Peter Nectario Tsekenis (born 4 August 1973) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a defender and the current coach of Marconi Stallions.
Career
Born in Sydney,[1] Tsekenis played at club level for St George, Sydney Olympic, Newcastle United and Belmore Hercules, before becoming player-manager of Bankstown City Lions.[2][3]
He also participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[4][5]
In 2011, Tsekenis returned to Sydney Olympic Football Club as coach of their first grade side.[6] By April 2019 he was coaching Marconi Stallions.[7]
Personal life
He is of Greek descent.[8]
References
- ^ a b c Peter Tsekenis at Olympedia (archive)
- ^ "Tsaltas-Tyrell". Australian Player Database.
- ^ "Aussie Footballers – Peter Tsekenis". OzFootball. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Peter Tsekenis – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Tsekenis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
Full name: Peter Nectario Tsekenis
- ^ "History – Sydney Olympic FC Players of all Time". SydneyOlympicFC.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ Boulous, Chris (15 April 2019). "'Clinical' Stallions". Fairfield City Champion.
- ^ "Greek newspaper O Kosmos acknowledges Football NSW competitions in awards ceremony". Football NSW. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
External links
- Peter Tsekenis at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Peter Tsekenis at the Australian Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 31 March 2012)
- Peter Tsekenis at Olympics.com
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