Daryl Louise (born 12 August 1998) is a

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who currently plays for

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and the Seychelles national team.

Club career

In 2014, Louise was part of the Seychelles national under-17 team that competed in the Seychelles Division Two. The following year he played with the national under-16 team in the Third Division and was given the team's Best Player Award following the season. By 2017, Louise had joined

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of the Seychelles Division One. That season the club reached the final of the Seychelles League Cup with a victory over

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in the semi-final. Louise featured in defense for the club in the victory. Northern Dynamo FC went on to defeat Saint Louis Suns United FC in the final to win the tournament. In September 2019 Louise joined

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club Mansfield Road FC of the

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. In March 2020 he scored in a 2–0 victory over Cropredy FC in the final match before football in Britain was halted because of the

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. Before his departure in May 2021, he made sixteen league appearances for the club, scoring five goals, and an additional two appearances and three tallies in the Presidents Cup. For the 2021/22 season, Louise moved to

of the Hellenic Football League Division One. During his first season with the club, he made twenty-one league appearances. The following season, Abingdon United was in the race for promotion to the Premier Division with Louise in defense. The 2022–23 Hellenic Football League#Division One following season, the club played a memorable season in which it placed seventh in the table. Following a victory over league champions Pershore Town on the final matchday, Abingdon manager

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accredited the team's season in large part to Louise and his defensive partner Dan Chalmers.

International career

At the youth level, Louise represented the Seychelles at the

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. He had earned a late

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in the team's opening defeat to

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. Following his one-match suspension, he returned to the starting lineup for a 0–5 defeat to

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to end the Seychelles' campaign. In March 2023 he was named to the senior national team for two

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away to

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. He was one of only two foreign-based players in the squad, along with

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. Louise went on to make his debut in the opening 0–1 defeat on 25 March. He earned his second cap three days later as Seychelles won 1–0. In the second match, Louise drew a

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from Md Saad Uddin in the box which was then converted by Mancienne for the winning goal. In summer 2023 he was named to the Seychelles squad for the

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. He was again one of two legionnaires in the squad, along with Carl Hopprich of German club

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International career statistics

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Louise, Daryl 1998 births Living people Men's association football defenders Seychellois men's footballers Seychelles men's international footballers Abingdon United F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in England