Kur Kur
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kur Gai Kur | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Mombasa, Kenya | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Avondale FC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Modbury Vista | ||
| 2009–2016 | Skillaroos | ||
| 2016–2020 | Modbury | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Modbury | 7 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Croydon Kings | 8 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Adelaide City | 32 | (16) |
| 2022–2023 | FK Novi Pazar | 0 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Brisbane Roar NPL | 5 | (1) |
| 2024- | Avondale FC | 11 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | South Sudan | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 May 2023 | |||
Kur Gai Kur (born 20 February 2000) is a South Sudanese professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Avondale FC.[2]
He has also been called up for the South Sudan national team.[citation needed]
Club career
[edit]Kur was born in a refugee camp in Kenya. At the age of two, together with his family he moved to Australia for a better life. He began his football career at Modbury Vista when he was a very young, before joining the Skillaroos program, until he turned 16. He then signed to Modbury before joining the Croydon Kings in 2020. He transferred to Adelaide City in 2021, where he began his senior career.[3]
Kur made his debut with the South Sudan national team in a friendly match against the national team of Jordan, on January 31, 2022.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kur Gai Kur | Sportschau.de". livecenter.sportschau.de.
- ^ AussieScout [@scout_aussie] (1 May 2023). "Really interesting to see Kur Kur (🇸🇸🇦🇺 - 2000) play and score for Brisbane Roar's NPL side on the weekend. Kur was the best player in NPLSA with Adelaide City before signing for Novi Pazar in Serbia's top flight. He would be a smart signing for Brisbane Roar next season" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Pulczynski, Ian (31 March 2022). ""I'm in the best form of my career" - Kur Kur". Front Page Football.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Jordan vs. South Sudan". www.national-football-teams.com.
External links
[edit]- Kur Kur at Soccerway
- Kur Kur at National-Football-Teams.com
- MyGameDay profile
Categories:
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mombasa
- Naturalized citizens of South Sudan
- South Sudanese men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- FK Novi Pazar players
- South Sudan men's international footballers
- South Sudanese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
- South Sudanese emigrants to Australia
- Naturalised soccer players of Australia
- Australian men's soccer players
- Modbury Jets SC players
- Croydon FC (Australia) players
- Adelaide City FC players
- National Premier Leagues players
- Australian expatriate men's soccer players
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
- Australian people of South Sudanese descent
- Sportspeople of South Sudanese descent
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen