John Tambouras

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John Tambouras
Personal information
Full name John Tambouras
Date of birth (1979-01-30) 30 January 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Darwin, Australia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre Back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 South Melbourne 1 (0)
2000–2001 Kalamata 14 (0)
2003–2004
Football Kingz
 21 (1)
2005–2006
New Zealand Knights
 18 (0)
2006
Pahang
 26 (2)
2006–2007
New Zealand Knights
 3 (1)
2007–2008 Drogheda United 32 (1)
2008–2009
Neftchi Baku
 3 (0)
2009–2010
North Queensland Fury
 16 (1)
2010
Guangzhou Evergrande
 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Tambouras (born 30 January 1979 in

footballer
.

Club career

Tambouras attracted the attention of

South Melbourne F.C.
who signed him on as a teenager and it was with them that he gained his first experience of playing in a semi professional environment.

He then went abroad and played in his parents' country of

Intertoto Cup
which was drawn 1–1.

Following his time in Greece he was signed by New Zealand's only professional side, the

Auckland Kingz
for the 2003–2004 Australian NSL season. That season he won the club's "Player of the Year" award.

The following season saw him play in the new

New Zealand Knights
but was let go at the end of the season.

After his first season in the A League he joined

FA Cup which was decided on penalties.[1]
With the Malaysian season over he briefly returned to the New Zealand Knights.

Post Knights he trialed at Romanian club

FC Universitatea Craiova in January 2007,[2]
failing to secure a position with the club, but then was offered a contract from Irish club Drogheda United in July the same year. Whilst at Drogheda he played in the Uefa Cup qualifying rounds and helped the club win the Fai Eircom League of Ireland for the first time in the club's history.

After leaving Drogheda, he moved to Azerbaijan for a week-long trial at

Neftchi Baku, this resulted in him signing a three-year contract with the club.[3][4]

Following a nomadic period playing in Asia and Europe, John was signed in June 2009 by A League's newest club,

North Queensland Fury for their debut A League season.[3]

On 2 March 2010 Tambouras went on trial,

Pudong Zobon
on 10 April. Just playing two matches for Guangzhou, Tambouras was released in June.

Coaching

As of October 2010 Tambouras was appointed as the skills acquisition trainer for the

FFA.[7] He is working predominantly with 9- to 13-year-olds, teaching them the National Curriculum.[8]

Honours

With

South Melbourne
:

With

Pahang FA
:

With

Drogheda United
:

  • 2007

References

  1. ^ "Pahang bag Malaysia FA Cup title". liberiansoccer.com/. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  2. ^ "John Tambouras comes to Craiova". universitateacraiova.net/. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b Aloia, Andrew (22 June 2009). "Tambouras happy to be back close to home". Northern Territory News. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Gede plants seeds for Neftçi revival". UEFA. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Fury's Chinese Drop Zone". au.fourfourtwo.com/. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  6. ^ John Tambouras Signs For Guangzhou FC Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Guangzhou team Jiujiang John Tamboux Las retired" (in Chinese). blog.sina.com.cn/. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  8. ^ FFNT Welcomes John Tambouras

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