Dimitri Petratos

Dimitri Petratos

Dimitri Petratos playing for Sydney FC in Australia
Personal information
Full name	Dimitrios Petratos
Date of birth	(1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 32) [1]
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Mohun Bagan
Number	9
Youth career
	Penrith Nepean United
2009	Sydney Olympic
2009–2010	Sydney FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009	Penrith Nepean United	17	(1)
2010–2012	Sydney FC	30	(5)
2010	→ Sydney Olympic (loan)	14	(1)
2012–2013	Kelantan	0	(0)
2013–2017	Brisbane Roar	94	(15)
2017	Ulsan Hyundai	4	(0)
2017–2020	Newcastle Jets	79	(22)
2020–2022	Al-Wehda	28	(9)
2021–2022	→ Western Sydney (loan)	23	(3)
2022–	Mohun Bagan	60	(24)
International career‡
2008	Australia U17	1	(1)
2009–2011	Australia U20	9	(2)
2011	Australia U23	2	(0)
2018–2019	Australia	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:10, 18 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:30, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Dimitrios Petratos (born 10 November 1992) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan.

Petratos has played for four different A-League clubs, winning one championship with Brisbane Roar. The majority of Petratos's career has been in the A-League. However, he has played in Malaysia, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, before moving to India.

Club career

Sydney FC

Petratos made his debut as a substitute for Sydney FC in their Round 13, 1–0 victory over Newcastle Jets at the Sydney Football Stadium during the 2010–11 season. He played continually since his debut off the bench and was in the starting 11 in some games. ^[2] He scored his first senior A-League goal against Gold Coast United on 8 January 2011 which set Sydney on their way to a 2–0 victory. ^[3]

Sydney FC secured him to a new two-year professional contract on 13 January 2011, replacing his youth league contract. ^[4] Petratos secured his position as one of the brightest up and coming talents for Sydney, when he scored a brace against rivals Central Coast Mariners in a 2–2 draw at Bluetounge Stadium. ^[5] Following a reported bust-up with Zeljko Kalac, Petratos requested for and was granted a release from Sydney FC, allowing him to pursue a move to Malaysian Super League Champions Kelantan. ^{[6] [7]}

Kelantan

On 7 December 2012, Petratos made a goalscoring debut for Malaysian side Kelantan in a pre-season friendly against Perlis which ended 5–0. ^[8] Petratos immediately had a very strong connection and passion with the fans and supporters and in the month of December 2012 continued his goal scoring form, scoring 4 goals in 4 games ^[9] He then scored another 2 goals against Penang FA on 24 December to take his tally to 6 goals in 5 friendly games. ^[10]

Foreign player restrictions in the Malaysian Super League meant Petratos played exclusively in the 2013 AFC Cup, where Kelantan were drawn in Group G along with Maziya S&RC, Ayeyawady United and SHB Đà Nẵng. He featured in all 7 matches for Kelantan in the competition, scoring 4 goals as they were knocked out by Kitchee SC at the quarter-final stage. ^[11]

Brisbane Roar

In June 2013, Petratos was signed by the Roar on a one-year deal, along with former Melbourne Victory defensive midfielder Diogo Ferreira. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

On 26 December 2013, Petratos scored his first career hattrick against his former club Sydney FC. On 17 July, Petratos scored the opening goal against Premier League giants Liverpool.

After a poor 2014–15 season, Petratos immediately made amends with a stellar 2015–16 'breakout' season. Petratos capped off a classic comeback victory for the Roar in Round 22 against the Western Sydney Wanderers, contributing a goal and an assist to Roar's 3–2 win. Petratos backed up his best career form with a goal of the season contender against Melbourne City, scoring on the half-volley from 35-metres out. He managed to feature in all of Brisbane's 29 games, finishing with a goal tally of 7 and an equally impressive 5 assists.

Ulsan Hyundai

On 24 January 2017, Petratos was signed, along with his brother Kosta by Newcastle Jets on a 3-year contract, starting in the 2017–18 season. ^[15] However, less than two weeks later, he accepted an offer to join Korean club Ulsan Hyundai on a 3-year deal for a sum of $300,000, which would be split evenly between Newcastle and Brisbane. ^[16]

Newcastle Jets

On 13 June 2017, following his release from Ulsan Hyundai, Petratos signed a two-year deal with Newcastle Jets. ^[17]

Mohun Bagan SG

On 18 July 2022, Petratos joined Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan SG. On 10 October he made his debut against Chennaiyin FC, during which he provided the assist for Manvir Singh's opening goal. He quickly proved his worth to the team by scoring a hat-trick against Kerala Blasters in only his second game. As the season progressed, he emerged as a key player for his team, leading them to finish third in the points table and eventually guiding them to the Indian Super League playoffs final. In the final against Bengaluru FC, Petratos demonstrated his skill and composure by scoring both the goals for his team, which included two penalties, as the game ended in a 2–2 draw after extra time. He also scored his penalty in the resulting shoot-out, which ultimately led his team to win the ISL trophy. Petratos finished the season with an impressive twelve goals and seven assists in 23 matches, cementing his status as a valuable member of the team.

