Terry Antonis
Antonis playing for Australia U20 in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 26 November 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Bankstown, Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Western Sydney Wanderers (on loan from PAOK) |
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| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St Christopher’s | |||
| Sydney Olympic | |||
| Marconi Stallions | |||
| 2007–2009 | NSWIS | ||
| 2009–2010 | AIS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | Sydney FC | 69 | (5) |
| 2015– | PAOK | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Veria (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2017– | → Western Sydney Wanderers (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2010 | Australia U17 | 11 | (3) |
| 2010–2013 | Australia U20 | 19 | (2) |
| 2016– | Australia U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2012– | Australia | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 January 2016 |
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Terry Antonis (born 26 November 1993) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for the Western Sydney Wanderers on loan from PAOK FC in Australia as a midfielder.
Born in Sydney, Antonis played youth football at the Australian Institute of Sport before making his professional debut for Sydney FC, aged sixteen.
Antonis has played for Australia on three occasions and was a member of the squad which won the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. He previously represented Australia frequently at youth level, including at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Antonis was born in the suburb of Bankstown, Sydney of Greek descent.
He first received media attention in Australia when he was 10 years old when he won a football talent competition on Channel 7 television show, Today Tonight, winning a trip to Madrid to make a training skills DVD with David Beckham.Frank Farina, former Socceroos coach and judge of the Channel 7 competition said: "His juggling is very good, he pulled out a squash ball and started juggling that and didn't drop it once, he is very impressive." He also obtained a sponsorship from Adidas because of his exceptional juggling skills.
Former Australian international Alex Tobin described him as "one of the most outstanding young players that I have seen" and "of immense talent without a doubt." He has also been touted as natural successor to Tim Cahill and Brett Holman in the Australian national team.
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