Devante Clut is an Australian

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player who plays as a

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for

Sydney United Sydney United 58 Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club and current NSW NPL Champions based in Edensor Park, Sydney, New South Wales Australia. The club was formed as Sydney Croatia in 1958, by Croatian Australians in the area, but ...

Career

Nike The Chance

In July 2012, Devante Clut was one of three chosen from the Chance Pacific Finals to compete in the world finals of Nike The Chance in Barcelona Spain.

Parramatta FC

In December 2012, Devante Clut signed his first senior contract with NPL NSW 2 club

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after gaining multiple interests from other NSW clubs. On 24 March 2013, he made his senior debut for Parramatta against Mt Druitt Rangers. On 5 May 2013, He scored his first senior goal in a 5-0 win against

Bankstown City FC Bankstown City FC is an Australian soccer club from the Sydney suburb of Sefton in New South Wales, Australia. They compete in the NSW League Two Men's and National Premier Leagues NSW Women’s, playing their home games at Jensen Oval. H ...

Brisbane Roar

In October 2013, Devante Clut signed a professional youth contract for

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 ...

. On 24 January 2014, Clut made his professional debut for Brisbane Roar, in the 2–1 home victory against

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...

. Clut started the match and in the 49th minute scored a volley from outside the box. He has continued to perform consistently for the club throughout the 2014–15 A-League National Youth League, scoring 8 goals in 16 appearances in that competition. Clut made his 2014–15 debut against the Suwon Bluewings where he scored two brilliant out-of-the-box strikes to draw the match at 3–3. Clut went on to score one more goal in the A-League, a clinical finish in the Roar's 6–1 plundering of the

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Ma ...

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. On 3 June 2015, in a friendly match against Spanish side

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, Devante scored a brace including a superb strike, reminiscent of that of

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's strike against Sydney FC the previous day.

Newcastle Jets

On 28 April 2016, Clut signed a two-year deal with the

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. Clut scored his first A-League goal for the Newcastle Jets on 16 October 2016 against his former club,

, on his 21st birthday. On 9 February 2018, after having a hard time making the starting squad, Clut and Newcastle Jets mutually terminated his contract to allow him to join

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in the

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Blacktown City

2018

On 12 February 2018, Clut joined

after departing Newcastle Jets. Clut made his debut against

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, coming on in the second half. Clut scored his first goal for the club on 24 March 2018 against

Bonnyrigg White Eagles Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Bonnyrigg, Sydney, New South Wales, currently playing in the NSW League One. The club was founded in 1968 as Avala Sports Club and took its current name in 1992. H ...

in the 22nd minute. After an influential season, Clut finished the season with 23 appearances and 2 goals qualifying for the Elimination Final where Blacktown lost 2-0 to Rockdale Ilinden.

2019

Clut played in the 2019 season and started in the first five games of the season with two assists against Sydney Olympic in Round 3. After not making an appearance for nearly half the season, Clut was put on the bench in Round 20 against

, coming on late in the game, before eventually making it to the semi finals and losing 7-3 to the eventual runners-up

. In September 2019, Clut left Blacktown City after only appearing 10 times during the 2019 campaign.

Sydney United

2020

On 16 November 2019, it was announced Clut signed a deal with

for the 2020 NPL NSW season. He made his Sydney United debut against former NSL rival Sydney Olympic losing 2-0 at full time. On 25 October, Clut made his first grand final appearance against Rockdale Ilinden. During the game, Clut received a yellow card in the 66th before being taken off for Adrian Vranic in the 75th minute who later equalised with a header. The game drew 3-3 after extra time, the match went to penalties with Sydney United eventually winning 4-3 on penalties after a save from Danijel Nizic.

2021

In the 2021 season of the NPL NSW, Clut made 17 appearances throughout the campaign and helped his side finish 3rd in the league but failed to help them qualify for the 2021 FFA Cup after losing 3-1 to Bankstown City Lions in the fourth round of the

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. The league season was cancelled after 17 games due to ongoing lockdowns in Australia.

2022

Clut made 15 appearances in the 2022 campaign, with his side finishing 8th by the end of the league season making it the lowest finish since coming 9th in the 2012 NSW Premier League season. Clut appeared once in the 2022 Australia Cup, coming off the bench in the Semi Final against his former club

. Clut was involved in the game winning goal scored by

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in the 105th minute, the match ended 3-2 after extra time and Sydney United qualified for the 2022 Australia Cup Final becoming the first NPL side to make it to the Australia Cup Final.

International

Devante made this first appearance for the Australia U20 side in Australia's 4–1 win against Bermuda in National Training Center Invitational.

Honours

With

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Championship:

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Club career statistics

¹ – includes final series statistics
² – includes

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and

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References

External links

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Brisbane Roar profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clut, Devante Living people 1995 births Australian people of Catalan descent Australian soccer players Association football midfielders Parramatta FC players Brisbane Roar FC players Newcastle Jets FC players Blacktown City FC players Sydney United 58 FC players National Premier Leagues players A-League Men players