Pierce Waring (born 18 November 1998) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a
forward
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for
National Premier Leagues Victoria
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club
Green Gully
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.
Personal life
Born in Melbourne to an Australian father and a Japanese mother, Waring moved to Shanghai when he was just two years old, as his parents were working in China, before moving to Japan for another four years. Waring subsequently moved back to Melbourne at the age of eight.
Club career
Melbourne Victory Reserves
Waring made his youth debut in 2015 after gaining promotion from the under 20 team under
John Aloisi
John Aloisi () (born 5 February 1976) is an Australian former soccer player and current head coach of A-League club Western United. In a professional career that spanned 20 seasons, with league totals of 459 games and 127 goals, he was the first ...
. Waring won the 2016/2017 National Youth League Golden Boot.
Melbourne Victory
Pierce Waring signed his first professional A-League contract with the Melbourne Victory squad in September 2017. On 24 February 2018, he made his first appearance coming on in the 85th minute as a substitute for Besart Berisha against
Adelaide United
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.
Waring made his debut first-team start on 18 April 2018 in an
AFC Champions League
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match against
Shanghai SIPG
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. In the same match, Waring scored his debut first-team goal in the 40th minute of the match, in an eventual 2–1 win.
Cerezo Osaka
On 4 July 2018, Waring joined
J1 League
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club
Cerezo Osaka
is a Japanese professional football club based in Osaka. The club currently plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club's name ''Cerezo'' (Spanish for cherry blossom) is also the flower of the city of Osaka. ...
.
International career
Waring represented Australia at the
2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the sixteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Chile from 17 October to 8 November 2015.
Host selection
The following four countries bid to host the tournament:
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Venues
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, scoring his first international goal against Germany.
Honours
Club
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Melbourne Victory Reserves
** 2016/17 NYL Golden Boot
References
External links
Melbourne Victory profile
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1998 births
Living people
Australian men's soccer players
Australia men's youth international soccer players
Australian expatriate men's soccer players
Australian people of Japanese descent
Melbourne Victory FC players
Cerezo Osaka players
Bentleigh Greens SC players
Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. players
A-League Men players
J3 League players
National Premier Leagues players
China League One players
Australian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Australian expatriate sportspeople in China
Expatriate men's footballers in China
Men's association football forwards
Soccer players from Melbourne