Charles Lokolingoy
Personal information
Full name Charles Lokolingoy
Date of birth (1997-03-02) 2 March 1997
Place of birth Kinshasa, DR Congo
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Arema
Number 11
Youth career
Sutherland Sharks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Sutherland Sharks 14 (0)
2016–2019 Sydney FC NPL 42 (34)
2017–2019 Sydney FC 13 (0)
2019 Brisbane Roar 5 (0)
2019 Brisbane Roar NPL 1 (2)
2019 Sutherland Sharks 11 (7)
2019 Pegasus 7 (4)
2020 Sydney Olympic 13 (5)
2021 Marconi Stallions 0 (0)
2021 Wellington Phoenix 9 (0)
2022 Marconi Stallions 17 (7)
2022–2023 Żebbuġ Rangers 26 (11)
2023– Arema 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023

Charles Lokolingoy (born 2 March 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 1 club Arema.[1]

Early life

Lokolingoy was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and moved to Australia at the age of 11.[2]

Club career

Sutherland Sharks

Lokolingoy started his career at Sutherland Sharks, playing for them for two seasons before joining Sydney FC.[3]

Sydney FC

In February 2017, Lokolingjoy was promoted by Sydney FC to the first team.[4] He was released by Sydney FC on the transfer deadline day.[5]

Brisbane Roar

A couple of weeks after his deadline day release from Sydney FC, Lokolingjoy joined Brisbane Roar for the remainder of the season, together with Ruon Tongyik.[6] On 30 April 2019, it was announced that Lokolingjoy would not be continuing with Brisbane Roar, along with another 13 players.[7]

Return to Sutherland Sharks

A week after his release by Brisbane Roar, Lokolingoy was signed by his former club Sutherland Sharks.[8]

Pegasus

In August 2019, Lokolingoy signed for Hong Kong Premier League club Pegasus.[9] He scored during his debut for the club.[10] 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 for the season.[11]

International career

In 2015, Lokolingoy was called up to represent the Australian under-23 team.[12]

Honours

Club

Sydney FC

References

  1. ↑ "Star striker to steer the Stallions". Mark Stavroulakis. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Gatt, Ray (4 February 2017). "Charlie Lokolingoy shines far from his war-torn homeland". The Australian.
  3. ↑ Parkinson, Andrew (20 November 2018). "Charles Lokolingoy chasing maiden A-League goal as Sydney FC prepare for 'Big Blue' double header against Melbourne Victory at Jubilee Oval, Kogarah". St George and Sutherland Shire Leader.
  4. ↑ "Sydney FC promote teen striker Lokolingoy". Nine's Wide World of Sports. 22 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Two in, one out at Sydney". FTBL. 31 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Brisbane Roar sign Charles Lokoli-Ngoy and Ruon Tongyik for rest of the season". Fox Sports. 6 February 2019.
  7. ↑ Monteverde, Marco (30 April 2019). "Brisbane Roar have begun the rebuild with 14 players not returning next season". The Courier-Mail.
  8. ↑ "Sutherland Sharks snare Lokolingoy". National Premier Leagues NSW. 7 May 2019.
  9. ↑ @DailyOzFootball (9 August 2019). "22-year-old Australian forward Charles Lokolingoy has signed with Hong Kong side Pegasus, joining fellow Australian Michael Glassock" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ↑ Rupolo, Nicholas (2 September 2019). "Aussies Abroad: Man City teen makes debut". FTBL. In Hong Kong Charles Lokolingoy scored on his debut for Sun Pegasus...
  11. ↑ @SydneyOlympicFC (13 January 2020). "We are delighted to announce former Brisbane Roar and Sydney FC attacker Charles Lokolingoy has joined our squad for the upcoming season" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ↑ Houlbrook-Walk, Myles (27 December 2016). "From DR Congo to Sydney FC: Charles Lokolingoy chases A-League dream". The Sydney Morning Herald.

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