australian football player

Lefteris “ Terry “ Antonis ( greek : Λευτέρης “ Τέρι ” Αντώνης ; [ 3 ] born 26 November 1993 ) is an australian association football player who plays for the Western Sydney Wanderers as a midfielder. Born in Sydney, Antonis played youth football at the Australian Institute of Sport before making his professional debut for Sydney FC at sixteen years of senesce.

Antonis has played for Australia on three occasions and was a member of the team which won the 2015 AFC asian Cup. He previously represented Australia frequently at youth flush, including at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. A versatile player, Antonis can play as a box-to-box, holding or attacking midfielder, though he is best deployed in abstruse roles, where he can create play with his across-the-board casual range. [ 4 ]

early life [edit ]

Antonis was born in the suburb of Bankstown, Sydney, and is of greek descent. He first received media attention in Australia at the age of 10 by winning a football endowment competition on the Channel 7 television show Today Tonight, which resulted in a trip to Madrid to make a educate skills DVD with David Beckham. [ 5 ] Frank Farina, former Socceroos coach and judge of the Channel 7 contest said : “ His juggle is identical good, he pulled out a squash ball and started juggling that and did n’t drop it once, he is very impressive. ” [ 6 ] He besides obtained a sponsorship from Adidas because of his exceptional juggle skills. [ 7 ] Former Australian international Alex Tobin described him as “ one of the most outstanding young players that I have seen ” and “ of huge endowment without a doubt. ” [ 6 ] He has besides been touted as natural successor to Tim Cahill and Brett Holman in the australian home team. [ 8 ] Antonis holds both an australian and greek pass. [ 9 ]

early career [edit ]

Antonis began his football career at St Christopher ‘s Soccer Club in Bankstown before moving to Sydney Olympic and Marconi. [ 10 ] Antonis signed a five-year contract with Everton at precisely 14 years of age, but his abridge was terminated due to FIFA ‘s rule prohibiting the oversea transfers of players under the age of 18. [ 11 ]

Club career [edit ]

Sydney FC [edit ]

Antonis with Sydney FC in 2010 On 22 June 2010, he made his debut for Sydney in a friendly game against Macarthur Rams at Campbelltown Stadium. [ 12 ] then on 5 July 2010, Sydney signed him to a 3-year contract. [ 13 ] Antonis made his competitive debut for Sydney FC in a 2–1 loss to Wellington Phoenix on 11 September 2010. Antonis scored his first base finish for Sydney FC on 16 February 2013 against Adelaide United. After rupturing a muscle in his second joint, Antonis was out for 9 months, which thwarted his motion oversea. In February 2014, he scored against Perth Glory in his first plot since returning from injury .

speculation and trials [edit ]

After signing with Sydney FC, he was linked with possible moves to Everton, Inter Milan and Marseille. [ 14 ] much of the speculation was based on his conclusion personal ties with Everton and Socceroo star Tim Cahill, [ 15 ] [ 16 ] far sparked by a 25-minute cameo in a friendly catch for Sydney FC against Everton at ANZ Stadium on 10 July 2010. [ 17 ] In February 2012, Antonis reiterated his commitment to Sydney FC and the remainder of his three-year condense, stating that he was more than happy being at the clubhouse. [ 18 ] In April 2012, Antonis travelled to Germany to test with Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach as a potential substitute for Roman Neustadter. [ 19 ] but was not signed.

At the conclusion of the 2012–13 season, Antonis was approached by Dutch golf club FC Utrecht for a trial, but signed a four-year batch with italian Serie A club Parma rather [ 20 ] after Parma triggered a release article in his contract with Sydney. [ 21 ] however, the deal never went through and Antonis returned to Sydney FC. [ 22 ]

PAOK [edit ]

The 21-year-old returned to Sydney from preseason camp on the Gold Coast with News Corp reporting a $ 500,000 bid for the midfielder from PAOK FC. [ 23 ] greek sources stated that Antonis spoke at length with erstwhile Danish external and Technical Director of PAOK Frank Arnesen on the prospects of completing the motion to his ancestral state and the planning of PAOK ‘s title aspirations that season. Terry Antonis made his debut for PAOK in the greek Cup match away to Chania on 3 December 2015, coming on as a 64th-minute stand-in for Eyal Golasa. He made his greek Super League introduction on 21 February 2016 away to Panathinaikos as an 84th-minute substitute for Giannis Mystakidis .

loan to Veria [edit ]

After failing to break into the starting team at PAOK, Antonis moved to Greek Super League outfit Veria FC, coached by Georgios Georgiadis, a erstwhile PAOK favorite as a player. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Antonis signed a annual loanword deal with Veria on 31 August 2016. [ 26 ] He made his beginning appearance on 16 October 2016 as an 88th-minute ersatz for Sisinio González Martínez in an away match at Atromitos. [ 27 ]

lend to Western Sydney Wanderers [edit ]

As at PAOK, he struggled to break into a begin position, and was returned to Paok alone to be immediately loaned to Western Sydney Wanderers FC for the end of the 2016–17 A-League temper. [ 28 ] He made his debut for the Wanderers in an away equal against the Brisbane Roar on 28 January 2017 as a 77th hour alternate for Mitch Nichols. [ 29 ]
After his ephemeral loan spell with the Wanderers, PAOK made it authorize to Antonis that he was n’t in their plans. On 8 July 2017, it was announced that Antonis had signed with Dutch Eredivisie side VVV-Venlo on a biennial share. [ 30 ]

Melbourne Victory [edit ]

Released by VVV-Venlo on 3 January 2018 without having made a single league appearance for the club, Antonis then signed a 2.5-year narrow with Melbourne Victory of the A-League [ 31 ] where he made 40 appearances before moving on even again, to Suwon Samsung Bluewings of the K-League .

recurrence to Western Sydney Wanderers [edit ]

On 25 July 2021, Antonis signed a three-year bargain with the western Sydney Wanderers. [ 32 ]

International career [edit ]

Antonis was separate of the concluding police squad for the 2015 AFC asian Cup but he did not get any actual crippled time during the tournament. On 23 December 2015, Antonis was included to Australia U-23 national team director ‘s Aurelio Vidmar selections for Olympic Games 2016 qualifiers, which took place in Doha. [ 33 ]

career statistics [edit ]

As of 22 April 2021

Honours [edit ]

golf club [edit ]

Melbourne Victory
Suwon Samsung Bluewings

country [edit ]

Australia

References [edit ]