Pierce Waring

Pierce Waring (born 18 November 1998) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a forward for J1 League club Cerezo Osaka.

Pierce Waring
Personal information
Full name Pierce Waring
Date of birth (1998-11-18) 18 November 1998
Place of birth Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Cerezo Osaka
Number 24
Youth career
FTS Academy
Nunawading City
2015–2018 Melbourne Victory
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Melbourne Victory U23 49 (13)
2016–2018 Melbourne Victory 1 (1)
2018– Cerezo Osaka U23 20 (3)
2018– Cerezo Osaka 0 (0)
National team‡
2015 Australia U17 3 (1)
2019– Australia U23 2 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:00, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2019

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.[2]

Club career

Melbourne Victory Reserves

Waring made his youth debut in 2015 after gaining promotion from the under 20 team under John Aloisi. 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.

Waring made his debut first-team start on 18 April 2018 in an AFC Champions League match against Shanghai SIPG. In the same match, Waring scored his debut first-team goal in the 40th minute of the match, in an eventual 2–1 win.[3]

Cerezo Osaka

On 4 July 2018, Waring joined J1 League club Cerezo Osaka.[4]

International career

Waring represented Australia at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, scoring his first international goal against Germany. [5]

Honours

Club

References
  1. "Pierce Waring". melbournevictory.com.au. Melbourne Victory.
  2. Tito, Clement. "PIERCE WARING: THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING". FourFourTwo Australia. FourFourTwo Australia. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. Davutovic, David. "Asian Champions League: Melbourne Victory impress in last game as A-League finals loom large". Herald Sun. News Corp. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. Dorman, Matt (4 July 2018). "Ex-Victory youngster makes big J.League move". Football Federation Australia.
  5. https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/joeys-defeated-clinical-germany-world-cup-0
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