Peter Deng

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.

Peter Deng
Personal information
Full name Peter Nhial Deng
Date of birth (1993-01-12) 12 January 1993
Place of birth Nairobi, Kenya
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back / Centre-back[1]
Club information
Current team
 Eastern Lions
Youth career
0000–2009 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)
2020– Eastern Lions 5 (0)
National team‡
2016– South Sudan 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2019

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. His brother's contract ended in August 2020 and he is currently without a club.

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
  1. "Pascoe Vale Signs Peter Deng and Cameron Tew". Pascoe Vale FC. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. Gojszyk, Mark. "Peter Deng's journey to South Sudanese debut". The Corner Flag. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  3. 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.
  4. Benin v South Sudan Match Report Confederation of African Football


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