Peter Mamouzelos (born 9 January 2001) is a

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international

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footballer who plays as a for the

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in the

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Background

Mamouzelos is of Greek heritage. He played his junior rugby league for the

Maroubra Lions The Maroubra Lions is a community rugby league football club located in Maroubra, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It is part of Souths Juniors and competes in the mini, mod and A-Grade competitions. The club's colors are like the S ...

. Mamouzelos was educated at Champagnat Catholic College, Pagewood.

Career

Early career

He has represented

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2021

Mamouzelos made his debut in round 14 of the

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for South Sydney off the bench against the

Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, th ...

2022

Mamouzelos made only two appearances for South Sydney in the

2022 NRL season The 2022 NRL season is the 115th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 25th season run by the National Rugby League. Teams The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 16th consecutive year. This became the second longest s ...

. In round 25, he scored a try in South Sydney's 26-16 loss against arch-rivals the

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in the first ever match to be played at the new Sydney Football Stadium. Mamouzelos represented Greece at the

2021 Rugby League World Cup The 2021 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2021) was a collection of world cups in the sport of rugby league, held in England from 15 October to 19 November 2022. England won hosting rights for the competition on 27 October 2016. The bid received £2 ...

and played in all three group games.

2023

Mamouzelos was limited to only two games for Souths in the

2023 NRL season The 2023 NRL season is the 116th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 26th season run by the National Rugby League. Teams For the 2023 season, the number of teams in the NRL has increased from sixteen to seventeen with the ...

as the club finished 9th on the table and missed the finals. On 24 September, he played for South Sydney in their 2023 NSW Cup grand final victory over North Sydney.

References

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