Tass Mourdoukoutas

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Tass Mourdoukoutas
Tass 2024.jpg
Mourdoukoutas with York United in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-03) 3 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia [1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Central defender
Team information
Current team
 Valour FC
Number 13
Youth career
Marrickville FC
2014–2015 FNSW NTC
2016–2017 Sydney Olympic
2017–2022 Western Sydney Wanderers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 Sydney Olympic 15 (0)
2018–2021 Western Sydney Wanderers NPL 21 (3)
2018–2022 Western Sydney Wanderers 40 (2)
2022–2023 York United 36 (0)
2024– Valour FC 2 (0)
International career‡
2018 Australia U19 6 (0)
2019–2020 Australia U23 11 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Bronze medal icon.svg 2020 Thailand U-23 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 January 2020

Tass Mourdoukoutas (born 3 March 1999) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Valour FC in the Canadian Premier League.

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Early life

Born in Sydney, Mourdoukoutas grew up in Sylvania Waters and is of Greek descent. [2] [3] He began playing soccer at the age of four with the Marrickville FC Red Devils. [4] Afterwards, he joined the Football NSW Institute before moving to Sydney Olympic's youth team in 2016. [5] In 2017, he joined the Western Sydney Wanderers Academy, where he played for both the club’s National Premier Leagues NSW 2 side and Championship-winning Foxtel Y-League team. [5]

Club career

Tass playing for York United in 2024 York-united-tass-mourdoukoutas.jpg
Tass playing for York United in 2024

Western Sydney Wanderers

Mourdoukoutas made his professional debut for Western Sydney Wanderers in a 1–1 draw with Wellington Phoenix on 13 January 2018, coming on for Steven Lustica in the 88th minute. [6] He signed his first professional contract with the Wanderers on 8 June 2018, penning a two-year deal with the club. [7] Mourdoukoutas scored his first professional goal in a Round 15 clash with Melbourne City on 23 January 2019, scoring the Wanderers' second as they went on to lose 4–3. [8] In February 2020, he signed a three-year extension with the club. [9] [10] On 16 June 2022, it was announced that he would be departing the club, [11] as he sought out an opportunity for increased gametime. [12]

York United

On 24 June 2022, Mourdoukoutas signed with Canadian Premier League side York United through 2023. [13] [14] He made his debut for York on July 8, against Forge FC. [15] He departed the club after the 2023 season. [16]

Valour FC

In December 2023, he signed with Valour FC for the 2024 season. [17] [18]

International career

In August 2018, he was named to the Australia U19 team for the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship. [19] [20]

In 2019, he played with the Australia U23 at the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification tournament and later at the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship, [21] helping Australia to a third place finish to qualify for the Olympics, although Mourdoukoutas was not selected for the Olympic squad. [22] [23]

Career statistics

As of 10 May 2024 [24]
ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffs [lower-alpha 1] Domestic Cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalTotal
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sydney Olympic 2017 [25] NPL NSW 1 14010??—150
Western Sydney Wanderers NPL 2018 [26] NPL NSW 2 132———132
2019 [27] 10———10
2020 [28] NPL NSW 1 51———51
2021 [29] NPL NSW 2 20———20
Total213000000213
Western Sydney Wanderers 2017–18 A-League 10—00—10
2018–19 101—10—111
2019–20 101—30—131
2020–21 130—11—141
2021–22 60—10—70
Total402006100463
York United 2022 Canadian Premier League 150—00—150
2023 2101010—230
Total360101000380
Valour FC 2024 Canadian Premier League 20—00—20
Career totals11352071––1226
  1. ↑ Includes other competitive competitions such as NPL Playoff Finals and CPL Playoffs.
  2. ↑ Includes FFA Cup and Canadian Championship

Honours

Western Sydney Wanderers

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References

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  2. ↑ "Mourdoukoutas shows off familiar 'Fan-Tass-Tico' trick for Western Sydney Wanderers fans". The Greek Herald . 7 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Stamocostas, Con (19 October 2018). "The Greek Australians looking to light up the 2018/19 A-League and W-League seasons". Neos Kosmos.
  4. ↑ "Q&A with young Wanderers defender and Olyroo Tass Mourdoukoutas". Neos Kosmos. 25 November 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Tass Mourdoukoutas Western Sydney Wanderers profile". Western Sydney Wanderers .
  6. ↑ "Wanderers and Phoenix share points". Western Sydney Wanderers FC . 13 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Stogiannou, George (8 June 2018). "Mourdoukoutas signs with Babbel's Wanderers". Neos Kosmos.
  8. ↑ "City beat Wanderers in seven-goal thriller in Hyundai A-League classic". Western Sydney Wanderers FC . 23 January 2019.
  9. ↑ Whaley, Pamela (18 February 2020). "Wanderers re-sign rising Olyroos star". Narooma News.
  10. ↑ "Tass Mourdoukoutas shares inspirational words from Greek father that led to career success". The Greek Herald . 4 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Wanderers bid farewell to Mourdoukoutas". Western Sydney Wanderers FC . 16 June 2022.
  12. ↑ Tait, Ed (2 March 2024). "Tass Mourdoukoutas: "I always say if you want to grow your game, take a leap of faith. Go for it."". Valour FC .
  13. ↑ "York United announce signing of Australian defender Tass Mourdoukoutas". Canadian Premier League. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  14. ↑ Jacques, John (24 June 2022). "York United Adds Aussie Defender Tass Mourdoukoutas". Northern Tribune.
  15. ↑ "Aussie Rules: After an Eye-catching debut, Mourdoukoutas leads from the back". York United FC . 9 July 2022.
  16. ↑ Jacques, John (4 December 2023). "Aussie Defender Tass Mourdoukoutas Departs York United". Northern Tribune.
  17. ↑ "Valour FC sign Australian defender Tass Mourdoukoutas to a contract". Valour FC . 27 December 2023.
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  24. ↑ Tass Mourdoukoutas at Soccerway
  25. ↑ "Tass Mourdoukoutas 2017 NPL Stats". MyGameDay.
  26. ↑ "Tass Mourdoukoutas 2018 NPL Stats". MyGameDay.
  27. ↑ "Tass Mourdoukoutas 2019 NPL Stats". MyGameDay.
  28. ↑ "Tass Mourdoukoutas 2020 NPL Stats". MyGameDay.
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