Darren Lok

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]

Darren Lok
Personal information
Full name Darren Lok Yee Deng
Date of birth (1990-12-14) 14 December 1990
Place of birth East Sussex, England
Position(s) Striker
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 26 (5)
2017–2019 Johor Darul Ta'zim 5 (0)
2018–2019 → Johor Darul Ta'zim II (loan) 22 (9)
2020 Terengganu FC 6 (0)
2020 → Terengganu FC II [loan] 4 (1)
National team‡
2016– Malaysia 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2017

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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Asia Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Johor Darul Ta'zim II 2016 Malaysia Premier League 41–––41
Total41–––41
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2017 Malaysia Super League 30–5[lower-alpha 1] 2–82
2018 Malaysia Super League 20202[lower-alpha 1] 05[lower-alpha 2]0110
Total50207250192
Johor Darul Ta'zim II 2018 Malaysia Premier League 148007[lower-alpha 3]000218
Johor Darul Ta'zim II 2019 Malaysia Premier League 81001[lower-alpha 3]10092
Total2290081003010
Terengganu FC 2020 Malaysia Super League 10000[lower-alpha 1]00010
Terengganu FC II 2020 Malaysia Premier League 10–00–10
Total20–––20
Career Total331020143505513
  1. Appearances in Malaysia Cup
  2. Appearances in AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and appearances in AFC Cup
  3. Appearances in Malaysia Challenge Cup

International
As of 10 October 2017[9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Malaysia
201650
201741
Total91

International goals
Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first.[10]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 August 2017Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca, Malaysia Syria1–21–2Friendly

Honours

Club
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Johor Darul Ta'zim II

References
  1. "Darren Lok". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  2. "Whitstable Town 2-2 Horsham". Horsham F.C. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  3. "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.
  4. "Lok's the key as Borough end their losing streak in style". Eastbourne Herald. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  5. "Lok aims to be more than an impact sub". Eastbourne Herald. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  6. "Darren Lok: The phone call that turned non-league player into Malaysia international". 8 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. "Darren Lok granted passport - eligible to play for Malaysia and JDT II". Nicolas Anil. ESPN. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  8. "Darren Lok". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  9. Darren Lok at Soccerway
  10. "Lok Yee Deng, Darren". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
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