Kosta Petratos (born 1 March 1998) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Heidelberg United in NPL Victoria.[1]
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Kosta Petratos | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1998-03-01) 1 March 1998 (age 24) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||||||
Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Heidelberg United | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | FNSW NTC | |||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Perth Glory | |||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Newcastle Jets | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2014–2015 | FFA CoE | 25 | (4) | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Perth Glory | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Perth Glory NPL | 12 | (4) | |||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Newcastle Jets | 24 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Newcastle Jets NPL | 10 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2022 | Olympias Lympion | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Heidelberg United | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Australia U-17 | 15 | (7) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 February 2016 |
Petratos started his youth career at the Football New South Wales National Training Centre. In 2014 he joined the FFA Centre of Excellence talent identification and player development program in Canberra, coached by Tony Vidmar, before he was signed by Perth Glory for the 2016–17 A-League season. He made 9 senior cap appearances for the Glory. Petratos signed for the Newcastle Jets for the 2017–18 A-League season to gain more game time opportunities.[2][3] In 2022, Petratos departed the Jets and joined second division football club Olympias Lympion, in Cyprus.
Petratos is of Greek ancestry, and comes from a footballing family. His father Angelo played as a defender for Sydney Olympic FC,[4] his older brother Dimitri and younger brother Maki are also football players, while his younger sister Panagiota previously played for the Newcastle W-League team in 2021.[5][6][7]
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