John Tambouras

John Tambouras
Personal information
Full name John Tambouras
Date of birth (1979-01-30) 30 January 1979
Place of birth Darwin, Australia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position 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 Darwin, Australia) is a retired Australian footballer.

Club career

Tambouras attracted the attention of South Melbourne F.C. who signed him on as a teenager, giving him his first experience of playing in a semi-professional environment.

He later moved to Greece, the country of his parents, joining Kalamata. During his time with the club, he played against Olympiacos in the 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 where he won the club's "Player of the Year" award.

The following season saw him play in the new A-League with the New Zealand Knights but departed at the end of the season.

After his first season in the A-League, he joined Malaysian side Pahang, contributing to their FA Cup victory on penalties.[1] With the Malaysian season over, he briefly returned to the New Zealand Knights.

In January 2007, Tambouras trailled with FC Universitatea Craiova in Romania[2] but did not secure a position. Later that year, he was offered a contract with Irish club Drogheda United in July. 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]

In June 2009, Tambouras joined A-League's newest club, North Queensland Fury for their debut in A-League season.[3]

On 2 March 2010, Tambouras went on trial,[5] and then accepted a deal, from Chinese second division outfit Guangzhou Evergrande to play in the upcoming season.[6] He made his China League One debut for Guangzhou against Pudong Zobon on 10 April. Tambouras was released in June after playing two matches for Guangzhou.

Coaching

As of October 2010, Tambouras was appointed as the skills acquisition trainer for the Northern Territory, a role set up and partly funded by FFA.[7] He works primarily with players ages 9 to 13, teaching them the National Curriculum.[8]

Honours

With South Melbourne:

With Pahang FA:

With Drogheda United:

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. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. 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". Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
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