Brighton (England), Nov 10 (AP) Promising young striker Evan Ferguson has extended his contract at Brighton and Hove Albion to June 2029, the Premier League club said Friday.

The 19-year-old Ireland international has scored five league goals this season including a hat trick in a victory over Newcastle United.

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“Evan deserves this new contract and he has a very big future ahead of him,” manager Roberto De Zerbi said in the club's statement.

He scored 10 goals in 25 appearances across all competitions last season.

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Ferguson first drew attention when he came off the bench for Dublin club Bohemians at age 14 in a friendly against Chelsea in 2019. He switched to Brighton a couple of years later.

Ferguson's goal in the 3-2 win over Latvia in March made him Ireland's youngest goalscorer since Robbie Keane netted as a teenager in 1998. (AP)

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