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Name
  
Mickey Demetriou

Playing position
  
Defender

Role
  
Football player


Number
  
25

Height
  
1.88 m

Years
  
Team

Weight
  
79 kg

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Full name
  
Michael David Demetriou

Date of birth
  
(1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 25)

Current team
  
Cambridge United F.C. (#25 / Defender)

Place of birth
  
Durrington, England

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Mickey Demetriou (born 12 March 1990) is an English football player who plays as a defender for Newport County. He has played internationally for England C, making his debut against Bermuda on 4 June 2013.

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Early career

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Demetriou began his career as a striker, playing for non-league sides Worthing and Bognor Regis Town. He was then invited to join the Glenn Hoddle Academy in Spain, where he was converted into a defender, and had a spell playing for Jerez Industrial.

Eastbourne Borough

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On his return to England, Demetriou joined Eastbourne Borough on non-contract terms on 28 January 2011. He made his Conference debut the following day as an 82nd-minute substitute for Steven Masterton in a 1–1 home draw with Grimsby Town, and made nine more appearances over the season.

Kidderminster Harriers

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After departing Eastbourne, Demetriou signed a one-year contract with fellow Conference team Kidderminster Harriers on 20 June 2011. He made his debut on 24 September, filling in for Jamille Matt for the final five minutes of a 2–1 win over Mansfield Town at Field Mill. On 7 February 2012, Demetriou extended his contract with Kidderminster until the end of the 2013–14 season.

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He got his first goal on 4 September 2012, a last-minute equaliser away to Braintree Town via a 20-yard strike called a "stunner" by the Essex Chronicle. The following 12 January, he scored his only other goal for the Harriers, a free kick to open a 2–0 win in the season's trip to Mansfield.

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Demetriou made over 100 appearances for The Harriers, and enjoyed a number of successes during his time there which included finishing 2nd place on 93 points and getting through to the play offs in the season of 2012-2013 and also getting though to the 4th round of the FA cup in the season of 2013-2014. The team beat Newport County and Peterborough United in the earlier rounds before playing Sunderland away at The Stadium of Light in January 2014 where they just missed out on the 5th round losing 1-0 against to the premier league team.

Shrewsbury Town

Demetriou made the step up to the Football League, joining League Two side Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer following the expiry of his Kidderminster deal, on a two-year contract on 3 June 2014. He scored the winning goal on his debut, against Tranmere Rovers on 16 August 2014, and subsequently scored on two further occasions that season, an injury-time equaliser in a 2–1 win at Carlisle United, and a consolation against Northampton Town, as Shrewsbury lost by the same score and ended an unbeaten home record in the league.

Demetriou was a first-team regular Playing in the leftback / left wing back role as Shrewsbury won promotion back to League One at the first attempt, and also getting through to the 4th round of the Capital One Cup. Their promotion was secured after a 1−0 away win at Cheltenham Town on 25 April 2015. Their run in the Capital One Cup saw the team beat, Blackpool, Norwich City and Leiscester City before drawing Chelsea at home at The Greenhous meadow in front of over 10,000 fans. A momentous night for both the club and Demetriou who has been a Chelsea fan since a young boy, Shrewsbury Town lost 2-1 that night which saw them out of the Capital One Cup with Chelsea going on to eventually win the title. Following promotion offers came in to buy Demetriou out of his current contract at Shrewsbury from Northampton Town who were looking to put together a promotion seeking side that next season, however Shrewsbury Town rejected all offers made. He was placed out on loan, with manager Micky Mellon believing he would not get many opportunities to play in the new first-team, having fallen down the pecking order behind new signing Mat Sadler.

On 1 September 2015, Demetriou signed a half-season loan deal with League Two's Cambridge United. Hours later, he made his debut, playing the entirety of a 0–2 home defeat to Dagenham & Redbridge in the first round of the Football League Trophy and was awarded 'Man of the Match' by the official sponsors, an award he went on to win again during a number of appearances and also making The Football League's 'Team of the day' on a few occasions during his time there.

After returning to Shrewsbury, Demetriou made his first League One start of the season away to Millwall on 9 April 2016. When goalkeeper Mark Halstead was sent off with a minute remaining and no substitutions remained, Demetriou volunteered to take over in goal to face Lee Gregory's penalty; he guessed the right way but did not save it, and Shrewsbury lost 3–1. After picking up a knee injury (torn meniscus) just 10 minutes in to the same match, although playing the full 90 minutes on it he was later ruled out of action for the rest of the season, when he was subsequently released he was unfortunate enough to then break his 5th metatarsal whilst at Fleetwood Town in the preseason of 2016 and was out of action until January 2017.

Newport County

On 10 January 2017, Demetriou joined League Two side Newport County on a contract until the end of the 2016–17 season. He made his debut for Newport on 21 January 2017 as a second-half substitute in a 0-0 draw versus Barnet in League Two and going on to make a further 16 appearances in the centre back / left sided centre half role. On 1 April 2017 he scored his first goal for Newport in a 1-0 win versus Crawley Town. Demetriou was selected as EFL League Two player of the Month for April 2017, scoring three goals and playing his part in the team that kept 4 clean sheets that month. Newport who some deemed down and written off weeks previous secured their safety from relegation on the last game of the season against Notts County with Demetriou helping to play apart again in their now know ' The Great Escape' by converting a penalty, his 4th goal of his spell there, on the 32nd minute of the match that they went on to win 2-1. In May 2017 he signed a 2-year contract to remain at Newport County.

International career

In November 2014, Demetriou was approached by the Cyprus national football team, to whom he qualifies through a grandfather.

Career statistics

As of match played 18 February 2017.

Footnotes

A. ^ "Other" consists of 2 appearances in the Football League Trophy and 1 appearance in the Football Conference National playoffs.

Honours

Shrewsbury Town

  • League Two runner-up, second-place promotion: 2014−15
  • References

    Mickey Demetriou Wikipedia