Chris Triantis (born 12 October 1987) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Bankstown City.[1]

Chris Triantis
Triantis playing for Sydney Olympic in 2009
Personal information
Full name Chris Triantis
Date of birth (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Bankstown City
Youth career
1999–2003 Sydney Olympic
2003–2005 FC Metz
2005–2006 Sydney Olympic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Sydney Olympic 126 (32)
2009Newcastle Jets (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2015 Sydney United 44 (4)
2016 Sydney Olympic 7 (1)
2018–2019 Gladesville Ryde Magic 41 (12)
2020– Bankstown City 20 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2021

Early years

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Born in Sydney, the eldest of ten children, Triantis attended his father's alma mater, Newington College (2002–2004). At 16 he left school and took up a scholarship in France with FC Metz, where he played in the reserves.[citation needed]

Club career

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On 22 August 2008 he signed with Sydney FC's inaugural National Youth League side.[2] He captained the side to the 2009 National Youth League championship in 2–0 win against Adelaide United.[3] However, he was unable to stay with the youth side due to being overage for the next season.

On 10 March 2009 he returned to his previous club Sydney Olympic FC.[4]

On 7 August 2009 he was signed by the Newcastle Jets.[5] He was given a shock starting berth for the Jets opening game of the 2009–2010 season, given that he had not made any senior A-League appearances previously, and had only been signed the day before the game.[6] On 26 July 2010 Triantis made his first appearance for English club Oxford United as a trialist. He played against Brackley Town and lost 1–0 with the team.

In 2012 Chris Triantis the talented number 10 was crowned the 2012 Gold Medal winner at the official Gold Medal Dinner awards described as a "lavish affair for the NSW Premier League and NSW’s top tier competition".[7] [8]

Chris Triantis signed for Sydney United 58 under Coach Mark Rudan for the 2013 NSW Priemer League Season

2013 Chris Triantis suffered an ACL injury to his right knee resulting in a season-ending injury.

Honours

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With Sydney FC:

References

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  1. ^ Triantis ready for Sydney United threat
  2. ^ Sydney Set To Sign Triantis
  3. ^ Sydney Youth take title Archived 3 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Olympic welcome back Chris Triantis
  5. ^ Jets Sign Cover Man Triantis
  6. ^ Shock Jets start for Chris Triantis
  7. ^ "News Single". Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  8. ^ "2012 NSW Premier League Gold Medal Winner Chris Triantis". YouTube. 12 September 2012.