Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nicholas Andrew Tsaroulla [1] | ||
Date of birth | 29 March 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Bristol, England [2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Crawley Town | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | Whetstone Wanderers | ||
2011–2018 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
2019–2020 | Brentford | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Crawley Town | 108 | (8) |
International career | |||
2019 | Cyprus U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:52, 23 March 2024 (UTC) |
Nicholas Andrew Tsaroulla (born 29 March 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for Crawley Town. Born in England, he has represented Cyprus at youth level.
A left back, Tsaroulla began his career with Whetstone Wanderers and moved to the Tottenham Hotspur academy at the age of 12. [4] [5] Tsaroulla had a successful career with the U18 team (winning the 2014 South Korea Cup and the 2016 IMG Cup) and progressed into the Development Squad, [6] [7] but the effects of a car crash suffered in July 2017 saw him released at the end of the 2017–18 season. [8] [9] He subsequently spent a year out of football in rehabilitation. [5]
On 9 May 2019, Tsaroulla joined the B team at Championship club Brentford on a free transfer and signed a one-year contract, with the option of a further year. [10] He made 31 B team appearances during his single season with the club. [11]
After six weeks' training with Crawley Town, Tsaroulla signed a one-year contract with the League Two club on 10 October 2020, with the option of a further season. [12] He made the first professional appearance of his career as a substitute in 2–0 EFL Trophy win over Ipswich Town on 10 November 2020 and made his league debut in a 1–1 away draw with Colchester United one month later. [13] [14] Tsaroulla scored the first senior goal of his career in his seventh appearance with the opener in a 3–0 FA Cup third-round victory over Premier League side Leeds United on 10 January 2021. [15] In the post-match interview, Tsaroulla was left "almost in tears", stating that "the darkest days of pain came out as it went in". [16] After scoring once in 21 appearances across a mid-table 2020–21 campaign, [13] [17] he won the club's Young Player of the Season and Goal of the Season awards. [18] On 11 May 2021, he signed a new two-year contract with an option for a further year. He would make his 100th appearance for the club in a 3-1 loss away to Notts County. [19]
Tsaroulla is of Cypriot descent and grew up in Winchmore Hill in north London. [4] [21] He attended Southgate School in Oakwood. [4]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Crawley Town | 2020–21 [13] | League Two | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 21 | 1 |
2021–22 [22] | League Two | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 28 | 3 | |
2022–23 [23] | League Two | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
Career total | 58 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 6 |
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