Kosta Petratos

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Kosta Petratos
Personal information
Full name Kosta Petratos
Date of birth (1998-03-01) 1 March 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 St George City
Youth career
2013 FNSW NTC
2015–2017 Perth Glory
2017–2020 Newcastle Jets
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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
International career‡
2014–2015 Australia U-17 15 (7)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
AFF U-16 Youth Championship
Bronze medal icon.svg 2013 Myanmar U-17 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 February 2016

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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Club career

Petratos 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

Petratos 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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Moss joins Jets as Merrick's first signing". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. AAP. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ↑ Pine, Jason (8 May 2017). "4 keys to Merrick's Newcastle Jets rebuild". Hyundai A-League. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Cordy, Neil. "Dimitri Petratos one of four footballing siblings on the books at Newcastle Jets" . Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Howcroft, Jonathan (6 November 2017). "Success of Dimitri Petratos a case study for future success of A-League". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  6. ↑ 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.

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