DENG Thomas

Australia

Football

Date of Birth: 20 Mar 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.78/5'10''

Place of birth: NAIROBI

Birth Country:

Kenya

Place of residence : MELBOURNE, VIC

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football	Men AUS Australia	12

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Sapporo Dome	Men's Group C #06 ARG Argentina 0 AUS Australia 2	Finished
Sapporo Dome	Men's Group C #14 AUS Australia 0 ESP Spain 1	Finished
Miyagi Stadium	Men's Group C #21 AUS Australia 0 EGY Egypt 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Nickname:

Tommy (melbournevictory.com.au, 28 Jan 2020)

Hobbies:

Watching films, listening to music. (theguardian.com, 04 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

English, Swahili

Club name:

Urawa Red Diamonds [Japan] since 2019/20

Coach:

Tsuyoshi Otsuki [club], JPN; Graham Arnold [national], AUS

Position style:

Defender (Facebook page, 17 Oct 2018)

Sporting relatives:

His older brother Peter Deng has played football at semi-professional level in the National Premier Leagues Victoria in Australia. (transfermarkt.co.uk, 28 Jan 2020)

Debut:

First A-match in 2018 for Australia Against Kuwait, Friendly Match (melbournevictory.com.au, 28 Jan 2020)

Injuries:

He sustained a muscle injury in November 2019. (smh.com.au, 28 Nov 2019)

National league:

J1 League [JPN] (melbournevictory.com.au, 28 Jan 2020)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (a-league.com.au, 06 Jan 2020)

General Interest

General
KENYA TO AUSTRALIA
Born in Nairobi, Kenya, he moved to Australia as a child and settled in a South-Sudanese community in Adelaide, SA, Australia. (theguardian.com, 04 Aug 2019)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as an ambassador for the Youth Activating Youth organisation in Australia. The organisation aims to offer assistance to disadvantaged multi-cultural youth in Australia. He also visits detainees at the Melbourne Youth Justice Centre in Parkville, VIC, Australia, where he uses his own experiences growing up to help offer guidance and assistance to the inmates. "My teenage years were crazy. You see a lot of violence, your friends doing drugs, committing crimes. It's easy to be manipulated because you're always around the same peer group. My housemates work in youth services and we speak about it every day. They love that I'm talking to kids about their issues because the trouble in our community is a massive problem nowadays." (Instagram profile, 09 Feb 2020; theguardian.com, 04 Aug 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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