A homeless man on bail has been charged over the bashing of an American tourist in a Preston car park that left him with memory loss, bleeding to the brain and a broken jaw.

Enea Myrteza, 27, of no fixed address was arrested in Melbourne's CBD on Tuesday morning and later charged.

Police have charged a 27-year-old man following an assault in Preston on March 27. Credit:Nine News

He appeared in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday night charged with intentionally causing serious injury in circumstances of gross violence, committing violence on bail and other assault-related offences.

No bail application was made and Myrteza will stay in custody until another hearing on Friday.