Tass Mourdoukoutas (born 3 March 1999) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Canadian Premier League club York United.
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Full name | Tass Mourdoukoutas | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1999-03-03) 3 March 1999 (age 23) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Central defender | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | York United | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
Marrickville FC | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | FNSW NTC | |||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Sydney Olympic | |||||||||||||||
2017–2022 | Western Sydney Wanderers | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2017 | Sydney Olympic | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Western Sydney Wanderers NPL | 18 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2018–2022 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 40 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2022– | York United | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | Australia U19 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Australia U23 | 11 | (2) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 January 2020 |
Born in Sydney, Mourdoukoutas grew up in Sylvania Waters and is of Greek descent.[1][2] He began playing soccer at the age of four with the Marrickville FC Red Devils.[3] Afterwards, he joined the Football NSW Institute before moving to Sydney Olympic's youth team in 2016.[4] In 2017, he joined the Western Sydney Wanderers Academy, where he played for both the club’s National Premier Leagues NSW 2 side and Championship-winning Foxtel Y-League team.[4]
Mourdoukoutas made his professional debut for Western Sydney Wanderers in a 1–1 draw with Wellington Phoenix on 13 January 2018, coming on for Steven Lustica in the 88th minute.[5] He signed his first professional contract with the Wanderers on 8 June 2018, penning a two-year deal with the club.[6] Mourdoukoutas scored his first professional goal in a Round 15 clash with Melbourne City on 23 January 2019, scoring the Wanderers' second as they went on to lose 4–3.[7] In February 2020, he signed a three year extension with the club.[8][9] On 16 June 2022, it was announced that he would be departing the club.[10]
On 24 June 2022, Mourdoukoutas signed with Canadian Premier League side York United through 2023.[11][12]
In August 2018, he was named to the Australia U19 team for the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship.[13][14]
In 2019, he played with the Australia U23 at the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification tournament and later at the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship.[15]
Western Sydney Wanderers
York United FC – current squad | |
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