Brandon Anthony Austin (born 8 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He has represented the United States at youth international level.
After playing with Watford 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 travelling 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 travelled 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]
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]
On January 22, 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 July 30 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]
On May 28, 2024, Austin signed a new long-term contract.[16] On January 4, 2025, after nine years at the club, Austin made his first team debut for Tottenham, starting against Newcastle United in the Premier League, which ended in a 2–1 defeat with Austin being awarded man of the match.[17][18][19]
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.[20] 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.[21][22]
Austin was born in Hemel Hempstead and attended Cavendish School.[21] Austin's father is former England international basketball player Neville Austin,[23] an integral part of the 1996–97 BBL winning London Towers team.[24][25]
| 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 | ||
| 2023–24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25[26] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26[27] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Viborg FF (loan) | 2019–20 | Danish 1st Division | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Orlando City (loan) | 2021 | MLS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
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