2019.[8]
In total, Austin made 78 appearances in the Tottenham youth system, recording 12 clean sheets and captaining the club's under-19 side during the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League.[9]
Loan to Viborg FF
[edit]Austin spent the second half of the 2019–20 season on loan to Danish second-tier side Viborg FF,[10] appearing in 14 games and recording one clean sheet.[2]
Loan to Orlando City
[edit]On 22 January 2021, Austin was loaned to MLS side Orlando City SC ahead of the 2021 season for six months with an option to extend the loan another six months.[2] Having been an unused substitute in the first seven games of the season, Austin made his club debut on 19 June in a league game against Toronto FC in place of regular starter Pedro Gallese who was away on international duty at the 2021 Copa América. Orlando won the game 3–2.[11] He kept his first clean sheet in the following match, a 5–0 win over San Jose Earthquakes.[12] He played all five games during Gallese's absence, keeping one clean sheet and conceding eight goals.[13] With Gallese out injured, Austin was a substitute on 30 July behind Mason Stajduhar who was making his debut more than five years after signing with the club.[14] The following day it was announced Austin had returned to Tottenham following the conclusion of his initial six-month loan contract.[15]
Return to Spurs
[edit]Austin recently signed a new long term contract expecting to be promoted to number 2 behind Guglielmo Vicario.[citation needed]
International career
[edit]Austin is eligible to represent England, the United States and the US Virgin Islands.[3] In April 2017, he made his debut for the United States under-18 against Slovakia in the Slovakia Cup.[16] In the same year he was named as the England under-19 standby goalkeeper for that summer's European championships.[3] He earned his first call-up to the England under-21 team in October 2019.[17][18]
Personal life
[edit]Austin was born in Hemel Hempstead and attended Cavendish School.[17] Austin's father is former England international basketball player Neville Austin,[19] an integral part of the 1996–97 BBL winning London Towers team.[20][21]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 7 July 2021[13]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tottenham Hotspur U21 | 2017–18 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Viborg FF (loan) | 2019–20 | 1. Division | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
Orlando City (loan) | 2021 | MLS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
Career total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy
References
[edit]- ^ "2022/23 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Orlando City SC Acquires American Goalkeeper Brandon Austin". Orlando City SC. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "The continued improvement of young Spurs goalkeeper Brandon Austin". superhotspur. 26 October 2018.
- ^ "U.S. U-18 Brandon Austin relishing chance at preseason with Tottenham first team". SBI Soccer. 26 July 2017.
- ^ George-Miller, Dustin (19 July 2017). "Tottenham release traveling squad for International Champions Cup in USA". Cartilage Free Captain.
- ^ Gold, Alasdair (19 October 2019). "Who is Brandon Austin? Everything you need to know about the keeper on the bench". Football.London.
- ^ "Spurs v Watford, 2019/20 | Premier League". www.premierleague.com.
- ^ "New contract for Austin". Tottenham Hotspur. 10 December 2019.
- ^ "Orlando City acquires goalkeeper Brandon Austin on loan from Tottenham". Orlando Sentinel.
- ^ "Viborg loan for Austin". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Toronto vs Orlando 06-19-2021 | MLSsoccer.com". MLSsoccer.
- ^ "Orlando vs San Jose 06-22-2021 | MLSsoccer.com". MLSsoccer.
- ^ a b "Brandon Austin – Soccerway profile". Soccerway.
- ^ "ORLvsATL 07-30-2021". MLSsoccer.
- ^ "Goalkeeper Brandon Austin Returns to Tottenham Hotspur". www.orlandocitysc.com. 31 July 2021.
- ^ "U.S. U-18 Brandon Austin relishing chance at preseason with Tottenham first team". SBI Soccer. 26 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Brandon Austin Profile". Tottenham Hotspur.
- ^ "Aidy Boothroyd picks his MU21s squad to play Slovenia and Austria this month". www.thefa.com.
- ^ "Neville Austin". Dave Owen Basketball.
- ^ "Towers powered into final by Austin". The Independent. 23 October 2011.
- ^ "Towers' strength in defence keeps grip on trophy". The Times. 3 March 1997.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Profile at the Tottenham Hotspur F.C. website
- Brandon Austin at Soccerway
- Brandon Austin – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Hemel Hempstead
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Viborg FF players
- Orlando City SC players
- Danish 1st Division players
- Major League Soccer players
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- English expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- English people of American descent
- English people of United States Virgin Islands descent