Manyiel Riel "Abraham" Majok (born 13 October 1998) is a South Sudanese professional

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who plays for

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side

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. Born a South Sudanese refugee in Kenya and raised in Australia, Majok plays for the South Sudan national team.

Club career

He began his career with Spirit FC before joining Mt Druitt Town Rangers. After impressing the coaching staff at the

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during a match against the club, Majok was invited to train with the

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side before being offered a place with their youth team.

Western Sydney Wanderers

On 21 February 2017, after playing for the club's youth team, Majok made his professional debut for the Western Sydney Wanderers in their

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clash against the

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, playing 66 minutes before being replaced by Ryan Griffiths. He followed this up a week later by playing in the Wanderers' clash with

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, seeing out the final 5 minutes as they were defeated 5–1. He made his first league appearance in a Round 27 clash with

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, replacing Nicolás Martínez in the 64th minute, the match going on to finish 2–2. On 19 May 2017, he signed a two-year professional contract with the Wanderers, having previously been on a youth contract. Majok was part of the 2017-18 Y-League championship winning Western Sydney Wanderers Youth team. He played the full 90 minutes as they beat Melbourne City Youth 3–1 in the 2018 Y-League Grand Final on 3 February 2018. He finished the season as top-scorer with nine goals in seven games, collecting the Y-League Golden Boot for his efforts. Majok made his first appearance of the 2018–19 season as a second-half substitute in a Round 1 clash against

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in the Sydney Derby, the Wanderers' losing the match 2–0. He scored his first professional goal on 13 January 2019, scoring Western Sydney's 3rd as they were beaten 4–3 by

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Central Coast Mariners

On 21 June 2019, Majok signed a one-year contract with the Central Coast Mariners. He scored his first goal for the club in a late win over

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in the

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in September 2019. He was released by the Mariners in March 2020, and made a total of two

appearances for the team.

PAEEK

In July 2020, Majok signed with Cypriot club

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International career

After representing Australia at under-23 level, he was selected for the South Sudan national team in September 2019 but declined the call up. He accepted a call up from South Sudan in June 2021, however he didn't take part in the game against Jordan due to COVID-19 pandemic. He debuted with South Sudan in 1–0

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win over

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on 27 March 2022.

Honours

Western Sydney Wanderers * Y-League: 2017–18 PAEEK *

: 2020–21 Individual * Y-League Golden Boot: 2017–18

References

External links

Cypriot football stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Majok, Abraham 1998 births Living people South Sudanese footballers South Sudan international footballers Australian soccer players Australia youth international soccer players Western Sydney Wanderers FC players Central Coast Mariners FC players PAEEK players A-League Men players Association football forwards Australian people of South Sudanese descent Sportspeople of South Sudanese descent Sudanese emigrants to Australia South Sudanese emigrants to Australia Expatriate soccer players in South Africa Expatriate footballers in Cyprus