Peter Deng
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Nhial Deng | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Nairobi, Kenya | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back / Centre-back[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Heidelberg United | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2009 | Adelaide Olympic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Adelaide Olympic | 23 | (0) |
| 2012 | Salisbury United | 4 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Adelaide Olympic | 44 | (9) |
| 2014 | Green Gully | 7 | (0) |
| 2015 | White City | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | Pascoe Vale | 5 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Moreland Zebras | 25 | (0) |
| 2019– | Heidelberg United | 13 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016– | South Sudan | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2019 | |||
Peter Deng (born 12 January 1993), is a Kenyan-born South Sudanese professional footballer who plays as a left back for Australian club Heidelberg United FC in the National Premier Leagues Victoria and the South Sudan national football team.
Personal life
Deng was born into a family of South Sudanese refugees in Nairobi, Kenya. He, along with his family, were fleeing from the conflict in South Sudan and eventually resettled in Australia when he was 10 years old.[2]
His younger brother, Thomas Deng, plays as a central defender for Melbourne Victory in the A-League and has caps with the Australian U-20 team, Olyroos and has recently been capped for the Socceroos.
Deng teaches Physical Education at the Parkville Youth Justice Centre.[3]
Club career
After playing unorganised football in Kenya before moving to Australia, Deng played club football in Adelaide, before moving to Victoria where he played half a season with Green Gully in the National Premier Leagues Victoria with his brother Thomas. He now plays for fellow NPLV club Heidelberg United FC.[2]
International career
Deng was called up by South Sudan for their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Benin on 27 March 2016, which he started.[2][4]
References
- ^ "Pascoe Vale Signs Peter Deng and Cameron Tew". Pascoe Vale FC. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ a b c Gojszyk, Mark. "Peter Deng's journey to South Sudanese debut". The Corner Flag. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ Davutovic, David. "Victory star Thomas Deng revisits fork in the road on visit to youth justice centre". Herald Sun. News Corp. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ Benin v South Sudan Match Report Confederation of African Football
External links
- Peter Deng at National-Football-Teams.com
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- Living people
- 1993 births
- South Sudanese footballers
- South Sudan international footballers
- Australian soccer players
- Association football defenders
- National Premier Leagues players
- Sportspeople from Nairobi
- Australian people of South Sudanese descent
- Kenyan people of South Sudanese descent
- Kenyan emigrants to Australia
- Association football fullbacks
- White City FC players
- South Sudanese football biography stubs