Christopher Megaloudis (born May 14, 1984 in

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) is a Puerto Rican international

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Career

Youth career

Chris played soccer in high school at

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. He is the school's all-time leading goal scorer. For all of his goal-scoring accomplishments, Christopher was named as team Most Valuable Player after his freshman, junior, and senior years. Throughout his high school career, the Crusaders won the Brooklyn-Queens Championship four times, losing only one game along the way (a span that saw the team go undefeated in 56 league games). In Christopher's sophomore season, the team advanced to the City Championship game. In his junior season, the Crusaders once again progressed to the City Championship game, this time defeating Salesian 2-0, a season that saw the Crusaders outscore their opponents by a staggering 100-17 goals with a school best 14-2-1 record. In his senior year, the team compiled a record of 16-3, falling in a penalty shootout to Saint Joseph's by the Sea in Staten Island. Christopher received recognition as a City All-Star first team member from the C.H.S.A.A. coaches all four years as well as by the Daily News, Newsday, and various local newspapers.

Professional career

Following his college career, Megaloudis joined the

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of the PDL on a full-time basis. In 2007 Megaloudis joined semi-pro club

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of the Eastern New York League (ENYSASA) and helped lead the club past the first round of the U.S. Open Cup. He later joined the PDL's

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. In January 2008, Megaloudis went on trial with

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. He was signed by the club in March 2008, and made his full professional debut for the Red Bulls on June 18, 2008 in a game against the New England Revolution. He was waived by

on September 15, 2008. In 2009,

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of the

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signed Megaloudis to the club near the end of the 2009 Puerto Rico Soccer League Playoffs. In January 2010 he joined club Radnički Obrenovac in Serbia third league. He signed with River Plate Puerto Rico but the team soon folded. After he left and signed with

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until the end of the

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2011 Season. He played just four games for F.C. New York, during the 2011 USL Professional Division season and joined in November the same year to

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club

. Megaloudis played six games for Long Island, before moved to

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side

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National team

Megaloudis scored his first international goal for Puerto Rico against

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on January 26, 2008. His second was scored against Honduras in a World Cup Qualifier (ended in a 2-2- draw).

International goals

:''Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Megaloudis works since his retirement as

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Player agent for Washington, District Of Columbia based agency James Grant Sports. He now coaches at Nassau Community College. This season his team went all the way to the NJCAA National Championship where they placed 4th in the nation.

Family

Megaloudis is eligible to play for Puerto Rico because his mother Carmen is Puerto Rican. His father Michael is of

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descent but played for Puerto Rico in the 1990s. His grandfather Demosthenes played in the 40s active soccer and was during this time, member of the

, whose brother Steve Megaloudis, was a player too. His uncle Nicky Megaloudis played in the 80s, active in the North American Soccer League (NASL) and

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. His Cousins and sons of Nick, George and Dino, played professionally in

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. George played in the

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for AO Chania, while Dino was a member of the Greece national U-16 and U-20 side. Another uncle Gus, played also for the reserve side of

. His cousin Nicole was in the Women Soccer Team of

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, before she died in a car crash Goochland County, Virginia in 2004.The Nicole Megaloudis Foundation
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Megaloudis, Chris 1984 births Living people American soccer players Puerto Rican people of Greek descent Puerto Rican footballers Puerto Rico international footballers Brooklyn Knights players Long Island Rough Riders players Westchester Flames players New York Red Bulls players New York Pancyprian-Freedoms players Puerto Rican expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Serbia FK Radnički Obrenovac players Sevilla FC Puerto Rico players Club Atlético River Plate Puerto Rico players F.C. New York players USL League Two players Major League Soccer players USL Championship players Cosmopolitan Soccer League players Association football forwards Sportspeople from Queens, New York Soccer players from New York City Saint Peter's Peacocks soccer players Stony Brook Seawolves men's soccer players Nassau Lions women's soccer coaches