Football is developing faster than it used to do in the Pacific. There are dozens of Oceanian footballers playing outside OFC region in countries like Australia, England, Netherlands, South Africa and United States. We have been recently talking about some good players born in Oceania or with Oceanian heritage that are not very known in the Pacific Islands.
Jonathon Mueller is surely one of these players. Born in Port Moresby, the 18-year-old attacking midfielder from Papua New Guinea is currently playing for Redlands United from Australia. He was one of the best players in 2019 U-20 National Premier League Queensland – one of the youth leagues related to NPL league system by scoring ten goals in 22 matches.
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The last year was something special for him. While he was ruling the U-20 league he was also having lots of opportunities in the senior team as he played 15 matches in 2019 NPL Queensland – one of the leagues that compose the NPL league system in Australia.
Redlands United is based at Brisbane metropolitan area in South East Queensland. The club also holds a partnership with Celtic FC from Scotland. The Celtic Academy is recognised as one of the top academies in the United Kingdom and in the last five years, Celtic have seen 19 players from the Youth Academy have come out of the program and play in the UEFA Champions League. The partnership brings coaches from Celtic over to Redlands to run a camp where, each season, players are selected to attend a professional trial with Celtic.
With an open path to professional football, Mueller has the chance to be the next breakthrough from Papua New Guinea and play in Europe just like David Browne who is currently playing in Finland. PNG Football Association should pay attention on him.
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