| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Nectario Tsekenis | ||
| Date of birth | (1973-08-04) 4 August 1973 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | St George | 3 | (0) |
| 1991–2000 | Sydney Olympic | 173 | (6) |
| 2000–2004 | Newcastle United | 81 | (5) |
| 2004 | Belmore Hercules | 8 | (0) |
| 2004–2008 | Bankstown City Lions | ||
| International career | |||
| 1996 | Australia U23 | 2 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2010 | Bankstown City Lions | ||
| 2011–2013 | Sydney Olympic | ||
| 2018– | Marconi Stallions | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Peter Nectario Tsekenis (born 4 August 1973) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a defender and the current coach of Marconi Stallions.
Career
Born in Sydney, Tsekenis played at club level for St George, Sydney Olympic, Newcastle United and Belmore Hercules, before becoming player-manager of Bankstown City Lions.
He also participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
In 2011, Tsekenis returned to Sydney Olympic Football Club as coach of their first grade side. By April 2019 he was coaching Marconi Stallions.
Personal life
He is of Greek descent.
References
- ^ Peter Tsekenis at Olympedia (archive)
- "Tsaltas-Tyrell". Australian Player Database.
- "Aussie Footballers – Peter Tsekenis". OzFootball. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- Peter Tsekenis – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Tsekenis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
Full name: Peter Nectario Tsekenis
- "History – Sydney Olympic FC Players of all Time". SydneyOlympicFC.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- Boulous, Chris (15 April 2019). "'Clinical' Stallions". Fairfield City Champion.
- "Greek newspaper O Kosmos acknowledges Football NSW competitions in awards ceremony". Football NSW. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
External links
- Peter Tsekenis at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Peter Tsekenis at the Australian Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 31 March 2012)
- Peter Tsekenis at Olympics.com
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- Australian soccer managers
- Olympic soccer players for Australia
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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- Newcastle Jets FC players
- Bankstown City FC players
- Men's association football defenders
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