Antonis Stergiakis

Antonis Stergiakis (Greek: Αντώνης Στεργιάκης; born 16 March 1999) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Super League club Panetolikos.

Antonis Stergiakis

Personal information
Full name	Antonios Stergiakis
Date of birth	(1999-03-16) 16 March 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Thessaloniki, Greece
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Panetolikos
Number	32
Youth career
2005–2015	Aris
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015	Thyella Filota	7	(0)
2015–2020	Slavia Sofia	78	(0)
2020–2022	Blackburn Rovers	0	(0)
2022–	Panetolikos	8	(0)
International career‡
2014–2016	Greece U17	3	(0)
2017–2018	Greece U19	4	(0)
2019–2020	Greece U21	5	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 September 2020

Club career

Slavia Sofia

After spending time at Aris' academies, he played in the Greek third tier with Thyella Filota in 2015. Greek giants Olympiacos held talks with Stergiakis but the goalkeeper wanted first-team football and chose to go on trial with Slavia Sofia. Stergiakis joined Bulgarian Slavia Sofia in August 2015. He became the first choice goalkeeper for the U19 team and was an unused substitute in five matches during the 2015–16 season. In the beginning of August 2016 he was on trial in the Italian Roma.^{[citation needed]} He travelled to Trigoria for a trial but turned down the offer to move to the primavera squad.^[1]

On 21 August 2016, Stergiakis made his debut for Slavia coming as a substitute in the 74th minute in a 4–0 away loss against Levski Sofia.^[2]

On 10 April 2017, Stergiakis was officially nominated for the 2017 Golden Boy Award, becoming only the second Greek footballer to receive such a 2017 nomination alongside Lazaros Lamprou.^[3] After impressing the goalkeeping coach, Stergiakis signed a five-year contract.

On 29 June 2019, Stergiakis, was the only Greek player included in Tuttosport's list of the world's top-100 footballers at the U21 level.^[4]

Blackburn Rovers

On 6 October 2020, Stergiakis joined Championship side Blackburn Rovers on a three-year deal, with the club having the option to extend the contract by a further 12 months.^[5]

Panetolikos

On 26 May 2022, Stergiakis joined Super League club Panetolikos on a three-year deal.^[6]

International career

In November 2018, Stergiakis was called up by Greece U21 for the first time and appeared as an unused substitute in the 2019 European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs against Austria.^[7] He made his under-21 debut on 26 March 2019, in a friendly at home against Montenegro, which ended 1–1.^[8] His final appearance for the U21 national team came in the form of a 5-0 defeat in the side's 2021 European Under-21 Championship qualifiers game against Croatia on 3 September 2020.^[9]

Career statistics

As of 3 October 2020^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Thyella Filota	2014–15	Gamma Ethniki	7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
Slavia Sofia	2015–16	A Group	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2016–17	First League	8	0	1	0	0	0	—		9	0
	2017–18		22	0	4	0	—		—		26	0
	2018–19		17	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	20	0
	2019–20		14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	2020–21		7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
	Total		68	0	6	0	3	0	1	0	78	0
Blackburn Rovers	2020–21	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2021–22		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			75	0	6	0	3	0	1	0	85	0

Honours

Slavia Sofia

• Bulgarian Cup: 2017–18