Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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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] | ||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||
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 |
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").
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]