BUDDING sports star Flynn Perez says he isn’t ready to decide between playing soccer or footy.
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The Bendigo boy has just been selected as captain of the School Sports Victoria Soccer team and will compete at the national championships later this month.
The 12-year-old is just one of two country players to be selected in the team, with the rest of the squad picked from Melbourne.
Perez said he was surprised to have been picked in the soccer team.
“There are so many good players in the whole of Victoria, so when I got picked I was surprised,” he said.
“It still hasn’t sunk in.”
Perez also won the Bendigo Junior Football League under 12B best and fairest with St Killians St Peters.
The Grade 6 student said he was passionate about both soccer and footy and would continue to compete in both.
Bendigo Skills Acquisition Program co-ordinator Nick Mammone said it was good to see Perez rewarded for his hard work.
“To get into the Victorian team you need to go through local trials, regional trials and then metro trials,” he said.
“It is very difficult to get a guernsey, so it is a credit to him.”
Mammone said Perez would now be able to test his ability against some of the country’s best young soccer players.