Brandon Austin

Brandon Austin
Austin with Tottenham Hotspur in 2019
Personal information
Full name Brandon Anthony Austin[1]
Date of birth (1999-01-08) 8 January 1999 (age 25)
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

Tottenham Hotspur

After being released from Chelsea as a schoolboy, Austin joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2015. In his first 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

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

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]

International career

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

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

As of 7 July 2021[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
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
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy

References

  1. ^ "2022/23 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Orlando City SC Acquires American Goalkeeper Brandon Austin". Orlando City SC. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "The continued improvement of young Spurs goalkeeper Brandon Austin". superhotspur. 26 October 2018.
  4. ^ "U.S. U-18 Brandon Austin relishing chance at preseason with Tottenham first team". SBI Soccer. 26 July 2017.
  5. ^ George-Miller, Dustin (19 July 2017). "Tottenham release traveling squad for International Champions Cup in USA". Cartilage Free Captain.
  6. ^ Gold, Alasdair (19 October 2019). "Who is Brandon Austin? Everything you need to know about the keeper on the bench". Football.London.
  7. ^ "Spurs v Watford, 2019/20 | Premier League". www.premierleague.com.
  8. ^ "New contract for Austin". Tottenham Hotspur. 10 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Orlando City acquires goalkeeper Brandon Austin on loan from Tottenham". Orlando Sentinel.
  10. ^ "Viborg loan for Austin". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Toronto vs Orlando 06-19-2021 | MLSsoccer.com". MLSsoccer.
  12. ^ "Orlando vs San Jose 06-22-2021 | MLSsoccer.com". MLSsoccer.
  13. ^ a b "Brandon Austin – Soccerway profile". Soccerway.
  14. ^ "ORLvsATL 07-30-2021". MLSsoccer.
  15. ^ "Goalkeeper Brandon Austin Returns to Tottenham Hotspur". www.orlandocitysc.com. 31 July 2021.
  16. ^ "U.S. U-18 Brandon Austin relishing chance at preseason with Tottenham first team". SBI Soccer. 26 July 2017.
  17. ^ a b "Brandon Austin Profile". Tottenham Hotspur.
  18. ^ "Aidy Boothroyd picks his MU21s squad to play Slovenia and Austria this month". www.thefa.com.
  19. ^ "Neville Austin". Dave Owen Basketball.
  20. ^ "Towers powered into final by Austin". The Independent. 23 October 2011.
  21. ^ "Towers' strength in defence keeps grip on trophy". The Times. 3 March 1997.

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