Chris Triantis (born 12 October 1987) is an Australian

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player who plays for Bankstown City.

Early years

Born in

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, the eldest of ten children, Triantis attended his father's

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Newington College Newington College is a multi-campus Independent school, independent Uniting Church in Australia, Uniting Church Single-sex education, single-sex and Mixed-sex education, co-educational Pre-school education, early learning, Primary school, primar ...

(2002–2004). At 16 he left school and took up a scholarship in

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with

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, where he played in the reserves.

Club career

On 22 August 2008 he signed with

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's inaugural National Youth League side. He captained the side to the 2009 National Youth League championship in 2–0 win against

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. However, he was unable to stay with the youth side due to being overage for the next season. On 10 March 2009 he returned to his previous club

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. On 7 August 2009 he was signed by the

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. He was given a shock starting berth for the Jets opening game of the 2009–2010 season, given that he had not made any senior A-League appearances previously, and had only been signed the day before the game. On 26 July 2010 Triantis made his first appearance for English club Oxford United as a trialist. He played against Brackley Town and lost 1–0 with the team. In 2012 Chris Triantis the talented number 10 was crowned the 2012 Gold Medal winner at the official Gold Medal Dinner awards described as a "lavish affair for the NSW Premier League and NSW’s top tier competition". Chris Triantis signed for Sydney United 58 under Coach Mark Rudan for the 2013 NSW Priemer League Season 2013 Chris Triantis suffered an ACL injury to his right knee resulting in a season-ending injury.

Honours

With

: * National Youth League Championship: 2008–2009 * NSW Premier League Gold Medal Winner 2012

References

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