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Petange 10th of 16 teams. Would level be much above National/Central League?
Hopefully just a start for Faulds. Been looking for that first pro deal for awhile now it seems.
With 29 goals across 26 games for Napier City Rovers in the 2024 Central & National Leagues + Chatham Cup - Oscar Faulds finds himself swapping the Hawkes Bay for South-Western 🇱🇺 in 2025.
Deal signed with BGL Ligue club (1st tier - 🇱🇺) Union Titus Pétange.
about 1 year ago· edited about 1 year ago· History
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Petange 10th of 16 teams. Would level be much above National/Central League?
Hopefully just a start for Faulds. Been looking for that first pro deal for awhile now it seems.
With 29 goals across 26 games for Napier City Rovers in the 2024 Central & National Leagues + Chatham Cup - Oscar Faulds finds himself swapping the Hawkes Bay for South-Western 🇱🇺 in 2025.
Deal signed with BGL Ligue club (1st tier - 🇱🇺) Union Titus Pétange.
Another goal in a 3-2 loss against F91 Dudelange in a friendly yesterday. League action resumes next weekend, with Pétange travelling 10 minutes down the road to take on bottom of the table FC Mondercange.
Says the tempo and intensity is far higher than what he faced in the Central/National Leagues, even for friendly matches.
Probably gives you some idea of the scope of the challenge that Kiwi lads face when they head over to Europe to try and make a name for themselves.
Mondercange are last in the division so this was a game that UTP will have been hoping to capitalise on, particularly since their stated aim over the second half of the campaign is to ensure they don’t slip any closer towards having to go through relegation playoffs. This’ll help that plenty.
They were in a bit of danger up until Faulds’ goal, with Mondercange pushing desperately for an equaliser, but then a mix-up between defender and goalkeeper allowed Faulds to pounce and convert into an open net.Sadly there’s no video, they don’t seem to even broadcast the games in Luxembourg unless the clubs take it upon themselves. You’ll just have to imagine what it looked like.
Third game he was back to the bench away to Bettembourg, where UTP were 1-0 down after 55 minutes but equalised soon afterwards. Bettembourg then got a red card and Faulds was very quickly summoned to take advantage of that situation.
Chucked on after 65 minutes. UTP took the lead after 73 minutes. Faulds made it safe with a goal on 81 mins. Oscar Faulds has played 118 minutes in the Luxembourg National Division and already has two goals, plus his team is undefeated in the games that he’s played. So far so good.
Not really getting decent mins at the moment... got a vouple goals to start off with, but seems to be getting very little love from the coach in terms of game time.
