Darren Lok

Darren Lok
Personal information
Full name Darren Lok Yee Deng
Date of birth (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991
Place of birth East Sussex, England
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Johor Darul Ta'zim FC
Number 28
Youth career
2009–2012 Eastbourne Borough Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Eastbourne Borough FC 137 (25)
2012 → Horsham FC (loan) 2 (1)
2016 Johor Darul Ta'zim FC II 2 (0)
2017– Johor Darul Ta'zim FC 4 (2)
National team‡
2016– Malaysia 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 1 , 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 17, 2016

Darren Lok is an English-born Malaysian football player. He plays as a striker for Johor Darul Ta'zim FC in the Malaysia Super League as well as for the Malaysia national football team.[1]

Senior career

Eastbourne Borough F. C.

Darren 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 was later increasingly used as a starting player.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

At the end of the 2015-16 season, Darren 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.[6] 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

Darren plays for Malaysia. He received his first international caps against Singapore on 7 October 2016.[7]

As of 28 November 2016.[8]

National team Year Apps Goals
Malaysia
201650
201700
Total 5 0

Honours

Johor Darul Takzim


References

  1. ↑ Darren Lok at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ "Whitstable Town 2-2 Horsham". Horsham F.C. 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  3. ↑ "Whitstable Town 2-2 Horsham - We're not finishing teams off, says Whitstable boss Justin Luchford". Kentish Football. 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  4. ↑ "Lok’s the key as Borough end their losing streak in style". Eastbourne Herald. 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  5. ↑ "Lok aims to be more than an impact sub". Eastbourne Herald. 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  6. ↑ "Darren Lok granted passport - eligible to play for Malaysia and JDT II". Nicolas Anil. ESPN. 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  7. ↑ "Lok didn't have time to get nervous on Malaysia debut". FourFourTwo. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  8. ↑ Darren Lok at Soccerway
Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. – current squad
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