Peter Skapetis

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Peter Skapetis
Personal information
Full name Petros Skapetis
Date of birth (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
0000–2008 South Melbourne
2009–2010 FFV NTC
2011–2012 Birmingham City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2014 Queens Park Rangers 0 (0)
2014–2016 Stoke City 0 (0)
2017 Dover Athletic 0 (0)
2017–2018 Brisbane Roar 14 (0)
2018 Central Coast Mariners 5 (1)
2018–2019 Dandenong Thunder 12 (2)
2019–2020 South Melbourne 12 (1)
2021 Kingston City 14 (6)
2022 Altona Magic 22 (0)
International career‡
2014 Australia U-20 7 (6)
2014 Australia U-23 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 August 2017

Petros "Peter" Skapetis (born 13 January 1995) is an Australian semi-professional footballer who last played as striker for National Premier Leagues Victoria side Altona Magic SC.

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Playing career

Club

In April 2014, Skapetis joined Premier League side Stoke City, initially to play for their under-21 side. [1]

Skapetis had trials at several clubs including Derby County, Cardiff City and Sheffield United late in 2016. [2] [3] He signed with Dover Athletic in March 2017. [4]

Skapetis returned to Australia in 2017, where he underwent a trial with Brisbane Roar. [5] He made his competitive debut for the Roar in their 2017 FFA Cup match against Melbourne Victory. Despite the Roar losing the game 5–1, Skapetis came on as a substitute and scored with a long-range effort late in the game. [6]

On 18 January 2018, Skapetis left Brisbane Roar and joined fellow A-League club Central Coast Mariners on a one-year deal. [7]

On 24 September 2018, National Premier Leagues Victoria side Dandenong Thunder SC announced the signing of Skapetis until the end of the 2020 NPL Victoria season. [8]

International

Skapetis is eligible to play for Australia or Greece, and was contacted by both federations in 2013. [9]

Honours

Club

Dover Athletic

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References

  1. ↑ Lewis, Dave (28 April 2014). "Whizkid Skapetis snapped up by Stoke". The World Game . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Davidson, John (24 December 2016). "Skapetis trials with Sheffield United". FourFourTwo . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Vegas, Paul (25 September 2016). "Derby trials for ex-Stoke striker Skapetis". Tribal Football. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Peter Skapetis: Dover Athletic sign ex-Stoke City striker". BBC Sport . 23 March 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Lewis, Dave (31 July 2017). "Luckless Skapetis aims to open Roar door after injury hell". The World Game . Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Monteverde, Marco (9 August 2017). "FFA Cup: Melbourne Victory smash Brisbane Roar 5–1 at Perry Park". The Courier-Mail . Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Monteverde, Marco (18 January 2018). "Brisbane Roar release young attacker Peter Skapetis to A-League rival". The Courier-Mail .
  8. ↑ Lynch, Joey. "Former Roar and Mariners attacker Skapetis lands with NPL Victoria side Dandenong Thunder | Daily Football Show". dailyfootballshow.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  9. ↑ Lewis, Dave (28 July 2013). "Okon bids to woo Skapetis". The World Game . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  10. ↑ Tervet, Steve (1 May 2017). "Dover Athletic 2 Welling United 0 - Kent Senior Cup final match report". KM Group . Retrieved 10 August 2017.


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