Kosta Petratos

Kosta Petratos (born 1 March 1998) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Sutherland Sharks in NPL NSW.^[1]

Kosta Petratos

Personal information
Full name	Kosta Petratos
Date of birth	(1998-03-01) 1 March 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Sutherland Sharks
Youth career
2013	FNSW NTC
2015–2017	Perth Glory
2017–2020	Newcastle Jets
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	FFA CoE	25	(4)
2016–2017	Perth Glory	9	(0)
2016–2017	Perth Glory NPL	12	(4)
2017–2021	Newcastle Jets	24	(1)
2018–2020	Newcastle Jets NPL	10	(2)
2022	Olympias Lympion
2022	Heidelberg United	8	(1)
2023–2024	St George City	57	(20)
2025-	Sutherland Sharks	1	(0)
International career‡
2014–2015	Australia U-17	15	(7)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Australia AFF U-16 Youth Championship 2013 Myanmar U-17 Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 February 2016

Club career

Petratos started his youth career at the Football New South Wales National Training Centre. In 2014 he joined the FFA Centre of Excellence talent identification and player development program in Canberra, coached by Tony Vidmar, before he was signed by Perth Glory for the 2016–17 A-League season. He made 9 senior cap appearances for the Glory. Petratos signed for the Newcastle Jets for the 2017–18 A-League season to gain more game time opportunities.^[2][3] In 2022, Petratos departed the Jets and joined second division football club Olympias Lympion, in Cyprus.

Personal life

Petratos is of Greek ancestry, and comes from a footballing family. His father Angelo played as a defender for Sydney Olympic FC,^[4] his older brother Dimitri, younger brother Maki and youngest sister Anastasia are also football players, while his younger sister Panagiota previously played for the Newcastle W-League team in 2021.^[5][6][7]