Nectarios Triantis

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Nectarios Triantis
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Triantis playing for Central Coast Mariners in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 (age 21) [1]
Place of birth Sydney, Australia [2]
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hibernian
Number 26
Youth career
2010–2011 [3] Canterbury Junior FC
2012–2014 Sydney Olympic
2015 FNSW NTC
2016–2020 Sydney FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 Western Sydney Wanderers NPL 30 (5)
2021–2022 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 (0)
2022–2023 Central Coast Mariners 25 (0)
2023– Sunderland 3 (0)
2024– → Hibernian (loan) 25 (0)
International career‡
2022– Australia U20 10 (1)
2023– Australia U23 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Nectarios Triantis (born 11 May 2003) is an Australian professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian.

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Triantis has represented Australia at under 20's level at the 2023 U20's Asian Cup.

Early life

Triantis was born in Sydney, [4] New South Wales to Poppy Triantis, with seven brothers and three sisters, [5] and is of Greek descent. [2] His father, Con Triantis, passed away from a fire in Eastwood when he was eight. [6] [7] He has three older brothers, Chris and Peter, both of whom were professional soccer players in the A-League. [8] Triantis began his soccer career at Sydney Olympic, initially as a winger and attacking midfielder, in their junior age groups. [6]

Club career

Western Sydney Wanderers

In July 2021, Western Sydney Wanderers signed Triantis to a scholarship contract. [9] Triantis made one A-League Men appearance for the Wanderers, coming on as a late substitute in a loss to Newcastle Jets in February 2022. [10] On 1 July 2022, the Wanderers confirmed that Triantis was one of four players departing the club following the 2021–22 season. [11]

Central Coast Mariners

Triantis joined Central Coast Mariners' A-League Men squad on a three-year contract in July 2022. [12]

Triantis started for the Mariners in their 6–1 win over Melbourne City in the 2023 A-League Men Grand Final. [13]

Sunderland

On 21 June 2023, Triantis signed for English club Sunderland on a four-year contract for an initial fee of around £300,000. [14] [15] [16]

After playing in three first-team games for Sunderland during the 2023–24 season, Triantis was loaned to Scottish Premiership club Hibernian on 1 February 2024. [17]

International career

Triantis was selected in the Australian under-20 squad for the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup in March 2023. The selection was criticised by Nick Montgomery, Triantis' coach at Central Coast Mariners, who claimed that Triantis would be better off playing senior matches for the Mariners in the 2022–23 A-League Men. [18]

Career statistics

As of match played on 24 August 2024 [19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sydney FC NPL 2019 National Premier Leagues NSW 00———00
Western Sydney Wanderers NPL 2020 [20] National Premier Leagues NSW20———20
2021 [20] National Premier Leagues NSW 2 151———151
2022 NSW League One 134———134
Total305000000304
Western Sydney Wanderers 2021–22 A-League Men 1000——10
Central Coast Mariners 2022–23 A-League Men25010——260
Sunderland 2023–24 Championship 2000100030
2024–25 Championship1000100020
Total3000100050
Hibernian (loan) 2023–24 Scottish Premiership 110200000130
Career total705302000755

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