Charlie Egan

Charlie Egan
Personal information
Date of birth	14 August 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Kilsyth, Scotland
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–81	Berwick Rangers
1981	Albion Rovers
1981	Frankston City
1982–87	South Melbourne
1988–90	Brunswick Juventus
International career‡
1982	Australia
1984	Australia B
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:57, 4 July 2009(EST); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:32, 22 August 2006 (EST)

Charles Egan (born 14 August 1959) is a former Australian international football player of Scottish heritage.

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He played in Scotland early in his career but moved to Australia to play for Frankston City in the Victorian State League. In 1981 Charlie Egan won the Victorian Rothmans Medal for being the Victorian State League Soccer Player of the Year. He scored 25 votes while playing for Frankston City that year, 2 ahead of Nelson from Sunshine.^[1]

He transferred to South Melbourne Hellas in 1982 where he made a household name for himself throughout Australia. Egan and his striking counterpart Doug Brown became a fiery force in the NSL for Hellas. He transferred to Brunswick Juventus later on. He played 19 matches for Australia and scored 5 goals.^[2]

In 2004, he was appointed coach of Altona East Phoenix in the Victorian State League Division 1, where he unsuccessfully guided them to 6th position. He took the coaching position at Altona City SC in 2005 and promoted the team into the Victorian State League Division 2 N/W. In 2006, he coached the team to 3rd position, narrowly missing out on a play-off final for promotion into Victorian State League Division 1.

South Melbourne

National Soccer League: 1984^[3]

Australia

Merlion Cup: 1982^[4]

Individual

NSL Top Goalscorer: 1985^[3]

[1]
The Age [I have the clipping but it lacks a date]. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
[2]
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
[3]
"FORWARD NOMINEES". South Melbourne FC. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
[4]
"Socceroo Internationals for 1983". Oz Football. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

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[1] [1]
The Age [I have the clipping but it lacks a date]. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] [2]
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[nominees-3] [3]
"FORWARD NOMINEES". South Melbourne FC. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

[4] [4]
"Socceroo Internationals for 1983". Oz Football. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1959-08-14) 14 August 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Kilsyth, Scotland
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–81	Berwick Rangers	15	(1)
1981	Albion Rovers	1	(0)
1981	Frankston City	22	(20)
1982–87	South Melbourne	153	(73)
1988–90	Brunswick Juventus	56	(17)
International career^‡
1982	Australia	2	(0)
1984	Australia B	7	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:57, 4 July 2009(EST) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:32, 22 August 2006 (EST)