Antonis Stergiakis

Antonis Stergiakis (Greek: Αντώνης Στεργιάκης; born 16 March 1999) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bulgarian First League club Slavia Sofia.[2]

Antonis Stergiakis
Personal information
Full name Antonios Stergiakis
Date of birth (1999-03-16) 16 March 1999
Place of birth Thessaloniki, Greece
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Slavia Sofia
Number 32
Youth career
2005–2015 Aris
2015–2017 Slavia Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Thyella Filota 7 (0)
2015– Slavia Sofia 51 (0)
National team‡
2014–2016 Greece U17 3 (0)
2017–2018 Greece U19 4 (0)
2019– Greece U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:25, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2019

Club career

Slavia Sofia

The 1.95m tall Greek with quick feet is plying his trade in Bulgaria. After spending time at Aris' academies, he played in the Greek third tier with Thyella Filota in 2015. Greek giants Olympiacos held talks with Stergiakis but the goalkeeper wanted first-team football and chose to go on trial with Slavia Sofia. Stergiakis joined Bulgarian Slavia Sofia in August 2015. He became first choice goalkeeper for the U19 team and was unused substitute in 5 matches during the 2015–16 season. In the beginning of August 2016 he was on trial in the Italian Roma. He travelled to Trigoria for a trial but turned down the offer to move to the primavera squad.[3]

On 21 August 2016, Stergiakis made his debut for Slavia coming as a substitute in the 74th minute in a 4–0 away loss against Levski Sofia.[4]

On 10 April 2017, Stergiakis was officially nominated for the 2017 Golden Boy Award, becoming only the second Greek footballer to receive such a 2017 nomination alongside Lazaros Lamprou.[5] After impressing the goalkeeping coach, Stergiakis signed a five-year contract.

On 29 June 2019, Antonis Stergiakis, was the only Greek player included in Tuttosport’s list of the world’s top-100 footballers at the U21 level.[6]

International career

In November 2018, Stergiakis was called up by Greece U21 for the first time and appeared as an unused substitute bench in the 2019 European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs against Austria.[7] He made his under-21 debut on 26 March 2019, in a friendly at home against Montenegro, which ended 1–1.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of 15 December 2019 [2]
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubLeagueSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GreeceLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
Thyella Filota Gamma Ethniki 2014–15 7000——70
BulgariaLeagueBulgarian CupEuropeOther[lower-alpha 1]Total
Slavia Sofia A Group 2015–16 0000——00
First League 2016–17 801000—90
2017–18 22040——260
2018–19 170002010200
2019–20 4000000040
Total 510502010590
Career statistics580502010660
  1. Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.

Honours
Slavia Sofia

References
  1. "Жиков от Милан - в топ 60 на най-добрите в света". viasport.bg. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  2. Stergiakis Stats
  3. Юноша на Славия е на проби при юношите на Рома
  4. Левски разнебити Славия, остави "белите" без точка на дъното
  5. "The 98 Players Nominated For The 2017 Golden Boy Award | SPORTbible". Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  6. STERGIAKIS INCLUDED IN LIST OF TOP-100 U21 FOOTBALLERS
  7. "Under-21: Greece vs. Austria". uefa.com. 16 November 2018.
  8. "Late Iatroudis goal salvages Greece U21 draw against Montenegro". agonasport.com. 26 March 2019.
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