Perry Fotakopoulos

Perry Fotakopoulos (born 6 September 1998), commonly known as Perikles, (/ˈpɛrɪkliːz/; Attic Greek: Περικλῆς Periklēs, pronounced [pe.ri.klɛ̂ːs] is an Australian footballer and model who plays as a midfielder for Western Sydney Wanderers in the National Premier Leagues and is an Australian international for Australia u17's and u20's.

Perry Fotakopoulos
Fotakopoulos in France preparing for the FIFA World Cup.
Personal information
Full name Perikles Fotakopoulos
Date of birth (1998-09-06) 6 September 1998
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder, Centre-back
Youth career
2012 Sydney Olympic
2013 NSWIS
2014–2015 FFA COE
2016 PAOK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014-2015 FFA COE 35 (1)
2016 PAOK 0 (0)
2016 Kerkyra 7 (0)
2017– Western Sydney Wanderers NPL 31 (3)
National team‡
2015 Australia U-17 26 (3)
2018- Australia U-20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 February 2018

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][2] Fotakopoulos represented Australia at u16,[3] u17[4] and u20[5] before signing for Western Sydney Wanderers for 1 year.[6] Perry then went on to sign for UEFA Europa League club PAOK in the Greek Super League for 1 year, and finishing off the season with AOK Kerkyra.

Before returning back to home town and former club Western Sydney Wanderers,[7][8] 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 National Premier Leagues.[9]

International career

Perry has represented his national team at u16, u17 and u20's in multiple qualifiers and tournaments.[10] Perry scored his first international goal against Chinese Taipei at the AFC U-16 Championship, Hong Kong.[11] In 2015, he played in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, Chile.[12][13]

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.

Fotakopoulos (left) and Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (right) contesting for the ball, Australia V France.

Honours

International

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

  • AFC u16's Qualifiers, Hong Kong [14]
  • AFC U16's Championship, Thailand [15]
  • AFF u16's AYA Bank Championship, Hong Kong [16]
  • NIKE International Friendlies, USA [17]
  • International Friendly Tournament, New Zealand [18][19]
  • FIFA World Cup, Chile [20][21]

Individual

  • The NewsLocal Junior Sports Star Award [22]

References
  1. https://the-riotact.com/capital-football-round-3-review/125076
  2. Fotakopoulos, Perry (13 March 2014). "Joeys National Team". Football NSW. Football NSW. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  3. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/south-west/canterbury-footballer-perry-fotakopoulos-aiming-for-the-fifa-world-cup-with-under17s-joeys/news-story/468b78a8ed980f37dba33349629e87ee
  4. https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/joeys-name-squad-for-the-fifa-u-17-world-cup
  5. http://socceroos.com.au/news/paul-okon-names-young-socceroos-squad-international-friendly-matches
  6. Fotakopoulos, Perikles (22 April 2015). "Young Socceroos". Western Sydney Wanderers. Western Sydney Wanderers. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  7. https://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=201268274&client=1-10179-170778-399131-24904262
  8. Fotakopoulos, Perikles (13 July 2018). "Perikles Fotakopoulos Captaincy". Western Sydney Wanderers. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  9. http://stgeorgecity.com.au/2020/03/04/npl-2-nsw-mens-2020-season-preview/
  10. "Joeys on the warpath". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. August 19, 2013.
  11. https://www.matildas.com.au/news/joeys-notch-seven-opening-fixture
  12. https://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/jspui/bitstream/10070/258528/54/Northern%20Territory%20News_20151003_page41_NTNews_Sport_41.PDF
  13. Fotakopoulos, Perikles (2 October 2015). "World Cup". Socceroos.
  14. "World Cup dream one step closer". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. October 21, 2013.
  15. "Excellent Joeys squad selected for Asian championship". MyFootball. August 28, 2014.
  16. "Joeys notch seven in opening fixture". Matildas. September 25, 2013.
  17. "Joeys fly out to face Brazil, England and USA | FIA Sports Management". November 25, 2014.
  18. https://www.cornerflag.com.au/young-socceroos-call-up-for-victory-npl-pair-deng-derrick/
  19. "NSW dominates Young Socceroos squad". Football NSW. April 21, 2015.
  20. https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/four-star-germany-east-past-aussies-2718593
  21. "Joeys squad named for 2015 U-17 FIFA World Cup Chile". MyFootball. October 2, 2015.
  22. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal-junior-sports-stars-awards-tonight-recognise-best-young-athletes-in-greater-sydney/news-story/a0a8e8cb5b31c55f7fff61989a2ffba4

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