Brandon Austin | |
Full Name: | Brandon Anthony Austin[1] |
Birth Date: | 8 January 1999 |
Birth Place: | Hemel Hempstead, England |
Height: | 1.88m (06.17feet) |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Currentclub: | Tottenham Hotspur |
Clubnumber: | 40 |
Youthclubs1: | Chelsea |
Youthyears2: | 2015–2019 |
Youthclubs2: | Tottenham Hotspur |
Years1: | 2019– |
Clubs1: | Tottenham Hotspur |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2019 |
Clubs2: | → Viborg FF (loan) |
Caps2: | 14 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2021 |
Clubs3: | → Orlando City (loan) |
Caps3: | 5 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
Nationalteam1: | United States U18 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Brandon Anthony Austin (born 8 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Tottenham Hotspur.
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.[2]
After traveling with the Spurs first-team during the team's 2017 preseason tour of the United States,[3] [4] he made the permanent step up to under-23 level for the 2017–18 season.[2] 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.[2]
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.[5] [6] He signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with Spurs in December 2019.[7]
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.[8]
Austin spent the second half of the 2019–20 season on loan to Danish second-tier side Viborg FF,[9] appearing in 14 games and recording one clean sheet.[10]
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.[10] 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. 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.[13] The following day it was announced Austin had returned to Tottenham following the conclusion of his initial six-month loan contract.[14]
Austin recently signed a new long term contract expecting to be promoted to number 2 behind Guglielmo Vicario.
Austin is eligible to represent England, the United States and the US Virgin Islands.[2] In April 2017, he made his debut for the United States under-18 against Slovakia in the Slovakia Cup.[15] In the same year he was named as the England under-19 standby goalkeeper for that summer's European championships.[2] He earned his first call-up to the England under-21 team in October 2019.[16] [17]
Austin was born in Hemel Hempstead and attended Cavendish School.[16] Austin's father is former England international basketball player Neville Austin,[18] an integral part of the 1996–97 BBL winning London Towers team.[19] [20]
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 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
2018–19 | — | — | 2 | 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 |