Charlie Austin
Charlie Austin | ||
Personnel | ||
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Surname | Charles Austin | |
birthday | 5th July 1989 | |
place of birth | Hungerford , England | |
size | 188 cm | |
position | striker | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
Reading FC | ||
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
2006-2007 | Kintbury Rangers | 27 (20) |
2007-2008 | Hungerford Town | 30 | (5)
2008 | Thatcham Town | |
2008-2009 | Poole Town | 42 (48) |
2009-2011 | Swindon Town | 54 (31) |
2011-2013 | Burnley FC | 82 (41) |
2013-2016 | Queens Park Rangers | 85 (46) |
2016-2019 | Southampton FC | 71 (16) |
2019– | West Bromwich Albion | 9 | (1)
1 Only league games are given. Status: October 23, 2019 |
Charles "Charlie" Austin (born July 5, 1989 in Hungerford ) is an English football player who has been under contract with West Bromwich Albion since 2019 .
Player career
Swindon Town (2009-2011)
Charlie Austin, who was previously active for various amateur clubs, moved to English third division club Swindon Town on July 1, 2009 and signed a contract until the end of the season. After his convincing performance, the club provided him with a new two and a half year contract on February 2, 2010. In the Football League One 2009/10 Austin scored twenty league goals and reached the play-offs with Swindon as fifth. After a first round success over Charlton Athletic , he failed with his team in the final in Wembley with 0-2 at Millwall FC .
Burnley FC (2011-2013)
On January 28, 2011, Charlie Austin was signed by the second division Burnley FC . After four league appearances in February 2011, he suffered a shoulder injury in training and was out until the end of the season. In the championship season 2011/12 Austin scored sixteen league goals, but missed the hoped-for play-off entry with Burnley. In the course of the 2012/13 season he was able to increase his hit rate with 24 hits.
Queens Park Rangers (2013-2016)
For the 2013/14 season Austin moved to the Premier League relegated Queens Park Rangers . With Queens Park, the attacker, who scored 17 goals in 31 games, reached fourth place and thus the play-offs for promotion.
Southampton FC (2016-2019)
In January 2016 he moved to the first division club Southampton FC . He signed a contract valid until June 2020. A year before the end of his contract in Southampton, Austin moved to West Bromwich Albion in August 2019 for a transfer fee of four million pounds .
Web links
- Charlie Austin in the soccerbase.com database
- Charlie Austin in the database of weltfussball.de
- Charlie Austin in the database of transfermarkt.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Striker Charlie Austin commits future to Swindon Town (BBC Sport)
- ↑ Play-Off Final 2010 (BBC Sport)
- Jump up ↑ Swindon Town striker Charlie Austin joins Burnley (BBC Sport)
- ↑ Burnley midfielder eyeing return after injury (BBC Sport)
- ↑ Saints complete signing of Austin saintsfc.co.uk (English), January 16, 2016, accessed January 16, 2016
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Austin, Charlie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Austin, Charles |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th July 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hungerford , UK |