Leonidas Stergiou (Greek: Λεωνίδας Στεργίου, Serbian Cyrillic: Леонидас Стергију; born 3 March 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC St. Gallen.[2]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 20) | ||
Place of birth | Wattwil, Switzerland[1] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | St. Gallen | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
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2015–2019 | St. Gallen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | St. Gallen | 110 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2016–2017 | Switzerland U15 | 4 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Switzerland U16 | 5 | (0) |
2018– | Switzerland U17 | 9 | (1) |
2019– | Switzerland U19 | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:39, 29 August 2022 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 14 November 2019 (UTC) |
Stergiou initially made his competitive debut for the senior St. Gallen side in February 2019, participating in a 3–1 victory against FC Zurich.
Stergiou has played four games for Switzerland U15[3] and five for Switzerland U16.[4]
Stergiou was born in Wattwil in the Toggenburg area of Switzerland, to a Serbian mother and a Greek father. The 20-year-old has spent the whole of his life so far in the country of his birth, joining the FC St. Gallen academy at a young age and subsequently progressing through the ranks to the first team.[5][1]
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