Charles Lokolingoy (born 2 March 1997) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Liga 1 club Arema.

Early life

Lokolingoy was born in the

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, and moved to

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at the age of 11.

Club career

Sutherland Sharks

Lokolingoy started his career at

Sutherland Sharks Sutherland Sharks Football Club is an Australian Association football club based in the suburb of Sutherland in Sydney New South Wales. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. The club's home games are played at Seymour ...

, playing for them for two seasons before joining

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Sydney FC

In February 2017, Lokolingjoy was promoted by

to the first team. He was released by Sydney FC on the transfer deadline day.

Brisbane Roar

A couple of weeks after his deadline day release from

, Lokolingjoy joined

Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat. Brisba ...

for the remainder of the season, together with

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. On 30 April 2019, it was announced that Lokolingjoy would not be continuing with Brisbane Roar, along with another 13 players.

Return to Sutherland Sharks

A week after his release by

, Lokolingoy was signed by his former club

Pegasus

In August 2019, Lokolingoy signed for

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club

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. He scored during his debut for the club. On 22 December 2019, Loklingoy left the club since he could not adapt to the climate of Hong Kong.

Sydney Olympic

In January 2020, Lokolingoy signed with

Sydney Olympic Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian semi-professional association football, soccer club, based in Belmore, New South Wales, Belmore, Sydney, New South Wales, that plays in the National Premier Leagues NSW. The Club was founded as Pan- ...

for the season.

International career

In 2015, Lokolingoy was called up to represent the Australian under-23 team.

Honours

Club

Sydney FC *

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Premiership: 2017–2018 *

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References

External links

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NPL profile
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