Thomas Deng
Australian association football player
Thomas Jok Deng (born 20 March 1997) is an Australian professional soccer player. He plays for Albirex Niigata in the J1 League and for the Australia men's national soccer team (nicknamed the "Socceroos").
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| Full name | Thomas Jok Deng[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 March 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, right-back[4][5] | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Albirex Niigata | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide Blue Eagles | |||||||||||||||||
| Playford City | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Western Eagles | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Western Eagles | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Green Gully | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Melbourne Victory NPL | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2020 | Melbourne Victory | 71 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Jong PSV (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Albirex Niigata | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Australia U20 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Australia U23 | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Australia | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:23, 20 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 October 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Deng was born as a South Sudanese refugee in Nairobi, Kenya. He moved to Adelaide, South Australia in 2003, when he was six years old.[6][7] His older brother, Peter Deng, plays for South Sudan.[8]
References
change- ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Australia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ↑ "T. Deng". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ↑ "Thomas Deng". Melbourne Victory FC. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ↑ "Meet the youth team players named in MVFC's A-League squad". Melbourne Victory FC. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ↑ Windon, Jacob (May 2019). "NAB Young Footballer of the Year nominee – Thomas Deng (Melbourne Victory)". Melbourne Victory FC. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ↑ http://www.cornerflag.com.au/the-rise-and-rise-of-thomas-deng/
- ↑ https://www.pansa.org.au/thomas-deng/
- ↑ http://www.cornerflag.com.au/peter-dengs-journey-to-south-sudanese-debut/