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Manyumow Achol

Manyumow Achol (born 10 December 2000) is a South Sudanese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a midfielder for Septemvri Sofia and the South Sudan national team.

Manyumow Achol
Achol in action for Wellington Olympic in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-12-10) 10 December 2000 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth Wellington, New Zealand
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Septemvri Sofia
Number 10
Youth career
2015 Lower Hutt City
2017 St Patrick's College
2017–2018 Wellington Olympic
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Rio Grande Red Storm 20[3] (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Wellington Olympic 25[4][5] (5)
2017–2018 Wellington Phoenix Reserves 1[5] (0)
2018 Lower Hutt City 5[5] (0)
2019 Wellington United 15[6] (7)
2019–2020 Eauze
2020 Kingston City
2020 Eastern Suburbs 0 (0)
2021 Hawke's Bay United 6 (0)
2021 Lower Hutt City 13 (5)
2021 Wellington Phoenix Reserves 6 (0)
2022 Gulf United 3 (1)
2022–2024 Auda 49 (3)
2024– Septemvri Sofia 2 (0)
International career‡
2020– South Sudan 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2020

Early life

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Achol was born in South Sudan, then part of Sudan, but left with his grandmother and arrived in New Zealand aged six as a refugee, settling in Wellington.[7][2]

Club career

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Achol played for his school team at St Patrick's College in Wellington, alongside New Zealand international Liberato Cacace. Achol helped his college team win the Wellington Premier Youth football league, scoring in the 2–1 final against Hutt International Boys' School.[8]

Achol played for both Wellington Olympic reserves and their first team, who played in the Capital Football Central League.[4][5] He was part of their under-19 team that finished runner-up in the Napier U-19 tournament to Ellerslie.[9][10] Achol then had a brief spell with fellow Central League team Lower Hutt[11][12][5] before he joined Wellington United for the 2019 season,[13][12] captaining the team.[14][15]

Achol made one appearance for the Wellington Phoenix Reserves in the ISPS Handa Premiership, coming on as a substitute in a 5–0 loss against Waitakere United on 5 November 2017.[16][5]

In 2020, after a short stint with French club Eauze, Achol signed with Australian club Kingston City who played in the second division of the National Premier League Victoria.[17] Just before the season was due to start, Victoria went into lockdown due to COVID-19 and the league was postponed for a month.[18] Before the suspension was lifted, Football Victoria extended it again until 31 May 2020.[19] Achol returned to New Zealand where he played for Eastern Suburbs in the NRFL Premier.[20][21]

In 2021, Achol signed with Hawke's Bay United who play in the ISPS Handa Men's Premiership.[22] He played his first game for the club against Team Wellington on 17 January 2021,[23] coming on as a substitute in the second half.[21][24][25] He got his first start in the league, a week later in their 4–1 win against Hamilton Wanderers.[26]

On 31 March, it was announced that Achol had joined Lower Hutt City who he had played for previously and are currently playing in the New Zealand Central League.[27] His first game back was against Wainuiomata where Achol also scored in the 25 minute.[28]

In January 2022, Achol signed with Gulf United FC in the UAE Third Division and was reunited with former Wellington Phoenix teammate Steven Taylor.[29] In March 2022, Achol signed with FK Auda in the Latvian Higher League.[30] Gulf United were eventually crowned champions for the UAE Third Division 2021–22 Season, however Achol did not feature in enough competitive features to receive a medal.[31]

On 17 June 2022, Achol scored his first goal for FK Auda in the 94th minute during a Latvian Higher League match against Spartaks Jūrmala.[32]

International career

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On 12 November 2020, Achol was called up to play for South Sudan in their qualifiers for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations games against Uganda.[20][33] Starting in the first game,[34] Achol played 68 minutes before being substituted in a 1–0 loss.[35][36][37] This was followed by another start in the return fixture that South Sudan won 1–0.[38][39][40]

Achol was again called up for the last two group games against Malawi[41] and Burkina Faso,[42] getting a full 90 minutes in the first game and 60 minutes in the second.[43][44] As South Sudan lost both of the games 1–0, they finished last in qualifying Group B.[45]

References

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