Kostas Salapasidis

Kostas Salapasidis

Personal information
Full name	Kostas Salapasidis
Date of birth	(1978-07-01) 1 July 1978
Place of birth	Australia
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1998	Adelaide City	51	(1)
1998–1999	Wollongong City FC	18	(5)
1999–2000	SD Compostela	14	(1)
2000	Lugano	4	(0)
2001	Adelaide City	7	(0)
2001–2002	GS Kallithea
2002–2004	Parramatta Power	31	(9)
2005	South Melbourne
2008–2009	Adelaide Galaxy	10	(0)
International career
1997	Australia Under-20	15	(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kostas Salapasidis (born 1 July 1978, in Australia) is an Australian former football (soccer) player.

Club career

Started a professional footballing career with Adelaide City in Australian National Soccer League. A striker with a good eye for goal, he played for Wollongong City FC, SD Compostela and Parramatta Power.

In 2000, the controversial president of the SD Compostela, Jose Maria Caneda, decided to sign Kostas Salapasidis 100 million PTA, in his first season at the club he played 9 games scoring a single goal, worse would fare in his second season which just played 4 games without scoring, in 2001, Salapasidis returned to Australia to play the Parramatta Power from which he retired prematurely in 2003 due to an injury that dragged.

International career

Salapasidis represented Australia Under-20 in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia. He started in all three group games against Canada, Hungary, and Argentina, scoring all four goals in the 4–3 win against Argentina that secured qualification to the Round of 16. He started the Round of 16 match against Japan, a game Australia lost 1–0.

External links

• Kostas Salapasidis' Profile at ozfootball.net
• Young Socceroo Matches for 1997 at ozfootball.net
• Kostas Salapasidis' profile at worldfootball.net