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Pierce Waring (born 18 November 1998) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a forward for National Premier Leagues Victoria club Bentleigh Greens.

Pierce Waring

Personal information
Full name	Pierce Waring
Date of birth	(1998-11-18) 18 November 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth	Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Sichuan Jiuniu
Number	8
Youth career
	FTS Academy
	Nunawading City
2015–2018	Melbourne Victory
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2018	Melbourne Victory NPL	49	(13)
2016–2018	Melbourne Victory	1	(0)
2018–2020	Cerezo Osaka U23	38	(3)
2018–2020	Cerezo Osaka	0	(0)
2021	Bentleigh Greens	12	(7)
2021	Sichuan Jiuniu	7	(2)
2022–	Bentleigh Greens	16	(8)
National team‡
2015	Australia U17	3	(1)
2019–	Australia U23	2	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2022 ‡ 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

• Melbourne Victory Reserves
  • 2016/17 NYL Golden Boot

References

External links

• Melbourne Victory profile
• Pierce Waring at Soccerway
• Pierce Waring at J.League (in Japanese)

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