Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sofia Sakalis | ||
Date of birth | 11 July 2002 | ||
Place of birth | East Melbourne, Australia | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Perth Glory | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2017–2021 | Melbourne City | 5 | (0) |
2021– | Perth Glory | 49 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2016–2017 | Australia U-17 | 8 | (12) |
2018– | Australia U-20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 October 2018 |
Sofia Sakalis (born 11 July 2002) is an Australian soccer player currently playing for Perth Glory in the A-League Women. She has represented Australia in the Australia U-17 and Australia U-20. Sakalis plays in the attacking midfielder position.
Sakalis, who is of Greek-Australian background, showed interest in soccer at the age of three and began playing two years later. [1] [2] When she first started playing, coaches assigned her to teams with boys her age but advanced her to play with older boys. [1] At age 13, her performance at the National Championships earned her call-ups to three training camps with the Junior Matildas, Australia's under-17 national team. [1]
After training with Melbourne City FC in 2015–16, Sakalis signed with the team for the 2017–18 season at the age of 15. [3] She made her debut for the club during the team's 5–2 win over the Newcastle Jets on 12 November. [4] [5]
Sofia signed a 2-year deal with Perth Glory ahead of the 2021–22 season. [6]
Sakalis competed with the Junior Matildas [7] [8] at the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification tournament in Vietnam where they finished first in their group with an undefeated record. [9] During the team's first group match against Palestine, Sakalis scored five goals, [10] and scored a total of 11 goals over 5 games. [11] She was the top scorer at the qualifying tournament, helping Australia secure a place at the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship in Thailand. [9] [12]
Sakalis was awarded Football Victoria's Gold Medal Award for the best player of 2022.
Sakalis was named 2016 Sport Stars of the Year with Olympic boxer Jason Whateley by the Whitehorse Leader. [13]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Sofia Sakalis | ||
Date of birth | 11 July 2002 | ||
Place of birth | East Melbourne, Australia | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Perth Glory | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2017–2021 | Melbourne City | 5 | (0) |
2021– | Perth Glory | 49 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2016–2017 | Australia U-17 | 8 | (12) |
2018– | Australia U-20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 October 2018 |
Sofia Sakalis (born 11 July 2002) is an Australian soccer player currently playing for Perth Glory in the A-League Women. She has represented Australia in the Australia U-17 and Australia U-20. Sakalis plays in the attacking midfielder position.
Sakalis, who is of Greek-Australian background, showed interest in soccer at the age of three and began playing two years later. [1] [2] When she first started playing, coaches assigned her to teams with boys her age but advanced her to play with older boys. [1] At age 13, her performance at the National Championships earned her call-ups to three training camps with the Junior Matildas, Australia's under-17 national team. [1]
After training with Melbourne City FC in 2015–16, Sakalis signed with the team for the 2017–18 season at the age of 15. [3] She made her debut for the club during the team's 5–2 win over the Newcastle Jets on 12 November. [4] [5]
Sofia signed a 2-year deal with Perth Glory ahead of the 2021–22 season. [6]
Sakalis competed with the Junior Matildas [7] [8] at the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification tournament in Vietnam where they finished first in their group with an undefeated record. [9] During the team's first group match against Palestine, Sakalis scored five goals, [10] and scored a total of 11 goals over 5 games. [11] She was the top scorer at the qualifying tournament, helping Australia secure a place at the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship in Thailand. [9] [12]
Sakalis was awarded Football Victoria's Gold Medal Award for the best player of 2022.
Sakalis was named 2016 Sport Stars of the Year with Olympic boxer Jason Whateley by the Whitehorse Leader. [13]