Dimitri Petratos scored two goals against Bengaluru FC in the Indian Super League final and helped Mohun Bagan SG lift their maiden title. ^[18]

International career

After rumours all season about an international call up Petratos was selected in the Australia squad for the friendlies before the World Cup. Petratos started on the left wing in his international debut against Norway on 24 March 2018, playing 74 minutes before coming off for Robbie Kruse. Petratos made little impact as Australia lost 4–1 to Norway. Petratos started Australia's 2nd friendly on the bench against Colombia on 28 March and was an unused substitute as Australia drew 0–0 with Colombia.

In May 2018, he was named in Australia's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. ^[19]

Personal life

Petratos is of Greek ancestry, and comes from a footballing family. His father Angelo played as a defender for Sydney Olympic FC, ^[20] his younger brother Kosta was his teammate at the Jets, his younger sister Panayiota previously played for the Newcastle W-League team in 2021, his younger brother Maki played for the Newcastle Jets and his youngest sister Anastasia is currently playing at Sydney Olympic FC. ^{[21] [22] [23]}

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 13 September 2024 ^[24]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		League cup [b]		Contiental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Penrith Nepean United	2009	NSW Premier League	17	1	—		—		—		17	1
Sydney	2010–11	A-League	16	3	—		—		4 [c]	0	20	3
	2011–12	A-League	13	2	—		—		—		13	2
	2012–13	A-League	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		30	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	34	5
Sydney Olympic (loan)	2010	NSW Premier League	14	1	—		—		—		14	1
Kelantan	2013	Malaysia Super League	0	0	0	0	—		7 [d]	4	7	4
Brisbane Roar	2013–14	A-League	27	5	—		—		—		27	5
	2014–15	A-League	24	1	0	0	—		4 [c]	0	28	1
	2015–16	A-League	29	7	0	0	—		—		29	7
	2016–17	A-League	14	2	0	0	—		—		14	2
	Total		94	15	0	0	0	0	4	0	98	15
Ulsan Hyundai	2017	K League 1	4	0	0	0	—		5 [c]	0	9	0
Newcastle Jets	2017–18	A-League	27	10	1	0	—		—		28	10
	2018–19	A-League	26	7	2	0	—		2 [c]	0	30	7
	2019–20	A-League	26	5	3	3	—		—		29	8
	Total		79	22	6	3	0	0	2	0	87	25
Al-Wehda	2020–21	Saudi Pro League	28	9	1	0	—		1 [c]	0	30	9
Western Sydney Wanderers (loan)	2021–22	A-League	23	3	2	0	—		—		25	3
Mohun Bagan SG	2022–23	Indian Super League	23	12	3	0	0	0	—		26	12
	2023–24	Indian Super League	18	10	3	1	4	1	4 [d]	3	29	15
	2024–25	Indian Super League	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4	1
	Total		42	22	6	1	7	2	4	3	59	28
Career total			330	77	15	4	7	2	27	7	379	90

1. Includes Australia Cup, King Cup, Super Cup
2. Includes Durand Cup
3. Appearances in AFC Champions League
4. Appearance(s) in AFC Cup

International

As of matches played till 7 June 2019 ^[25]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Australia	2018	2	0
	2019	1	0
Total		3	0

Honours

Brisbane Roar

• A-League Premiership: 2013–14
• A-League Championship: 2013–14

Mohun Bagan

• Indian Super League Premiership: 2023–24
• ISL Cup: 2022–23; runner-up: 2023–24 ^[26]
• Durand Cup: 2023

Australia U19

• AFF U-19 Youth Championship: 2010
• AFC U-19 Championship runner-up: 2010

Individual

• Indian Super League Player of the League: 2023–24 ^[26]
• Indian Super League Player of the Month: October 2022, ^[27] March 2024, ^[28] April 2024 ^[29]
• Mohun Bagan Best Striker Award and MohunBagan Best Player Award: 2023 and 2024 ^[30]
• A-League Young Player of the Month: January 2014, January 2016

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External links

• Dimitri Petratos – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Sydney FC youth profile
• Dimitri Petratos at WorldFootball.net
• Dimitri Petratos – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)