Theo Markelis (born 24 June 1992) is an Australian

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who is currently playing for

Hume City The City of Hume is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It includes the outer north-western suburbs and a number of rural localities between 13 and 40 kilometres from the Melbourne c ...

Career

Club career

Whilst in

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he played for

Green Gully SC Green Gully Soccer Club is an Australian association football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Green Gully is one of the largest clubs in Melbourne, having participated in the now defunct National Soccer League between 1984–1986. The club c ...

. In 2007, at the age of 15 he went to

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where he was offered a contract by

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...

to play in the youth team, and averaged 15 goals per season. He later moved to

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

side

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for the start of the 2010–11, before returning to Australia.

Melbourne Victory

On 2 July 2012, it was confirmed that Markelis had signed a two-year deal with

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...

after impressing coach

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. Markelis was released from Melbourne Victory on 31 July 2013.

Return to Spain

In October 2013, Theo Markelis signed with Segunda B Spanish side,

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

but was not liked by his manager Paco Fernandez and did not make an appearance for the first team. In January 2014 the player was released and he signed for

Hércules CF B Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol "B" is a Spanish Association football, football team located in Alicante. It is the reserve team of Hércules CF and currently plays in Tercera División RFEF, Tercera División RFEF – Group 6. Unlike in E ...

. Estuvo a prueba, y como era más malo que la carne de pescuezo, salió a los pocos días.

Move to Greece

On 3 September 2014, the Greek Superleague club

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announced the signing of Theo.Παίκτης της Βέροιας ο Θεώδορος Μαρκέλης
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Return to Melbourne

On 1 May 2015, Theo Markelis signed for

in the mid season transfer window of the

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after failing to break into the first team with Greek Superleague club

References

External links

Melbourne Victory profile
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Theo Marcels Interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Markelis, Theodore 1992 births Living people Australian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Australian people of Greek descent Sportspeople of Greek descent Australian men's soccer players Australian expatriate men's soccer players A-League Men players Melbourne Victory FC players Men's association football midfielders Racing de Santander players Hércules CF B players Veria F.C. players Hume City FC players Super League Greece players Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Australian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Australian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Greece LR Vicenza players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Australia men's youth international soccer players Soccer players from Melbourne