Kostas Salapasidis

Kostas Salapasidis (born 1 July 1978, in Australia) is an Australian former football (soccer) player.

Kostas Salapasidis
Personal information
Full name Kostas Salapasidis
Date of birth (1978-07-01) 1 July 1978
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Adelaide City 51 (1)
1998–1999 Wollongong City 18 (5)
1999–2000 SD Compostela 14 (1)
2000 Lugano 4 (0)
2001 Adelaide City 7 (0)
2001–2002 GS Kallithea
2002–2004 Parramatta Power 31 (9)
2005 South Melbourne 29 (1)
2008–2009 Adelaide Galaxy 10 (0)
National team
1997 Australia Under-20 14 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Started a professional footballing career with Adelaide City in Australian National Soccer League. A striker with a good eye for goal, he played for Wollongong City FC, SD Compostela and Parramatta Power.

In 2000, the controversial president of the SD Compostela, Jose Maria Caneda, decided to sign Kostas Salapasidis 100 million PTA, in his first season at the club he played 9 games scoring a single goal, worse would fare in his second season which just played 4 games without scoring, in 2001, Salapasidis returned to Australia to play the Parramatta Power from which he retired prematurely in 2003 due to an injury that dragged.

International career

Salapasidis represented Australia Under-20 in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia. He started in all three group games against Canada,[1] Hungary,[2] and Argentina, scoring all four goals in the 4–3 win against Argentina that secured qualification to the Round of 16.[3] He started the Round of 16 match against Japan, a game Australia lost 1–0.[4]

References
  1. "Australia 0–0 Canada". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 1997. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. "Hungary 0–1 Australia". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 June 1997. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. "Argentina 3–4 Australia". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 1997. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  4. "Australia 0–1 Japan". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 June 1997. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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