Brandon Lauton

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Brandon Lauton
Personal information
Full name Brandon Lauton
Date of birth (2000-03-03) 3 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Durban, South Africa [1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back / Right-wing [2] [3]
Team information
Current team
 Preston Lions
Youth career
2017–2021 Melbourne Victory
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016 Ballarat Red Devils 2 (0)
2017–2021 Melbourne Victory NPL 63 (5)
2019–2021 Melbourne Victory 24 (0)
2022–2023 Hume City 40 (4)
2023– Preston Lions 26 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 February 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 August 2019

Brandon Lauton (born 3 March 2000), is a South African-Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Preston Lions. [4]

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Personal life

He moved to Australia at the age of 2. Lauton has two younger brothers, Jordan and Leighton, who are also footballers; [5] the latter currently plays for the Western United NPL3 squad. [6]

Career

On 7 August 2019, he made his professional debut for Melbourne Victory against Newcastle Jets in the 2019 FFA Cup. During the off-season following the 2020–21 A-League season, Lauton was released by Melbourne Victory and during the pre-season trialled with Western United and Hume City. [7] [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ Lynch, Michael (8 August 2019). "Victory youngsters provide positives out of FFA Cup loss". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "Broxham praises 'fantastic' Lauton". Melbourne Victory FC. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. ↑ Lynch, Michael (7 August 2019). "Victory crash out of FFA Cup after blowing two-goal lead against Jets". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Welcome to Preston, Brandon Lauton". Facebook . 17 December 2023.
  5. ↑ O'Connor, Tim (13 January 2020). "Lauton brothers off to trial with Perth Glory". The Courier. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "WESTERN UNITED NPL TEAMS 2021". Western United FC. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  7. ↑ @joeylynchy (11 September 2021). "Brandon Lauton trialling with Western United" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ↑ @TomWilliamsPol (11 September 2021). "It appears that Melbourne Victory have released Brandon Lauton and that he is now on trial with Western United" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ @neal_symons (30 October 2021). "Brandon Lauton has lined up for Hume City against the Melbourne Victory in a pre-FFA Cup friendly after recently being on trial for Western United" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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