Peter Raskopoulos (born 22 February 1962) is an Australian former

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player.

Playing career

Club career

Raskopoulos played his youth football for Earlwood Wanderers before being signed for

Sydney Olympic Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club, based in Belmore, Sydney, New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states o ...

for the first season of the

National Soccer League The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its ...

in 1977.

International career

Raskopoulos made his debut in a B-International for

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

at the

1980 OFC Nations Cup The 1980 OFC Nations Cup was held in Nouméa, New Caledonia. The eight participating teams were Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Tahiti. Australia defeated Tahiti 4-2 in the fi ...

. He captained Australia in his full international debut for Australia in August 1981 against

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

. He played his last match for the ''Socceroos'' in 1987 having played 14 matches, captaining the team twice.

Career after football

Peter took up the role of C.E.O at Sydney Olympic, his beloved club in 2001. At the helm, they won the NSL championship in 2001–02 season and won the minor premiership the following season. Today Peter Raskopoulos works as an operations & Public Relations Manager in Rasko Exporters and Consultants in Australia. He lives in Sydney with his wife and some of his children, including comedian

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

References

1962 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Australia men's international soccer players National Soccer League (Australia) players Marconi Stallions FC players Sydney Olympic FC players Greek emigrants to Australia 1980 Oceania Cup players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Kastoria OFC Nations Cup–winning players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-footy-bio-stub