Darren Lok
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Darren Lok Yee Deng | ||
Date of birth | 14 December 1990 | ||
Place of birth | East Sussex, England | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Terengganu FC | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2012 | Eastbourne Borough | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2016 | Eastbourne Borough | 137 | (25) |
2012 | → Horsham (loan) | 2 | (1) |
2016 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 4 | (1) |
2017–2019 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 5 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Johor Darul Ta'zim II (loan) | 22 | (9) |
2020– | Terengganu FC | 1 | (0) |
2020– | Terengganu FC II | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016– | Malaysia | 9 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2017 |
Darren Lok Yee Deng (born 14 December 1990) is an English-born Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Terengganu FC Season 2020 in the Malaysia Super League as well as for the Malaysia national team.[1]
Early life
Born in East Sussex, Lok is of Malaysian-English descent.
Senior career
Eastbourne Borough
Lok began his career with the Eastbourne Borough Academy. Later, he was promoted to the senior squad in 2012. At the start of the 2012–13 season, he was loaned to Horsham. He impressed at Horsham,[2][3] but was recalled by Eastbourne after 2 games, due to a player shortage at the club.[4]
Early in his Borough career, Lok gained a reputation as a 'super-sub' due to the late goals he would score after coming off the bench.[5] He combined his non -league career with a job working in a hospital.[6]
Johor Darul Ta'zim
At the end of the 2015-16 season, Lok left Eastbourne to sign for Johor Darul Ta'zim II of the Malaysia Premier League. His registration was delayed, due to having to apply for a Malaysian passport. In September 2016 he received his Malaysian passport, which enabled him to play for JDT II as well as the Malaysia national football team.[7] Darren Lok only managed to appear twice for the JDT II Team before the season ended.
For the 2017 Malaysia Super League, JDT Coach Mario Gómez announced that Lok would be promoted to the JDT first team from JDT II for the upcoming 2017 season.
International career
Born in England, Lok was eligible for Malaysia through his father.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 14 March 2020.[8]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Asia | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 2016 | Malaysia Premier League | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | |||
Total | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | |||||
Johor Darul Ta'zim | 2017 | Malaysia Super League | 3 | 0 | – | 5[a] | 2 | – | 8 | 2 | ||
2018 | Malaysia Super League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 2018 | Malaysia Premier League | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 |
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 2019 | Malaysia Premier League | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
Total | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10 | ||
Terengganu FC | 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Terengganu FC II | 2020 | Malaysia Premier League | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||||
Career Total | 33 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 13 |
- ^ a b c Appearances in Malaysia Cup
- ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and appearances in AFC Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in Malaysia Challenge Cup
International
- As of 10 October 2017[9]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Malaysia | |||
2016 | 5 | 0 | |
2017 | 4 | 1 | |
Total | 9 | 1 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first.[10]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 22 August 2017 | Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca, Malaysia | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
Honours
Club
- Johor Darul Ta'zim
- Johor Darul Ta'zim II
References
- ^ Darren Lok at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Whitstable Town 2-2 Horsham". Horsham F.C. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Whitstable Town 2-2 Horsham - We're not finishing teams off, says Whitstable boss Justin Luchford". Kentish Football. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Lok's the key as Borough end their losing streak in style". Eastbourne Herald. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Lok aims to be more than an impact sub". Eastbourne Herald. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Darren Lok: The phone call that turned non-league player into Malaysia international". 8 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Darren Lok granted passport - eligible to play for Malaysia and JDT II". Nicolas Anil. ESPN. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Darren Lok". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ Darren Lok at Soccerway
- ^ "Lok Yee Deng, Darren". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
External links
- Darren Lok at Soccerway
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Malaysian footballers
- Malaysian expatriate footballers
- People from Hailsham
- English people of Malaysian descent
- British people of Malaysian descent
- Eastbourne Borough F.C. players
- Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players
- Malaysia Super League players
- Malaysia international footballers
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- British emigrants to Malaysia
- People who lost British citizenship
- Citizens of Malaysia through descent
- Malaysian people of Chinese descent
- Sportspeople of Chinese descent