Felix Komolong

Felix Komolong
Personal information
Full name Felix Dirik Wasi Komolong
Date of birth (1997-03-06) 6 March 1997
Place of birth Lae, Papua New Guinea
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Northern Kentucky Norse
Number 5
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Northern Kentucky Norse 8 (1)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Besta United PNG
2014–2015 Madang Fox
2015–2016 Hekari United
2016–2017 Canterbury United 16 (0)
National team‡
2013 Papua New Guinea U-17 4 (0)
2014 Papua New Guinea U-20 7 (0)
2015– Papua New Guinea U-23 6 (0)
2016– Papua New Guinea 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 September 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 September 2017

Felix Komolong (born 6 March 1997) is a Papua New Guinean footballer who plays as a defender for Canterbury United of the ASB Premiership. He made his debut for the national team on March 24, 2016 in their 2–0 loss against the Solomon Islands.

Personal

Komolong is of German and PNG parentage.[1] He is the son of Birte and Miok Komolong.[2] Some of his grandparents, cousins, and other family live in Hütten, Schleswig-Holstein.[3] Komolong lived in Germany with his family for a year and a half beginning at age 12.[4] He has one older and younger brother, Alwin and Kusuga.

Career

In 2014, Felix had a 3-week trial with Werder Bremen. He played club football with Papua New Guinea top club Hekari United. In October 2016, Komolong signed for Canterbury United FC of the ASB Premiership.[5] He made his league debut for the club on Matchday 1 of the season, coming on for the final 8 minutes of a 2–2 draw with Tasman United.[6]

In July 2017 it was announced that Felix was following in his brother's footsteps and had decided to play college soccer for the Norse of Northern Kentucky University beginning with the 2017 season after graduating from King's College in 2015.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Komolong Off to Auckland". EMTV. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Athlete Testimonial". USAS Scholarships. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Nach dem Forsteinsatz gehts kreativ weiter" (in German). shz.de. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Komolong to add Pacific flavour". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "PNG defender joins Canterbury United for national football league campaign". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Jinimbo, Lamech. "Coach: Komolong a "Rising star"". Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Pope, Brad. "MSOC adds 13 to 2017 signing class". Northern Kentucky Norse Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2017.


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