Andreas Arestidou

Andreas Andrea James Arestidou (born 6 December 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper who plays for Fleetwood Town. He attended Lancaster Royal Grammar School and was a member of the school cricket team, he was well known for his hostile yet accurate bowling style. Also played for Westgate Cricket Club on the few occasions he was available.

Andreas Arestidou
Personal information
Full name Andreas Andrea James Arestidou[1]
Date of birth (1989-12-06) 6 December 1989
Place of birth Lambeth, England[2]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Stockport County
Number 41
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
2008 → Lancaster City (loan) 3 (0)
2008 → Nantwich Town (loan) 1 (0)
2008 → Newcastle United (loan)[3] 0 (0)
2009–2010 Shrewsbury Town 2 (0)
2010–2012 Preston North End 7 (0)
2012–2015 Morecambe 24 (0)
2015–2016 Fleetwood Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:24, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

Playing career

Arestidou made his debut first team appearance against AFC Telford United at the New Bucks Head in a mid-season Shropshire FA Cup Final 2–1 win on 17 November 2009. Arestidou then made his league debut in a match in the 2009–10 season, starting in the Shrews' 1–1 draw at home to Bury.[4] He was a regular in the reserve team during the 2008–09 season.

He was released on 14 May 2010.[5]

He then joined Preston on trial and played in the pre-season friendly against Chorley. Arestidou then signed a one-year deal. Despite him not appearing for the first team in 2010–11, he did enough to earn an additional year's contract and broke into the first team after first choice goalkeeper Iain Turner broke a toe.[6] He made his competitive debut for Preston in a League Cup game at Charlton on 13 September 2011, keeping a clean sheet, before going on to be on the winning side in five of his seven senior Preston appearances. The most notable match was a Football League Trophy game against his home town club which went to penalties. After gifting a goal to Morecambe in normal time, he kept Preston in the cup by saving two consecutive penalties from Izak Reid and Kevin Ellison, either of which would have won the match for Morecambe after misses by his teammates Clarke Carlisle and Ian Ashbee respectively.[7]

Following an injury to first choice goalkeeper, Turner's foot, Arestidou became first choice during Turner absence. However, it was short lived as he was replaced by signing Thorsten Stuckmann, after Arestidou conceded five goals against Charlton in a 5–2 loss.[8] In May 2012, Arestidou was released from the club after being told his contract would not be renewed.[9]

References
  1. "The Football League Retained List". The Football League. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 515. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. "Transfers (Kinnear)". NUFC.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  4. "Live text – Wednesday football". BBC Sport. 20 October 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  5. "Shrewsbury Town release captain and four others". BBC Sport. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  6. "Preston North End | Team | Profiles | Andreas Arestidou". Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  7. "Morecambe 2–2 Preston". BBC Sport. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  8. "Charlton 5–2 Preston". BBC News. 5 November 2011.
  9. "Summer Change Programme Underway". PNEFC. 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.


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