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 42 (4)
2024– Preston Lions 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2024
‡ 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]

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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.