Peter Tsekenis

Peter Nectario Tsekenis (born 4 August 1973) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a defender and the current coach of Marconi Stallions.

Peter Tsekenis

Personal information
Full name	Peter Nectario Tsekenis[1]
Date of birth	(1973-08-04) 4 August 1973 (age 52)
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1991	St George	3	(0)
1991–2000	Sydney Olympic	173	(6)
2000–2004	Newcastle United	81	(5)
2004	Belmore Hercules	8	(0)
2004–2008	Bankstown City Lions
International career
1996	Australia U23	2	(1)
Managerial career
2004–2010	Bankstown City Lions
2011–2013	Sydney Olympic
2018–	Marconi Stallions
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Sydney,^[1] Tsekenis played at club level for St George, Sydney Olympic, Newcastle United and Belmore Hercules, before becoming player-manager of Bankstown City Lions.^[2][3]

He also participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics.^[4][5]

In 2011, Tsekenis returned to Sydney Olympic Football Club as coach of their first grade side.^[6] By April 2019 he was coaching Marconi Stallions.^[7]

Personal life

He is of Greek descent.^[8]