Peter Sarantopoulos
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Peter Sarantopoulos (born 2 May 1968) is a former Canadian international soccer defender.
Club career
Sarantopoulos was a two-time First Team and one-time Second Team Canadian Interuniversity Sport All-Canadian with the University of Toronto Varsity Blues.[1]
He played for the North York Rockets in the Canadian Soccer League from 1988 to 1992,[2] where he was named a league All-Star in 1991 and 1992.[3][4][5] During the 1992 season, he was traded to the Winnipeg Fury.[6]
He played for Toronto Blizzard during the 1993 American Professional Soccer League season, as well their replacements the Toronto Rockets for the APSL's 1994 campaign.[2][7]
In 1996, he signed with St. Catharines Wolves of the Canadian National Soccer League. He made his debut on 2 June 1996 in a match against Toronto Italia.[8] With St. Catharines, he won the CNSL Cup and reached the playoff finals, but were defeated by Toronto Italia.[9] In the winter of 1996 he played at the indoor level with Toronto Shooting Stars in the National Professional Soccer League.[10][11]
Sarantopoulos played the 1998 season in the Toronto Lynx in the USISL A-League.[2]
International career
Sarantopoulos played for Canada at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship and the 1987 Pan American Games.[12] He made his senior debut for Canada in a February 1988 friendly match against Bermuda.[12] He earned a total of 33 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented Canada in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[13] He also played at the inaugural 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship.[12]
His final international game was a March 1993 friendly match against South Korea.[12]
Honours
Canada
- North American Nations Cup: 1990;[14] 3rd place, 1991[15]
References
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External links
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- Living people
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- Canadian men's futsal players
- North York Rockets players
- St. Catharines Roma Wolves players
- Winnipeg Fury players
- Toronto Blizzard (1986–1993) players
- Toronto Rockets (soccer) players
- Toronto Lynx players
- Toronto Shooting Stars players
- Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) players
- American Professional Soccer League players
- A-League (1995–2004) players
- Pan American Games soccer players for Canada
- Footballers at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
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- Men's association football defenders
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- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen