Panos Armenakas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Panagiotis Armenakas | ||
Date of birth | 5 August 1998 | ||
Place of birth |
Newport Beach, California United States[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Udinese | ||
Number | 98 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2010 | Sydney Olympic | ||
2011–2012 | Brescia | ||
2012–2014 | Watford | ||
2014– | Udinese | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016– | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Greece U17 | 2 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Australia U17 | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 October 2015 |
Panagiotis "Panos" Armenakas (born 5 August 1998) is an Australian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Udinese Calcio.
Armenakas has played youth football for Sydney Olympic, Watford and Udinese Calcio.
Originally, Armenakas represented Greece U-17, but more recently has played for the Australian U-17 side.
Early life
Armenakas was born in Newport Beach, California before moving to Sydney, Australia at a young age.[1] He is of American, Australian and Greek nationality.[2]
Club career
Armenakas started his youth career playing for Sydney Olympic, after being scouted in a park by ex-Socceroo Jim Patikas.[1] At the age of six, he was invited to spend three weeks training with FC Barcelona's elite juniors squad.[3] While in Europe, he also spent time with Bolton Wanderers.[4][5] In 2010, he moved to Europe, initially joining Brescia before signing with Watford's Youth Academy.[6] After spending two years with Watford, he signed a three-year deal with fellow Giampaolo Pozzo owned club, Udinese.[7] By signing with the Italian club, Panos became the youngest Australian ever to sign a professional contract in any of the top five leagues in Europe.[8] In November 2015, Armenakas signed a contract extension, keeping him at Udinese until 2018.[9]
International career
Armenakas initially represented Greece at under-17 level, playing in two friendly matches against Turkey U-17 in August 2014.[10][11]
In late 2014, Armenakas accepted a call up to the Australian U-17 squad, to play in the 2014 Nike International Friendlies tournament in the United States,[2] where he made his debut in a loss to Brazil U-17 in November 2014.[12] In October 2015, he was selected in Australia's 21-man squad for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.[13] During this time, he was also selected by The Guardian as one of the best fifty young talents in world football.[14]
References
- ^ a b c Taneka, Taku (16 October 2014). "Panos Armenakas". Inside Sport. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ a b Murray, Les (27 October 2014). "Teenage prodigy Armenakas chooses Australia". The World Game. SBS. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Future star of football". Neos Kosmos English Edition. 2 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
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(help) - ^ "Australian To Experience Bolton Atmosphere". thefootballnetwork.net. 8 November 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Armenakas' astronomical climb". Neos Kosmos English Edition. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Panos Armenakas decides to leave Watford for Udinese despite interest from Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea". Daily Mail. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Joey (3 April 2015). "How will the Socceroos line up in 2018?". theblogfc.com.au. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ SEG Football [@SEG_Football] (27 November 2015). "Panos Armenakas (@panaldinho10) signed a contract extension with @Udinese_1896 until 2018. Congrats, Panos!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Turkey Greece – National Team Matches Details" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Turkey Greece – National Team Matches Details" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Brazil Earns Convincing 4–0 Win against Australia in Nike Friendlies Opener". United States Soccer Federation. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Joeys squad named for 2015 U-17 FIFA World Cup Chile". Football Federation Australia. 2 October 2015.
- ^ "Next Generation 2015: 50 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
External links
- Panos Armenakas at Soccerway
- Panos Armenakas – FIFA competition record (archived)
- 1998 births
- Living people
- American emigrants to Australia
- Association football midfielders
- Australian soccer players
- Australia youth international soccer players
- Greece youth international footballers
- American people of Greek descent
- Australian people of Greek descent
- Greek footballers
- American soccer players
- Sportspeople from Sydney