Kosta Petratos (born 1 March 1998) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for St George City in NPL NSW.
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| Full name | Kosta Petratos | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1998 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | St George City | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | FNSW NTC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Perth Glory | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Newcastle Jets | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | FFA CoE | 25 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Perth Glory | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Perth Glory NPL | 12 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Newcastle Jets | 24 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Newcastle Jets NPL | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Olympias Lympion | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Heidelberg United | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | St George City | 35 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Australia U-17 | 15 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 February 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editPetratos started his youth career at the Football New South Wales National Training Centre. In 2014 he joined the FFA Centre of Excellence talent identification and player development program in Canberra, coached by Tony Vidmar, before he was signed by Perth Glory for the 2016–17 A-League season. He made 9 senior cap appearances for the Glory. Petratos signed for the Newcastle Jets for the 2017–18 A-League season to gain more game time opportunities.[1][2] In 2022, Petratos departed the Jets and joined second division football club Olympias Lympion, in Cyprus.
Personal life
editPetratos is of Greek ancestry, and comes from a footballing family. His father Angelo played as a defender for Sydney Olympic FC,[3] his older brother Dimitri, younger brother Maki and youngest sister Anastasia are also football players, while his younger sister Panagiota previously played for the Newcastle W-League team in 2021.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Moss joins Jets as Merrick's first signing". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. AAP. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ Pine, Jason (8 May 2017). "4 keys to Merrick's Newcastle Jets rebuild". Hyundai A-League. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ Stannard, Damien (10 February 2014). "Despite a flourishing career, Dimi Petratos tips playing with his dad and his best football moment". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ Cordy, Neil. "Dimitri Petratos one of four footballing siblings on the books at Newcastle Jets". Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ Howcroft, Jonathan (6 November 2017). "Success of Dimitri Petratos a case study for future success of A-League". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ Gardiner, James (3 October 2017). "A-League: Petratos siblings hop on board at Newcastle Jets". Newcastle Herald. Australian Community Media. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
External links
edit- Kosta Petratos at Soccerway
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