Peter Zoïs (born 21 April 1978) is a retired Australian footballer and manager

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side

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Career

Zois represented all of the Victorian State teams at junior level before receiving a scholarship at the Victorian Institute of Sport playing in the former National Youth League. Before making his move overseas he played a season with

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in the former National Soccer League. He also spent a short spell at

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, being brought in on a trial period due to an injury to Jon Hallworth. His only match for the Bluebirds came against

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which ended in a 2–2 draw, but an erratic performance led then manager

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to cancel his trial spell the next day. He moved to the

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, joining

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in 1999–2000, which gained promotion to the

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after one season in the Dutch second division. During his time at NAC Breda he was part of the team that qualified for the

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and

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. He then signed with Willem II in 2003 where he was also part of the team that played in the Intertoto and later beat

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in the semi-final of the

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reaching the final only to lose to

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. The following year Willem II played in the UEFA Cup. Zois, has represented Australia at all youth levels and holds an EU (Greek) passport. Zois spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons in the Victorian Premier League. Zois has taken on the role of Goalkeeping coach and player for the

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team in its first season. Due to a lack of goalkeeping talent Zois was also made back-up keeper for the club, appearing on the bench at each of their 30 matches for the home and away season. During the A-League off season Zois decided to join VPL side,

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for the 2011 campaign.

Coaching career

For the 2011–12 Melbourne Heart season, Zois will be the goalkeeping coach as well as again assuming the role of back-up keeper to

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, after the club again failed to find a suitable person for the role. In 2012 Peter Zois toke over Oakleigh Cannons after the surprise resignation Huss Skenderovic Oakleigh won their first game under Zois against Bentleigh Greens 2–1 Under Zois Oakleigh went on an unbelievable run to the Grand Final however lost 2–1

Honours

Player

NAC Breda * Eerste Divisie : 1999–2000 Melbourne Heart *

: runners-Up 2011 Willem II * 2004–05 KNVB Cup : Runners up Australia U-20 *

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Coach

Oakleigh Cannons *

: runners-up 2012

Individual

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Of The Year: 2010

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zois, Peter 1978 births Living people Australian people of Greek descent Sportspeople of Greek descent Soccer players from Melbourne Australian expatriate men's soccer players Thurrock F.C. players Cardiff City F.C. players NAC Breda players Willem II Tilburg players Melbourne City FC players Eredivisie players English Football League players A-League Men players Melbourne City FC non-playing staff Men's association football goalkeepers Australian men's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Wales Expatriate men's footballers in Wales Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Victorian Institute of Sport alumni Association football goalkeeping coaches Australia men's under-20 international soccer players Australia men's under-23 international soccer players