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Darren Lok
Darren Lok playing for Malaysia in 2022
Personal information
Full name Darren Lok Yee Deng
Date of birth (1991-09-18) 18 September 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Hailsham, England
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team Sabah
Number 28
Youth career
2009–2012 Eastbourne Borough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Eastbourne Borough 140 (23)
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 4 (0)
2021– Petaling Jaya City 24 (11)
International career
2016– Malaysia 11 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2022

Darren Lok Yee Deng (born 18 September 1991; simplified Chinese: 陆伊腾; traditional Chinese: 陸伊騰; pinyin: Lù Yīténg) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Malaysia Super League side Sabah and the Malaysia national team.

Early life

Born in East Sussex, Lok is of Malaysian-English descent. His father is from Tengkera, Malacca, Malaysia.

Club career

Eastbourne Borough

Lok began his career with the Eastbourne Borough Academy. Later, he was promoted to the senior squad in 2012. Darren Lok was working shifts in an NHS psychiatric hospital as a psychiatric support worker in the south of England while also playing part-time football for Eastbourne Borough of the National League South, the sixth tier overall of the English football league system. At the start of the 2012–13 season, he was loaned to Horsham. He impressed at Horsham, but was recalled by Eastbourne after 2 games, due to a player shortage at the club.

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.

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. 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.

Terengganu FC

In January 2020, Terengganu FC has signed Darren Lok to be with the team for the Malaysia League 2020 season. He only managed to make 4 league appearances for the team.

Petaling Jaya City FC

Petaling Jaya City FC announced the signing of Darren Lok from Terengganu FC in December 2020. He cited a lack of playing time as one of the reasons for his decision to join PJ City FC after a one-year stint with Terengganu FC.

International career

Born in England, Lok was eligible for Malaysia through his father.

Lok made his Malaysia national football team debut against Singapore in 2016 and scored his first international goal against Syria in 2017. Lok is also part of the Malaysian team that qualified for the 2023 Asian Cup and scored the fourth goal in their last qualifier, his second international goal.

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 August 2022.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Eastbourne Borough 2012–13 Conference South 31 5 3 2 — 2 0 36 7
2013–14 Conference South 38 6 3 1 — 3 0 44 7
2014–15 Conference South 38 8 5 1 — 4 1 47 10
2015–16 National League South 33 4 3 1 — 8 4 44 9
Total 140 23 14 5 — 17 5 171 33
Horsham (loan) 2012–13 Isthmian League Division One South 2 1 0 0 — 0 0 2 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim II 2016 Malaysia Premier League 4 1 — — — 4 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2017 Malaysia Super League 3 0 — 5 2 — 8 2
2018 Malaysia Super League 2 0 2 0 2 0 5 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 0 0 0 21 8
2019 Malaysia Premier League 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 2
Total 22 9 0 0 8 1 0 0 30 10
Terengganu FC 2020 Malaysia Super League 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Terengganu FC II 2020 Malaysia Premier League 1 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
Petaling Jaya City 2021 Malaysia Super League 9 3 0 0 6 3 — 15 6
2022 Malaysia Super League 15 8 2 2 0 0 — 17 10
Total 24 11 2 2 6 3 0 0 32 16
Career Total 202 45 18 7 21 6 22 5 263 63
  1. One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Sussex Senior Challenge Cup
  2. One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances in Sussex Senior Challenge Cup
  3. One appearance in FA Trophy, three appearances and one goal in Sussex Senior Challenge Cup
  4. Four appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, four appearances and three goals in Sussex Senior Challenge Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in Malaysia Cup
  6. Appearances in AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and appearances in AFC Cup
  7. ^ Appearances in Malaysia Challenge Cup

International

As of 15 June 2022
National team Year Apps Goals
Malaysia
2016 5 0
2017 4 1
2022 2 1
Total 11 2

International goals

Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 22 August 2017 Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca, Malaysia  Syria 1–2 1–2 Friendly
2. 14 June 2022 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Bangladesh 4–1 4–1 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Johor Darul Ta'zim II

References

  1. Darren Lok at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Shamsudin, Shaiful (3 July 2021). "Euro 2020: Setiap kejohanan utama 'it's coming home', kata Darren Lok". stadiumastro.com (in Malay). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  3. "JOHOR Southern Tigers". Facebook. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  4. The Armchair Malaysia Ep 10 | Darren Lok and Building Lok-al Stars!, retrieved 18 April 2022, Minute 3:15.
  5. ^ "Darren Lok: The phone call that turned non-league player into Malaysia international". BBC Sport. 8 October 2019.
  6. "Whitstable Town 2-2 Horsham". Horsham F.C. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  7. "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.
  8. "Lok's the key as Borough end their losing streak in style". Eastbourne Herald. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  9. "Lok aims to be more than an impact sub". Eastbourne Herald. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  10. "Darren Lok granted passport - eligible to play for Malaysia and JDT II". Nicolas Anil. ESPN. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  11. "DARREN BAKAL MEMBERIKAN PILIHAN BUAT NAFUZI ZAIN DALAM VARIASIKAN JENTERA SERANGAN TFC". Terengganu FC. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  12. "Malaysia - Darren Lok - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". my.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  13. Monday, 14 Dec 2020 05:27 PM MYT (14 December 2020). "Darren Lok among three new signings of PJ City FC | Malay Mail". www.malaymail.com. Retrieved 16 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Darren Lok at Soccerway
  15. ^ "D. Lok: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  16. "Lok Yee Deng, Darren". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

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