Abel Redenut (born 17 April 1995) is a

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a defender for

Madang Madang (old German name: ''Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen'') is the capital of Madang Province and is a town with a population of 27,420 (in 2005) on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. History Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai was probably the first Eur ...

in the

Papua New Guinea National Soccer League The Papua New Guinea Premier Soccer League is the men's top division of professional association football, soccer in Papua New Guinea. It is a nationwide league formed in 2006 by Papua New Guinea Football Association. It replaced the Papua New ...

and the

Papua New Guinea national football team The Papua New Guinea national soccer team is the men's national Association football, soccer team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. Its nickname is the ''Kapuls'', which is Tok Pisin for Cuscus. ...

Early years

Redenut, who is born of mixed Oro and Morobe parentage, started playing soccer at the St. Joseph International School in

Port Moresby (; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New ...

. Apart from soccer, Redenut has played schoolboys rugby union but upon recollection, decided to focus his energy on football.

Club career

Redenut started his career with

Besta United PNG Besta PNG United, sometimes known as Besta United PNG, is a semi-professional soccer club, based in Lae, Papua New Guinea. The side acts as the national development team of the Papua New Guinea Football Association, and is limited to players who ...

which is the national development team of the

Papua New Guinea Football Association The Papua New Guinea Football Association, PNGFA is the governing body of soccer in Papua New Guinea. The PNGFA is a member of both FIFA and Oceania Football Confederation, OFC, having FIFA and OFC affiliation in 1966 after being founded in 1962 ...

. In 2014, just before the 2014 OFC U-20 Championship he joined

. In 2016, he joined Mungkas. After two seasons with Mungkas he joined

to play for them in the

2018 OFC Champions League The 2018 OFC Champions League was the 17th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club association football, football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and the 12th season under the current OFC ...

International career

Redenut progressed through the national teams of PNG, from the U17's up to the national team. In 2015 Redenut was part of the

Papua New Guinea national under-23 football team The Papua New Guinea national under-23 soccer team, also known as PNG U23, represents Papua New Guinea at U23 tournaments. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Papua New Guinea national soccer team History PNG U23 made five appe ...

which won a bronze medal at the

2015 Pacific Games The 15th Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 2015 or POM 2015, was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 4 to 18 July 2015. It was the fifteenth staging of the Pacific Games as well as the third to be hosted in Port Moresby. More tha ...

. Redenut made his debut for the

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on March 23, 2017, in their 2–1 loss against

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* * Living people 1995 births Men's association football midfielders Papua New Guinea men's international soccer players Papua New Guinean men's soccer players Sportspeople from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea) {{PapuaNewGuinea-footy-bio-stub