Antonis Stergiakis

Antonis Stergiakis (Greek: Αντώνης Στεργιάκης; born 16 March 1999) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Super League club Panetolikos.

Antonis Stergiakis
Personal information
Full name Antonios Stergiakis
Date of birth (1999-03-16) 16 March 1999
Place of birth Thessaloniki, Greece
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Panetolikos
Number 32
Youth career
2005–2015 Aris
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Thyella Filota 7 (0)
2015–2020 Slavia Sofia 78 (0)
2020–2022 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
2022– Panetolikos 6 (0)
International career‡
2014–2016 Greece U17 3 (0)
2017–2018 Greece U19 4 (0)
2019–2020 Greece U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 September 2020

Club career

Slavia Sofia

After spending time at Aris' academies, he played in the Greek third tier with Thyella Filota in 2015. Greek giants Olympiacos held talks with Stergiakis but the goalkeeper wanted first-team football and chose to go on trial with Slavia Sofia. Stergiakis joined Bulgarian Slavia Sofia in August 2015. He became the first choice goalkeeper for the U19 team and was an unused substitute in five matches during the 2015–16 season. In the beginning of August 2016 he was on trial in the Italian Roma. He travelled to Trigoria for a trial but turned down the offer to move to the primavera squad.[1]

On 21 August 2016, Stergiakis made his debut for Slavia coming as a substitute in the 74th minute in a 4–0 away loss against Levski Sofia.[2]

On 10 April 2017, Stergiakis was officially nominated for the 2017 Golden Boy Award, becoming only the second Greek footballer to receive such a 2017 nomination alongside Lazaros Lamprou.[3] After impressing the goalkeeping coach, Stergiakis signed a five-year contract.

On 29 June 2019, Stergiakis, was the only Greek player included in Tuttosport's list of the world's top-100 footballers at the U21 level.[4]

Blackburn Rovers

On 6 October 2020, Stergiakis joined Championship side Blackburn Rovers on a three-year-deal, with the club having the option to extend the contract by a further 12 months.[5]

Panetolikos

On 26 May 2022, Stergiakis joined Super League club Panetolikos on a three-year deal.[6]

International career

In November 2018, Stergiakis was called up by Greece U21 for the first time and appeared as an unused substitute in the 2019 European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs against Austria.[7] He made his under-21 debut on 26 March 2019, in a friendly at home against Montenegro, which ended 1–1.[8] His final appearance for the U21 national team came in the form of a 5-0 defeat in the side's 2021 European Under-21 Championship qualifiers game against Croatia on 3 September 2020.[9]

Career statistics
As of 3 October 2020[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Thyella Filota 2014–15 Gamma Ethniki 7000——70
Slavia Sofia 2015–16 A Group 0000——00
2016–17 First League 801000—90
2017–18 22040——260
2018–19 170002010200
2019–20 140100000150
2020–21 7000100080
Total 680603010780
Blackburn Rovers 2020–21 Championship 0000000000
2021–22 0000000000
Career total 750603010850

    Honours
    Slavia Sofia

    References
    1. "Юноша на Славия е на проби при юношите на Рома". www.novsport.com (in Bulgarian).
    2. "Левски разнебити Славия, остави "белите" без точка на дъното". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian).
    3. "The 98 Players Nominated For The 2017 Golden Boy Award". Retrieved 2017-04-10.
    4. "Stergiakis included in list of top-100 U21 footballers". AGONAsport.com.
    5. "Antonios arrives at Rovers". Blackburn Rovers Official Site. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
    6. "Welcome!". Panetolikos FC. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
    7. "Under-21: Greece vs. Austria". uefa.com. 16 November 2018.
    8. "Late Iatroudis goal salvages Greece U21 draw against Montenegro". agonasport.com. 26 March 2019.
    9. "Croatia U21 vs Greece U21 (5-0) Sep 3, 2020 Match Stats". Footballcritic.com. 3 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-18. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
    10. "Greece - A. Stergiakis - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
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