Roarie Deacon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roarie Milton Ryan Deacon[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Wandsworth, London, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sutton United | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2011 | Arsenal | ||
| 2011–2013 | Sunderland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Stevenage | 25 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Crawley Town | 21 | (5) |
| 2016– | Sutton United | 24 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 2009–2010 | England U19 | 4 | (1) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:40, 20 November 2016 (UTC). | |||
Roarie Milton Ryan Deacon (born 12 October 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays for Sutton United.
Deacon started his career at Premier League club Arsenal in 2008, and signed professional terms ahead of the 2010–11 season. He made no first-team appearances and was subsequently released in the summer of 2011. Deacon then joined Sunderland in July that year. He left Sunderland when his contract expired in January 2013, again without making a first-team appearance. Deacon signed for League One team Stevenage on a free transfer in March 2013. He has also represented England at U19 level.
Club career
Deacon began his career as a schoolboy at Arsenal in 2008, progressing through the youth ranks and playing regularly for the club's U18 side.[3][4][5][6][7] He signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2010, agreeing an initial one-year deal.[8] During the 2010–11 season, he made 16 appearances for the reserve side, scoring four times.[9][10] He was also part of the U19 team that reached the semi-finals of the Dallas Cup, scoring three goals.[11] Despite playing regularly at reserve level, he did not make any first-team appearances, and was subsequently released by Arsenal on 17 June 2011.[9] Just two weeks after his release from Arsenal, Deacon joined fellow Premier League side Sunderland on a one-and-a-half-year contract.[12][13] Deacon made 20 appearances for Sunderland's second string during the 2011–12 season, scoring three goals, but failed to break through into the first-team. He made a further eight appearances for Sunderland's U21 team during the first half of the 2012–13 campaign. In January 2013, having made no first-team appearances, Sunderland announced that he had left the club upon the expiry of his contract.[14]
In March 2013, Deacon signed for League One side Stevenage on a free transfer.[15][16] He made his debut for the club, and first professional appearance, in the club's 1–0 home victory over Hartlepool United on 1 April, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute.[17]
On 12 May 2014, Deacon signed a new contract extension at the club.[18]
On 28 July 2015, Deacon joined League Two team Crawley Town on a one-year deal.[19]
Following a trial with Cambridge United in July 2016,[20] he signed for National League newcomers Sutton United.[21] Deacon made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2016–17 season, a 3–1 home defeat to Solihull Moors.[22] Deacon scored his first league goal for the U's when he finished off a team counter-attack in the last minute of added time in a 3–1 victory over Lincoln City at Sincil Bank on 13 August 2016, securing Sutton's first win in the fifth tier of English football in 16 years.[23] One week later he was voted man of the match after his saved shot was finished by Ross Stearn and he assisted a goal for Bedsenté Gomis in a 2–0 home victory against Macclesfield Town, which saw Sutton briefly rise to third in the league, the club's highest level in its history.[24]
On 8 October, Deacon scored his second goal for the club with a fine solo effort and assisted two more for Ross Stearn and Craig McAllister in another man of the match performance when Sutton routed Surrey rivals Woking 4–1 at Gander Green Lane.[25] The following day he featured in The Non-League Paper's "team of the day" with a 9/10 rating. Deacon netted his first brace for Sutton on 5 November when he struck twice in a First Round FA Cup victory over Dartford at Princes Park; Sutton went on to win 6-3.[26]
International career
Deacon has represented the England U19 team on three occasions.[27] After appearing as an unused substitute in England's 3–1 victory over Finland U19's on 9 October 2009,[28] he made his debut two days later in a 3–1 win against Slovenia, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring England's third goal from the penalty spot.[29] Three days later, on 14 October, he started in a 2–0 win over Slovakia U19's in Lendava.[19] In March 2010, Deacon was called up to play in a friendly match against a Netherlands U19 side, earning his third cap from the substitute's bench in a 1–1 draw.[27]
Career statistics
- As of 12 November 2016.
| Club | Season | League[A] | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sunderland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stevenage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 11+10 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13+12 | 0 | ||
| 13+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 16+14 | 1 | ||
| Total | 25+21 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 30+26 | 1 | |
| Crawley Town | 21+16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24+16 | 5 | |
| Sutton United | 15+3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17+3 | 5 | |
| Career totals | 61+40 | 8 | 4+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 71+45 | 11 | |
- A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League and National League.
References
- ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2012 and 31/08/2012". The Football Association. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Roarie Deacon – ESPN". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Reading Yth 3–2 Arsenal Yth". Arsenal F.C. 21 September 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "West Ham Yth 1–2 Arsenal Yth". Arsenal F.C. 28 September 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Arsenal Yth 2–0 Chelsea Yth". Arsenal F.C. 5 October 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Bould names 16-man squad for FA Youth Cup". Arsenal F.C. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Youth Cup – Arsenal 4–1 Man City". Arsenal F.C. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Three youngsters sign professional terms". Arsenal F.C. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- 1 2 "Three young Arsenal players released by Club". Arsenal F.C. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sunderland snap up Deacon". Sky Sports. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Dallas Cup: Squad, results and highlights". Arsenal F.C. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Former Gunner Deacon joins Sunderland". Arsenal F.C. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sunderland sign former Arsenal youngster Roarie Deacon". Goal.com. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sunderland make Academy clear-out". Sunderland Echo. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Deacon and Smith move to Boro". Stevenage F.C. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Stevenage: Roarie Deacon, Alex Smith and Max Ehmer sign on loan". BBC Sport. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Stevenage 1–0 Hartlepool". BBC Sport. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Contracts Extensions For Talented Trio". Stevenage FC. 12 May 2014.
- 1 2 "Crawley: Lee Barnard and Roarie Deacon join League Two club". BBC Sport. 29 July 2015.
- ↑ "St Neots Town 1 Cambridge United 2: U's enjoy a winning start as Saints preserve dignity". Cambridge News. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ↑ "Roarie Deacon: Sutton United sign former Crawley forward". BBC News. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ↑ "Sutton United 1 Solihull Moors 3". BBC Sport. 6 August 2016.
- ↑ "Lincoln City 1 Sutton United 3". BBC Sport. 13 August 2016.
- ↑ "A Sutton United front: Professional and thorough, Macclesfield had no chance". Sutton Guardian. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ "Sutton United 4 Woking 1". BBC. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ "Dartford 3 Sutton United 6". BBC Sport. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- 1 2 "Roarie Deacon – The FA". The Football Association. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "England U19 3–1 Finland U19". Soccerway. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Slovenia U19 1–3 England U19". Soccerway. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Arsenal 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sunderland 2011/2012 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sunderland 2012/2013 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Stevenage 2012/2013 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Stevenage 2013/2014 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ↑ "Stevenage 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ↑ "Crawley Town 2015/2016 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ↑ "Sutton United 2016/2017 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
