Perikles Fotakopoulos

Perry Fotakopoulos (born 6 September 1998), commonly known as Perikles, is a Model and Australian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Western Sydney Wanderers in the National Premier Leagues NSW and is an Australian youth national for Australia u17's and u20's.

Perikles Fotakopoulos


Career

Perry started his career at the New South Wales Institute of Sport and earned a 2 year national team scholarship at the AIS to represent Australia.[1] Fotakopoulos represented Australia at u15, u17 and u20's level before signing for Western Sydney Wanderers for 1 year.[2] Perry then went on to sign for Europa League club PAOK in the Greek Super League for 1 year, and finishing off the season with AOK Kerkyra in the Greek Super League.

Before returning back to home town and former club Western Sydney Wanderers, Perry struggled to earn first team game time, although still impressing and grounding his captaincy for the reserve grade and played a full season in the NPL.[3]

International Career

Perry has represented his national team at u15, u17 and u20's in multiple qualifiers and tournaments.[4] In 2015, he played in the FIFA u17's World Cup, Chile.[5]

Personal Life

Perikles was born in Sydney, Australia. He is of Greek descent. He has an older brother and a younger brother. Perry's parents were both born in Australia. He has previously lived in Greece. [6]

Honours

International

Australia u16's, u17's, u20's

· AFC u16's Qualifiers, Hong Kong [7]

· AFC U16's Championship, Thailand [8]

· AFF u16's AYA Bank Championship, Hong Kong [9]

· NIKE International Friendlies, USA [10]

· International Friendly Tournament, New Zealand [11]

· FIFA World Cup, Chile [12]


References
  1. Fotakopoulos, Perry (13 March 2014). "Joeys National Team". Football NSW. Football NSW. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. Fotakopoulos, Perikles (22 April 2015). "Young Socceroos". Western Sydney Wanderers. Western Sydney Wanderers. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  3. Fotakopoulos, Perikles (13 July 2018). "Perikles Fotakopoulos Captaincy". Western Sydney Wanderers. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  4. "Joeys on the warpath". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. August 19, 2013.
  5. Fotakopoulos, Perikles (2 October 2015). "World Cup". Socceroos.
  6. Fotakopoulos, Perikles (11 May 2020). "BIO". MuchFeed.
  7. "World Cup dream one step closer". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. October 21, 2013.
  8. "Excellent Joeys squad selected for Asian championship". MyFootball. August 28, 2014.
  9. "Joeys notch seven in opening fixture". Matildas. September 25, 2013.
  10. "Joeys fly out to face Brazil, England and USA | FIA Sports Management". November 25, 2014.
  11. "NSW dominates Young Socceroos squad". Football NSW. April 21, 2015.
  12. "Joeys squad named for 2015 U-17 FIFA World Cup Chile". MyFootball. October 2, 2015.

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