Charles Egan (born 14 August 1959) is a former Australian international

Australia national football (soccer) team

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 football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 player of Scottish

Scottish people

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 heritage.

He played in Scotland

Scotland

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 early in his career but moved to Australia to play for Frankston Pines

Frankston Pines

The Frankston Pines Football Club is an Australian association football club from Frankston North, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed by local Scottish Australians in 1965. The club has had several stints in the Victorian Premier League since the mid-1980s, with best...

 in the Victorian State League

Victorian Premier League

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. He transferred to South Melbourne Hellas three years later where he made a household name for himself throughout Australia. Egan and his striking counter-part Dougie Brown became a fiery force in the NSL

National Soccer League

The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...

 for Hellas. He transferred to Brunswick Juventus

Brunswick Juventus

Brunswick Juventus is an Australian association football club from Brunswick, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was a participant in the National Soccer League, where they were champions in 1985, and Victorian Premier League, in which they won eight titles...

 later on. He played 19 matches for Australia and scored 5 goals.

Coaching career

In 2004, he was appointed coach of Altona East Phoenix

Altona East Phoenix

Altona East Phoenix Soccer Club is an Australian association football club based in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, currently in the Victorian State League Division 2 N/W...

 in the Victorian State League Division 1

Victorian State League Division 1

The Victorian State League Division 1 is the second tier association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and the third nationally, including the A-League...

, where he unsuccessfully guided them to 6th position. He took the coaching position at Altona City SC

Altona City SC

Altona City are an Australian association football club from Altona, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed in 1965 as a predominantly Scottish club. The club played in the Victorian State League from 1977–1981 but the club has not yet return to its glory days. Altona City...

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.