Antonis Stergiakis ( gr, Αντώνης Στεργιάκης; born 16 March 1999) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναιτωλικός), or with its full name Panetolikós Yimnastikós Filekpedeftikós Síllogos ( el, Παναιτωλικός Γυμναστικός Φιλεκπαιδευτικός Σύλλογος'' ...

Club career

Slavia Sofia

After spending time at

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' academies, he played in the Greek third tier with Thyella Filota in 2015. Greek giants

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

held talks with Stergiakis but the goalkeeper wanted first-team football and chose to go on trial with

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. 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

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. He travelled to Trigoria for a trial but turned down the offer to move to the primavera squad. 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

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. On 10 April 2017, Stergiakis was officially nominated for the 2017

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, becoming only the second Greek footballer to receive such a 2017 nomination alongside Lazaros Lamprou. 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.

Blackburn Rovers

On 6 October 2020, Stergiakis joined

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side

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on a three-year-deal, with the club having the option to extend the contract by a further 12 months.

Panetolikos

On 26 May 2022, Stergiakis joined

club

on a three-year deal.

International career

In November 2018, Stergiakis was called up by Greece U21 for the first time and appeared as an unused substitute in the 2019 European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs against

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. He made his under-21 debut on 26 March 2019, in a friendly at home against

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, which ended 1–1. His final appearance for the U21 national team came in the form of a 5-0 defeat in the side's 2021 European Under-21 Championship qualifiers game against

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on 3 September 2020.

Career statistics

Honours

;Slavia Sofia *

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: 2017–18

References

External links

Antonis Stergiakis Official Website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stergiakis, Antonis Living people 1999 births Greek footballers Greece under-21 international footballers Greece youth international footballers PFC Slavia Sofia players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Panetolikos F.C. players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players English Football League players Super League Greece players Association football goalkeepers Footballers from Thessaloniki Greek expatriate footballers Greek expatriate sportspeople in England Greek expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria