Nicholas Stavrou (born 26 August 1969 in Worthing, England) is an English football

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and coach, who played thirteen years of professional indoor soccer with the Dallas Sidekicks. He currently serves as head coach of

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in the

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and as the assistant coach for the Mesquite Outlaws of the

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Player

College

A standout midfielder at Cleveland State University, Stavrou was a 1990 Second Team All-America. A two-time MVP of the Mid-Continent Conference, Stavrou was honored as a defender in 1989 and a midfielder in 1990. The all-time leader in games played at Cleveland State (82), he also ranks fourth among the school's all-time points leaders (112), fourth in goals (46), and tied for ninth in assists (20). In 2002, he was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.

Professional

After a stellar college career, Stavrou was selected by the Dallas Sidekicks in the second round of the 1991 Major Indoor Soccer League, (MISL) draft. He played 10 seasons with the team, which played in the MISL,

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, Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) in 1993, and the Premiere Soccer Alliance (PSA) in 1998. A member of the Dallas Sidekicks MISL championship teams in 1993, 1998 and 2001, he earned second team All-PSA honors in 1998 and second team All-WISL honors in 2000. Stavrou scored 199 goals in 292 games with the Sidekicks from 1991–2004. In November 2012, he began playing for the new Dallas Sidekicks of the

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.Stavrou retired as a player on July 1, 2014. He was named Director of Soccer Operations for the Dallas Sidekicks on the same date. These decisions were announced via a detailed press release on August 11, 2014. He scored his 1st MISL professional goal on November 4, 1989 against St. Louis. He is one of a select group of 8 players too have won 2 professional championships with the sidekicks.

Coach

After his playing career ended, he was a women's soccer assistant coach at

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(TWU) in

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, and for youth teams around

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. On 22 July 2019, Stavrou was named to the first-ever coaching staff for the

's Mesquite Outlaws. Stavrou will be working alongside two other former Dallas Sidekicks players, with Tatu as head coach and Sagu as goalkeepers coach.

References

External links

Dallas Sidekick: Nick Stavrou
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stavrou, Nick 1969 births Living people Cleveland State Vikings men's soccer players Continental Indoor Soccer League players English footballers English expatriate footballers Dallas Sidekicks (CISL) players Dallas Sidekicks (original MISL) players Dallas Sidekicks (WISL) players Dallas Sidekicks (2001–2008 MISL) players Dallas Sidekicks (PASL/MASL) players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008) players World Indoor Soccer League players Association football midfielders Major Arena Soccer League coaches Sportspeople from Worthing English football managers Texas Woman's Pioneers coaches National Premier Soccer League coaches