Charlie Austin

Charlie Austin is the kind of footballer I instinctively root for. Released by Reading as a youth, he clawed up through non-league football, scored prolifically for Poole Town, got picked up by Swindon, and eventually reached the Premier League purely on graft. At 188 cm he was a proper old-school target man with a real instinct for goal. There is something moving about seeing him now back playing for a club in his hometown of Hungerford, where it all started. His career is the unglamorous, grass-roots version of the football dream, and I find that far more compelling than any academy fairy tale.

Name (English)

Charlie Austin

Name (Japanese)

チャーリー・オースティン

Reading

ちゃーりー・おーすてぃん

Born

July 5, 1989 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

Origin

Hungerford, United Kingdom

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/charlie_austin89/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Austin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211581

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-18

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