Western United's Ajak Deu is working to earn his A-League debut

And based on his experience in Launceston this week, he'll be hoping he can get into the side in time for United's tour of Tasmania in April.

WU's men's team plays Perth Glory on April 16 and Macarthur on April 19 at UTAS Stadium.

Deu, 20, was at the venue on Wednesday.

"This is my first time here and this is really good," he said.

"I'm hoping to come here with the boys and play here one day."

The defender, who was born in Africa and moved to Australia in 2015, impressed in WU's inaugural NPL3 team.

He received a scholarship contract for his efforts and has been making steps toward getting an A-League call-up.

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"I've played two or three pre-season games for the first-team," he said.

"It was really enjoyable and a lot of players were helping me as a young player, it was really good."

Deu arrived in Australia as a 14-year-old and honed his skills with NPL2 club Werribee City across three years.

"I started in the under 16s, then the second year I played under 20s and the third year I played with the seniors," he said.

He has noticed a difference between the National Premier League and A-League.

"The NPL level and the A-League is different because of the game pace and the quality so I've been learning a lot," he said.

"Especially from the boys in the back-half because I'm a centre-back. And the boys from the back-half - every time I make a mistake, they'll correct me.

"And then I'll try to do it the way they say because you want to learn from the best. There are a lot of people there I look up to."

WU community football ambassador David Clarkson said the top-ranked team was looking forward to April.

"The team's had a really fantastic start to the season under our new manager John Aloisi so there's exciting things happening," he said.

"It's great to be back in Tassie not just for the game days, but also the activation that we do in the community with the young footballers, both male and female.

"We're looking really to create a pathway for those young players. We had five players over last week in our academy from Tassie so there's some really good things happening in that space as well."

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