Antonis Stergiakis

Antonis Stergiakis (Greek: Αντώνης Στεργιάκης; born 16 March 1999) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers.[1]

Antonis Stergiakis
Personal information
Full name Antonios Stergiakis
Date of birth (1999-03-16) 16 March 1999
Place of birth Thessaloniki, Greece
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Blackburn Rovers
Number 41
Youth career
2005–2015 Aris
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Thyella Filota 7 (0)
2015–2020 Slavia Sofia 68 (0)
2020– Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
National team‡
2014–2016 Greece U17 3 (0)
2017–2018 Greece U19 4 (0)
2019– Greece U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:25, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2019

Club career

Slavia Sofia

After spending time at Aris' academies, he played in the Greek third tier with Thyella Filota in 2015. Greek giants Olympiacos held talks with Stergiakis but the goalkeeper wanted first-team football and chose to go on trial with Slavia Sofia. Stergiakis joined Bulgarian Slavia Sofia in August 2015. He became the first choice goalkeeper for the U19 team and was an unused substitute in five matches during the 2015–16 season. In the beginning of August 2016 he was on trial in the Italian Roma. He travelled to Trigoria for a trial but turned down the offer to move to the primavera squad.[2]

On 21 August 2016, Stergiakis made his debut for Slavia coming as a substitute in the 74th minute in a 4–0 away loss against Levski Sofia.[3]

On 10 April 2017, Stergiakis was officially nominated for the 2017 Golden Boy Award, becoming only the second Greek footballer to receive such a 2017 nomination alongside Lazaros Lamprou.[4] After impressing the goalkeeping coach, Stergiakis signed a five-year contract.

On 29 June 2019, Stergiakis, was the only Greek player included in Tuttosport's list of the world’s top-100 footballers at the U21 level.[5]

Blackburn Rovers

On 6 October 2020, Stergiakis joined Blackburn Rovers on a three-year deal, with the club having the option to extend the contract by a further 12 months.[6]

International career

In November 2018, Stergiakis was called up by Greece U21 for the first time and appeared as an unused substitute bench in the 2019 European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs against Austria.[7] He made his under-21 debut on 26 March 2019, in a friendly at home against Montenegro, which ended 1–1.[8]

Career statistics
As of 3 October 2020[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Thyella Filota 2014–15 Gamma Ethniki 7000——70
Slavia Sofia 2015–16 A Group 0000——00
2016–17 First League 801000—90
2017–18 22040——260
2018–19 170002010200
2019–20 140100000150
2020–21 7000100080
Total 680603010780
Blackburn Rovers 2020–21 Championship 0000000000
Career total 750603010850

    Honours
    Slavia Sofia

    References
    1. "Greece - A. Stergiakis - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
    2. "Юноша на Славия е на проби при юношите на Рома". www.novsport.com (in Bulgarian).
    3. "Левски разнебити Славия, остави "белите" без точка на дъното". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian).
    4. "The 98 Players Nominated For The 2017 Golden Boy Award". Retrieved 2017-04-10.
    5. "Stergiakis included in list of top-100 U21 footballers". AGONAsport.com.
    6. "Antonios arrives at Rovers". Blackburn Rovers Official Site. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
    7. "Under-21: Greece vs. Austria". uefa.com. 16 November 2018.
    8. "Late Iatroudis goal salvages Greece U21 draw against Montenegro". agonasport.com. 26 March 2019.
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