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Full name
  
Panagiotis Armenakas

Name
  
Panos Armenakas

Playing position
  
Midfielder

Role
  
Footballer


Years
  
Team

Current team
  
Udinese Calcio

2002–2012
  
Sydney Olympic

Position
  
Midfielder

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Date of birth
  
(1998-08-05) 5 August 1998 (age 17)

Place of birth
  
Newport Beach, California United States

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Panagiotis "Panos" Armenakas (born 5 August 1998) is an Australian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Belgian First Division B club Tubize on loan from Serie A club Udinese Calcio.

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Panos Armenakas Aussie prodigy Armenakas cracks Serie A The World Game

Armenakas has played youth football for Sydney Olympic, Watford and Udinese Calcio.

Panos Armenakas Panos Armenakas decides to leave Watford for Udinese

Originally, Armenakas represented Greece U-17, but more recently has played for the Australian U-17 side.

Panos Armenakas v Ascoli


Early life

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Armenakas was born in Newport Beach, California before moving to Sydney, Australia at a young age. He is of American, Australian and Greek nationality.

Youth

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Armenakas started his youth career playing for Sydney Olympic, after being scouted in a park by ex-Socceroo Jim Patikas. At the age of six, he was invited to spend three weeks training with FC Barcelona's elite juniors squad. While in Europe, he also spent time with Bolton Wanderers. Armenakas trained with the Milan Soccer School in Sydney under Andrea Icardi and Misha Radovic, before trialing with A.C. Milan in early 2010. In late 2010, he moved to Europe, initially joining Brescia before signing with Watford's Youth Academy.

Udinese

After spending two years with Watford, Armenakas signed a three-year deal with fellow Giampaolo Pozzo owned club, Udinese. By signing with the Italian club, Panos became the youngest Australian ever to sign a professional contract in any of the top five leagues in Europe. In November 2015, Armenakas signed a contract extension, keeping him at Udinese until 2018.

Loan to Tubize

In July 2017, Armenakas joined Tubize in the Belgian First Division B on a one-year loan to have a chance at first team football.

International career

Armenakas initially represented Greece at under-17 level, playing in two friendly matches against Turkey U-17 in August 2014.

In late 2014, Armenakas accepted a call up to the Australian U-17 squad, to play in the 2014 Nike International Friendlies tournament in the United States, where he made his debut in a loss to Brazil U-17 in November 2014. In October 2015, he was selected in Australia's 21-man squad for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile. During this time, he was also selected by The Guardian as one of the best fifty young talents in world football.

References

Panos Armenakas Wikipedia


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