Darren Lok

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Darren Lok
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Personal information
Full name Darren Lok Yee Deng
Date of birth (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth East Sussex, England
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Petaling Jaya City FC
Number 28
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 4 (0)
2020 → Terengganu FC II (loan) 1 (0)
2021– Petaling Jaya City FC 7 (3)
National team‡
2016– Malaysia 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2017

Darren Lok Yee Deng (born 9 March 1991) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Malaysia Super League side PJ City and the Malaysia national team.[1]

Early life[]

Born in East Sussex, Lok is of Malaysian-English descent.[citation needed]

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
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
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Appearances in Malaysia Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and appearances in AFC Cup
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Appearances in Malaysia Challenge Cup

International[]

As of 10 October 2017[9]
National team Year Apps Goals
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
1. 22 August 2017 Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca, Malaysia  Syria 1–2 1–2 Friendly

Honours[]

Club[]

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Johor Darul Ta'zim II

References[]

  1. ^ Darren Lok at National-Football-Teams.com
  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. ^ Jump up to: a b "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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