Kosta Grozos

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Kosta Grozos
Personal information
Full name Kostandinos Grozos
Date of birth (2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Kingsgrove, Australia
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Newcastle Jets
Number 17
Youth career
Sutherland Sharks
2015–2016 Western Sydney Wanderers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2021 Western Sydney Wanderers NPL 47 (19)
2018–2021 Western Sydney Wanderers 7 (0)
2021– Newcastle Jets 54 (3)
International career‡
2017–2018 Australia U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 October 2018

Kosta Grozos (born 10 August 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a central midfielder for Newcastle Jets. [1]

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Career

Western Sydney Wanderers

In 2017, Grozos was awarded the Wanderer's NPL Player of the Year having scored 11 goals in 13 games for the Youth team in their NPL NSW 2 campaign. [2]

Grozos was part of the 2017-18 Y-League championship winning Western Sydney Wanderers Youth team. He played the full game as they beat Melbourne City Youth 3–1 in the 2018 Y-League Grand Final on 3 February 2018. [3]

On 7 August 2018, Grozos made his professional debut in a Round of 32 FFA Cup clash with Hellenic Athletic, starting the game before being withdrawn for Nick Fitzgerald in the 26th minute due to an injury, the Wanderers going on to win the match 4–3. [4] He made his second appearance for Western Sydney in their 3-0 FFA Cup semi-final loss to Sydney FC on 8 October 2018, with Grozos playing the full game. [5] Two days later, he was awarded with a two-year professional contract with the Wanderers. [6]

International career

He is a youth international for the Australia U-20s.

Personal life

He is of Greek descent. [7]

Honours

Club

Western Sydney Wanderers

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References

  1. ↑ "Kostandinos Grozos". 31 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Players shine at Wanderers Academy Presentation night". 10 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Melbourne City U21 vs. Western Sydney W. U21 - 3 February 2018 - Soccerway".
  4. ↑ "Hellenic Athletic vs. Western Sydney Wanderers - 7 August 2018 - Soccerway".
  5. ↑ "Western Sydney Wanderers vs. Sydney - 6 October 2018 - Soccerway".
  6. ↑ "Young gun Grozos eyes Western Sydney Wanderers breakthrough". 8 November 2018.
  7. ↑ Stamocostas, Con (19 October 2018). "The Greek Australians looking to light up the 2018/19 A-League and W-League seasons - Neos Kosmos". English Edition.

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