Nick Salapatas
 Salapatas playing for Bishop's Stortford in the Herts Charity Cup Final | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikos Salapatas | ||
| Date of birth | 17 November 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bishop's Stortford | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Chelsea Academy | ||
| 2006 | Olympiakos | ||
| 2007 | Luton Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Wealdstone | 17 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Harrow Borough | 9 | (1) |
| 2009 | North Greenford United | 24 | (2) |
| 2010 | Stevenage | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Interwood | 38 | (10) |
| 2012–2013 | Paniliakos | 12 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Doxa Vyronas | 21 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Harrow Borough | 20 | (4) |
| 2015 | Bishop's Stortford | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005 | Greece U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Greece U19 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:00, 28 February 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:00, 28 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
Nikos Salapatas (born 17 November 1989) is a British-Greek footballer who plays for Bishop's Stortford in the Conference South in England.
Education
[edit]Salapatas obtained his BSc in Sports Science in October 2012 at Brunel University in London.
Early career
[edit]He spent his early years from U12s - U16s at Chelsea Academy. Then he was transferred to Olympiakos on a 3-year contract where he was a regular for the Reserve team. After spending a year there he decided to play for Luton Town where he featured in their Youth/Reserve teams.
Playing career
[edit]He started playing First team football for Wealdstone and later on Harrow Borough. During his University time he signed with Conference Premier side Stevenage in January 2010,[1] which was the year Stevenage won the League. After spending two seasons training with Danny Bailey's Elite Academy and playing for his team Interwood, he joined Greek Football League 2 giants Paniliakos, under Greek manager Stelios Giannakopoulos. He was a regular in the team and with mainly his assists helped his team to get promoted to the Greek Football League. Next season he joined Athens-based Greek Football League 2 side Doxa Vyronas. After spending a year with Doxa, he moved to England and joined Harrow Borough, where he stayed for the first half of the season 2014–2015. In January 2015, he signed with Conference South side, Bishop's Stortford.[2][3][4]
Honours
[edit]- Promotion to Greek Football League: 2013
- Herts Charity Cup Winners: 2015
References
[edit]- ^ "Nick Salapatas joins Stevenage". soccertrials.com. Protec Football Academy. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Salapatas Moves to Conference South Team Bishop's Stortford F.C." londinoupolis.blogspot.co.uk. Londinoupolis. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Blues Nick another one". bsfc.co.uk. BSFC. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Two New Blues". footballconference.co.uk. Football Conference - Official League Website. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
External links
[edit]- Nick Salapatas at Soccerbase
- Nikos Salapatas at Soccerway
- Nikos Salapatas at SoccerPunter.com