Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roarie Milton Ryan Deacon | ||
Date of birth | 12 October 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Wandsworth, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Sutton United | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2010 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Stevenage | 46 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Crawley Town | 37 | (5) |
2016– | Sutton United | 42 | (7) |
National team | |||
2009–2010 | England U19 | 4 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:20, 30 April 2017 (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.
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. He signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2010, agreeing an initial one-year deal. During the 2010–11 season, he made 16 appearances for the reserve side, scoring four times. He was also part of the U19 team that reached the semi-finals of the Dallas Cup, scoring three goals. Despite playing regularly at reserve level, he did not make any first-team appearances, and was subsequently released by Arsenal on 17 June 2011. Just two weeks after his release from Arsenal, Deacon joined fellow Premier League side Sunderland on a one-and-a-half-year contract. 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.