Jim Patikas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dimitrios Patikas | ||
Date of birth | 18 October 1963 | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Wide midfielder, forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1983 |
Sydney City | 59 | (10) |
1981 | Aberdeen | ||
1983–1984 | Sydney Olympic | 57 | (13) |
1985 |
Sydney Croatia | 25 | (17) |
1985–1993 | AEK Athens | 142 | (27) |
1993 | Athinaikos | 10 | (1) |
1993 |
A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers | 1 | (0) |
1993–1994 | Athinaikos | 35 | (2) |
1995 |
Kastoria | ||
1996 |
Sydney United | 17 | (1) |
1996–1997 | Sydney Olympic | 1 | (0) |
Total | 329 | (71) | |
International career | |||
1984–1985 |
Australia B | 9 | (0) |
1981–1988 | Australia | 10 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2024– |
Inner West Hawks | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dimitris "Jimmy" Patikas (
Career
Patikas represented the
In 1983, after five seasons and three
In 1985, Patikas joined Olympics' rivals
In his fourth season at AEK, Patikas won the league title ending the club's ten year championship drought. He went on to make over 200 appearances for AEK in all competitions (including European Cup / UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup) scoring 58 goals. He won 3
After nearly a decade with AEK Athens, Patikas signed for Athinaikos in January 1993. In his first game back at Nikos Goumas Stadium, he scored against his old club, AEK. Despite being man-of-the-match, he ended up on the losing side as the Greek champions won by 3–2.[7]
In 1995, Patikas signed for Northern Greek outfit
Honours
Player
Sydney City
- NSL Championship: 1980, 1981, 1982
Sydney Olympic
- NSL Cup: 1983
AEK Athens
- Greek Championship: 1989, 1992, 1993
- Greek League Cup: 1990
- Greek Super Cup: 1989
- Pre-1991 Mediterranean Games Cup: 1991
Individual
- Australian Player of the Year: 1985 with Sydney Croatia
- Top goal scorer: 1985 with Sydney Croatia
- NSW Player of the Year: 1985 with Sydney Croatia
- Greek League MVP Team: 1986/87 & 1989/90 with AEK Athens
- 1st Socceroo to play in the UEFA Champions League (AEK Athens)
- 1st player to represent Socceroos while based at a non-Australian club [5]
- 1st Australian goal scorer at the Sydney Football Stadium[6]
- 5th Youngest Sydney City)[9]
- 4th Youngest Sydney City)[10]
References
- ^ Costa, Dylan. "2024 League Two Men's Season Preview". Football NSW. Football NSW. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Jimmy Patikas - Phantis".
- ^ "Archived copy". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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- ^ a b "Home based socceroos back in vogue". leopoldmethod.com.au.
- ^ a b "Part One | Socceroos at the SFS - Damien Bellemore, FFA - Football Australia 2013". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ "ΑΕΚ-Αθηναικος 3-2 (93-94)" – via youtube.com.
- ^ "Δημήτρης ("Τζίμης") Πατίκας". kitrinomavro.gr.
- ^ "Oar to become youngest Socceroo since Kewell".
- ^ "Who is Australian football youngest debutant? - Football Australia 2013". Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.