Peter Tsekenis

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Peter Tsekenis
Personal information
Full name Peter Nectario Tsekenis [1]
Date of birth (1973-08-04) 4 August 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1991 St George 3 (0)
1991–2000 Sydney Olympic 173 (6)
2000–2004 Newcastle United 81 (5)
2004 Belmore Hercules 8 (0)
2004–2008 Bankstown City Lions
International career
1996 Australia U23 2 (1)
Managerial career
2004–2010 Bankstown City Lions
2011–2013 Sydney Olympic
2018– Marconi Stallions
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Nectario Tsekenis (born 4 August 1973) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a defender and the current coach of Marconi Stallions.

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Career

Born in Sydney, [1] Tsekenis played at club level for St George, Sydney Olympic, Newcastle United and Belmore Hercules, before becoming player-manager of Bankstown City Lions. [2] [3]

He also participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [4] [5]

In 2011, Tsekenis returned to Sydney Olympic Football Club as coach of their first grade side. [6] By April 2019 he was coaching Marconi Stallions. [7]

Personal life

He is of Greek descent. [8]

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  4. Peter Tsekenis FIFA competition record (archived)
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