Alwin Komolong

While with Besta United PNG of the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Komolong won the league Golden Boot Award as top scorer in both 2011/12 and 2013. While attending Liston College in Auckland, Komolong played for Waitakere City FC of the NRFL, the second division of New Zealand football, in 2012. Although he was not listed as a new player prior to the start of the season, he made at least two appearances and scored at least one goal for the club. One goal came during a 1–6 defeat to Melville United, a team that featured New Zealand internationals Jesse Edge and Tyler Boyd. While with the club, he also ran youth coaching sessions before matches. He returned to Papua New Guinea for the 2013 season, signing for newly founded FC Port Moresby. The team finished league runners-up that season. In 2014, he left Port Moresby and joined Madang Fox, also of the PNG top division alongside his brother Felix. Komolong also had offers to trial with professional clubs in Malaysia. In June 2017 it was announced that he was on trial with Stuttgarter Kickers of the German Regionalliga Südwest. He appeared in a 0–2 friendly defeat to SG Sonnenhof Großaspach and in a 1–0 victory over SGV Freiberg. On 9 July 2017 he started and played the first 60 minutes of a 1–1 preseason draw against Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart in the Stuttgart derby. On 15 July 2017 he competed for the club in the 2017 Kaiserstuhl Cup as the club defeated Kickers Offenbach and placed second in the tournament. His…

Komolong represented Papua New Guinea at the U17, U20, and U23 levels. Komolong was named captain of the U17 teams for the 2011 OFC U-17 Championship. He was also captain for PNG during the 2013 OFC U-20 Championship. For the U23 team, he captained the side against club teams Sarawak FA, Real Mulia F.C., and Selangor FA of the Malaysia Super League in addition to other OFC sides. In July 2015, Komolong was named a hero by the press during the 2015 Pacific Games hosted in Papua New Guinea as he scored the stoppage-time winner off a header in a 2–1 victory over Fiji to win the bronze medal. The medal was the nation's first medal for football at the Pacific Games since 1987. Papua New Guinea U23 coach and former long-time coach of the senior New Zealand national football team Ricki Herbert said of the occasion, "This is huge for men’s football. It’s not just one game, it’s the start of a new era. We can really change football here and I’m so pleased. I think it has been 30 years since the team got into a medal play-off and the boys have been awesome." The tournament also doubled as the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Komolong also served as tournament ambassador for Port Moresby 2015 and took a temporary leave from his university team and studies to represent his country. Komolong was invited to the senior team for the first time in 2015. At 19 years old he was at that time one of the youngest players ever to receive a senior call-up. In…

Komolong is of German and PNG parentage. He is the son of Birte and Miok Komolong. Dr. Komolong has served as the president of Madang FC and chairman of the PNG Football Supporters Club. Some of his grandparents, cousins, and other family live in Hütten, Schleswig-Holstein. Komolong lived in Germany with his family for a year and a half beginning at age 14. He has two younger brothers, Felix and Kusuga. Felix had a 3-week trial with Werder Bremen in 2014, and Kusuga plays as a goalkeeper.

Player

F.C. Port Moresby

Telikom NSL Cup: Runner-up, 2013 Madang Fox

Telikom NSL Cup Runner-up, 2015 Papua New Guinea

OFC Nations Cup: Runner-up, 2016 MSG Prime Minister's Cup: 2022, 2024 Papua New Guinea U-23

Pacific Games: Bronze Medalist, 2015

Individual

Telikom NSL Cup top scorer (2): 2012, 2013