Peter Sarantopoulos

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Peter Sarantopoulos
Personal information
Full name Peter Sarantopoulos
Date of birth (1968-05-02) 2 May 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Wexford SC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1992 Toronto Varsity Blues
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1992 North York Rockets 99 (2)
1992 Winnipeg Fury 9 (0)
1993 Toronto Blizzard 24 (0)
1994 Toronto Rockets
1996 St. Catharines Wolves 10 (0)
1996–1997 Toronto Shooting Stars (indoor) 29 (4)
1998 Toronto Lynx 23 (0)
International career‡
1986–1987 Canada U20 13 (0)
1988–1993 Canada 33 (0)
1989 Canada futsal 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 June 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 June 2009

Peter Sarantopoulos (born 2 May 1968) is a former Canadian international soccer defender.

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Club career

Sarantopoulos was a two-time First Team and one-time Second Team Canadian Interuniversity Sport All-Canadian with the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. [1]

He played for the North York Rockets in the Canadian Soccer League from 1988 to 1992, [2] where he was named a league All-Star in 1991 and 1992. [3] [4] [5] During the 1992 season, he was traded to the Winnipeg Fury. [6]

He played for Toronto Blizzard during the 1993 American Professional Soccer League season, as well their replacements the Toronto Rockets for the APSL's 1994 campaign. [2] [7]

In 1996, he signed with St. Catharines Wolves of the Canadian National Soccer League. He made his debut on 2 June 1996 in a match against Toronto Italia. [8] With St. Catharines, he won the CNSL Cup and reached the playoff finals, but were defeated by Toronto Italia. [9] In the winter of 1996 he played at the indoor level with Toronto Shooting Stars in the National Professional Soccer League. [10] [11]

Sarantopoulos played the 1998 season in the Toronto Lynx in the USISL A-League. [2]

International career

Sarantopoulos played for Canada at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship and the 1987 Pan American Games. [12] He made his senior debut for Canada in a February 1988 friendly match against Bermuda. [12] He earned a total of 33 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented Canada in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. [13] He also played at the inaugural 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship. [12]

His final international game was a March 1993 friendly match against South Korea. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "2010 Varsity Blues Men's Soccer Preseason Media Guide". University of Toronto. 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "Peter Sarantopoulous". Stats Crew. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Litterer, Dave. "The Year in American Soccer, 1991". Sover. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008.
  4. ↑ Litterer, Dave. "The Year in American Soccer, 1992". Sover. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008.
  5. ↑ Da Costa, Norm (25 September 1991). "Protection urged for CSL standouts". Toronto Star . p. F8.
  6. ↑ McDonald, Marvin (14 May 1993). "Heavy debts nag Fury". NewspaperArchive.com. Winnipeg Free Press. p. 33. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "The rest of the APSL". Vancouver Sun . 29 April 1993. p. C14.
  8. ↑ Glover, Robin. "1996 CNSL Season". rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  9. ↑ Jeanneret, Mark (24 October 1996). "Wolves run short in final series". St. Catharines Standard . p. C3.
  10. ↑ "Peter Sarantopoulos | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "Stars hit by Blizzard". St. Catharines Standard . 4 January 1997. p. C6.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Peter Sarantopoulos profile". Canadian Soccer Association .
  13. ↑ "Record at FIFA Tournaments". FIFA . Archived from the original on 18 April 2009.


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